Data

Mississippi State 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   30   29   39   34   33   35   29   28   27 i   25 i
  Science and engineering   30   29   39   34   26   29   23   18   18 i   16 i
    Science   26   22   31   24   13   21   15   13   9 i   5 i
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   11   8   10   8   2   3   1   5   4 i   1 i
      Biological and biomedical sciences   2   4   4   3   2   3   2   1   2 i   1 i
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Natural resources and conservation   9   4   8   7   4   8   6   0   0 i   0 i
      Physical sciences   3   5   8   5   4   7   6   6   3 i   2 i
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 i   0 i
      Social sciences   1   1   1   1   1   0   0   0   0 i   1 i
    Engineering   4   7   8   10   13   8   8   5   9 i   11 i
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   1   2   0   0   1 i   1 i
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   2   4   4   3   2   1   1   2 i   2 i
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   1   3   2   1   0   0 i   0 i
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   2   2   0   2   0   0   0   1   2 i   2 i
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Mechanical engineering   1   2   2   2   2   2   6   3   4 i   6 i
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Other engineering   1   1   1   1   3   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
  Health   0   0   0   0   7   6   6   10   9 i   9 i
    Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
    Other health   0   0   0   0   7   6   6   10   9 i   9 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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