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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   280   274   286   316   312   322   327   319   325   253
  Science and engineering   173   177   224   199   218   223   227   209   201   143
    Science   139   137   169   151   150   159   158   145   145   104
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   18   20   8   2   1   0   1   0   2   1
      Biological and biomedical sciences   55   53   92   70   74   78   65   57   58   35
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   5   8   1   4   2   3   0   2   2   0
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   1   3   3   2   2   2   1   1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   2   0   5   6   2   2   5   6   0   0
      Physical sciences   41   42   49   55   57   61   71   63   56   51
      Psychology   6   4   7   7   8   7   11   10   10   9
      Social sciences   9   7   6   4   3   6   3   5   7   1
    Engineering   34   40   55   48   68   64   69   64   56   39
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   1   9   9   10   8   10   5   5   4
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   4   4   2   1   3   3   4   4   1   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   6   3   9   2   6   8   6   4   2   9
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   4   2   1   3   2   1   8   7   4   2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   5   13   11   7   12   14   12   13   12   7
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   2   1   0   2   3   0   3   3   1
      Mechanical engineering   5   7   3   2   2   4   3   6   11   8
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   7   3   11   13   16   12   11   14   13   6
      Other engineering   3   5   8   11   15   11   15   8   5   2
    Health   107   97   62   117   94   99   100   110   124   110
      Clinical medicine   52   56   20   37   34   39   52   45   38   37
      Other health   55   41   42   80   60   60   48   65   86   73

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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