Data

Harvard U.

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   2,011   2,072   2,276   2,406   2,505   2,541   2,449   2,261   2,385   2,307 i
  Science and engineering   838   889   939   1,007   1,084   1,113   1,045   947   984   956 i
    Science   759   808   850   896   995   1,023   972   870   924   923 i
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3 i
      Biological and biomedical sciences   598   625   689   720   828   871   819   740   684   696 i
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Computer and information sciences   13   11   13   17   10   11   14   16   10   5 i
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   6 i
      Mathematics and statistics   16   18   10   16   17   27   19   11   7   13 i
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   6   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Physical sciences   91   101   93   102   100   95   97   93   149   142 i
      Psychology   25   38   36   32   33   13   19   0   14   9 i
      Social sciences   16   9   9   9   6   6   4   10   11   7 i
    Engineering   79   81   89   111   89   90   73   77   60   33 i
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   16   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   25   21   29   42   45   43   25   24   0   0 i
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   9   11   0   0   0   0 i
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   0   0   0   0   2   4   0   0   0   0 i
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   23   20   0   0   0   0 i
      Other engineering   54   60   60   53   10   12   48   53   60   33 i
    Health   1,173   1,183   1,337   1,399   1,421   1,428   1,404   1,314   1,401   1,351 i
      Clinical medicine   1,151   1,159   1,317   1,367   1,386   1,382   1,352   1,264   1,364   1,309 i
      Other health   22   24   20   32   35   46   52   50   37   42 i

i=imputed

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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