Data

Purdue 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   299   280   346   259   200   210   197   223   205   184
  Science and engineering   266   253   317   230   173   189   179   198   190   168
    Science   160   147   170   137   111   126   109   120   122   104
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   25   26   12   17   14   19   10   14   16   16
      Biological and biomedical sciences   48   48   60   50   41   49   50   53   43   37
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1
      Computer and information sciences   9   5   8   8   11   13   4   5   9   10
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   4   6   7   0   1   1   2   5   4   2
      Mathematics and statistics   1   4   1   1   0   1   3   2   4   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   10   7   8   7   2   7   2   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   52   45   64   47   39   31   29   35   36   33
      Psychology   8   5   9   6   3   2   3   1   5   2
      Social sciences   3   1   1   1   0   3   6   4   3   3
    Engineering   106   106   147   93   62   63   70   78   68   64
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   2   3   10   8   3   2   4   7   6   6
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   9   12   13   4   7   6   5   10   9   11
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   20   12   13   8   7   7   7   5   4   7
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   8   10   13   9   5   4   4   2   3   3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   21   21   37   15   10   7   10   16   13   11
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   4   3   4   2   2   3   4   4   5   4
      Mechanical engineering   20   24   24   17   8   8   9   9   15   12
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   9   8   11   18   13   12   13   10   1   1
      Other engineering   13   13   22   12   7   14   14   15   12   9
  Health   33   27   29   29   27   21   18   25   15   16
    Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Other health   33   27   29   29   27   21   18   25   15   16

NOTES:
  • In previous reports the data from Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne have been included with Indiana University. Due to recent clarification of program affiliation, these data are now being counted as part of Purdue University.
  • . = 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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