Data

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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   622   592   574   551   559   548   588   593   650   651
  Science and engineering   622   592   574   551   559   548   588   593   650   651
    Science   319   307   308   303   297   288   280   307   322   325
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   102   88   107   109   99   97   109   58   69   76
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   12   13   17
      Computer and information sciences   50   56   53   52   47   48   33   49   60   60
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   24   15   17   17   17   17   20   25   31   36
      Mathematics and statistics   6   5   1   4   4   6   4   3   10   7
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   11   11   9   9   13   12   12   12   16   9
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   123   130   120   112   117   107   102   117   99   83
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   3   2   1   0   0   1   0   1   0   0
    Engineering   303   285   266   248   262   260   308   286   328   326
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   26   19   15   11   8   17   19   15   17   9
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   63   71   75   74   66   78   86   73   81   77
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   70   58   35   30   32   24   31   32   39   41
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   12   12   11   19   20   9   15   10   14   22
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   44   43   42   33   49   49   66   62   65   58
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   7   6   3   5   7   4   5   0   3   1
      Mechanical engineering   38   29   27   26   27   26   34   36   47   54
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   25   29   31   29   36   35   33   30   33   35
      Other engineering   18   18   27   21   17   18   19   28   29   29
  Health   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Other health   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

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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