Data

New York 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   425   424   481   397   613   553   550   549   536   579
  Science and engineering   284   296   343   276   403   395   389   361   456   488
    Science   277   289   333   269   393   386   379   351   446   478
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   216   229   263   216   311   318   291   300   240   296
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   4   8   5   4   3   4   5   8   7   6
      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   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   9   6   5   12   19   12   12   13   14   14
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   1   2   3   0   0   0   0   0   38   18
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   24   29   29   21   31   28   32   20   20   21
      Psychology   20   14   26   15   26   18   27   10   25   22
      Social sciences   3   1   2   1   1   6   12   0   3   1
    Engineering   7   7   10   7   10   9   10   10   10   10
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   3   3   4   2   3   3   2   3   1   3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   1   2   1   1   2   1   0   1   0   3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   1   0   1   1   2   0   0   1   0   3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   1   2   3   3   3   5   0   5   9   1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   141   128   138   121   210   158   161   188   80   91
      Clinical medicine   135   124   123   112   201   146   152   180   80   91
      Other health   6   4   15   9   9   12   9   8   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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