Data

Emory U.

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields   313   293   278   261   313   299   299   403   433   423
  Science and engineering   172   162   167   163   183   170   169   233   238   224
    Science   152   152   155   152   172   163   168   219   225   213
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   117   118   126   125   142   133   135   137   152   162
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   4   1   1   0   3   1   0   2   3   1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   0
      Mathematics and statistics   1   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   3   4   2   3   1   1   1   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   20   21   19   19   21   23   27   43   43   21
      Psychology   7   6   6   5   5   5   5   18   11   10
      Social sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2   0
    Engineering   20   10   12   11   11   7   1   14   13   11
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   20   10   12   11   11   7   1   14   13   11
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
  Health   141   131   111   98   130   129   130   170   195   199
    Clinical medicine   129   123   107   93   127   127   128   150   187   194
    Other health   12   8   4   5   3   2   2   20   8   5

NOTES:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

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