Data

Northwestern 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   517   580   588   539   532   533   591   534   478   450
  Science and engineering   364   419   419   378   374   364   393   401   376   348
    Science   277   327   303   276   291   276   302   305   279   270
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   135   146   142   141   141   135   144   139   121   115
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2   1
      Computer and information sciences   4   2   5   2   2   1   1   0   0   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   5   5   7   4   10   6   5   3   2   2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   27   44   22   8   20   17   15   20   32   34
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   89   106   100   92   99   98   116   123   104   100
      Psychology   11   13   13   13   7   8   10   8   9   9
      Social sciences   6   10   14   13   12   10   11   9   9   9
    Engineering   87   92   116   102   83   88   91   96   97   78
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   17   12   45   33   11   14   20   20   19   16
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   16   28   25   24   17   14   15   11   14   15
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   11   9   6   3   2   5   4   7   8   7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   5   5   5   6   9   8   11   13   17   5
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   1   1   2   3   2   1   1   2   2
      Mechanical engineering   14   10   5   7   2   6   11   13   8   10
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   22   21   22   23   27   29   26   31   29   23
      Other engineering   2   6   7   4   12   10   3   0   0   0
  Health   153   161   169   161   158   169   198   133   102   102
    Clinical medicine   135   143   151   144   138   146   178   115   84   81
    Other health   18   18   18   17   20   23   20   18   18   21

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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