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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   231   262   231   226   288   232   208   201   217   149
  Science and engineering   195   226   193   188   229   181   159   161   167   124
    Science   153   186   155   146   186   147   136   143   136   103
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   83   112   95   76   86   78   64   62   48   40
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   2   5   3   7   8   9   7   4   3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   8   7   6   7   13   11   14   15   10   7
      Mathematics and statistics   7   9   4   6   9   5   3   2   1   3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   4   3   1   4   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   1   3   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   30   40   37   44   45   31   37   46   47   35
      Psychology   10   8   5   5   10   7   2   0   0   0
      Social sciences   10   2   0   0   16   7   7   11   3   2
    Engineering   42   40   38   42   43   34   23   18   31   21
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   6   5   4   2   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   8   11   13   9   9   11   10   0   12   6
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   3   5   3   5   5   6   6   8   12   7
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   9   7   7   9   10   5   2   5   3   4
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   7   5   4   4   6   5   3   2   1   2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   2   2   3   3   2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   8   6   7   12   12   4   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   1   1   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   0
    Health   36   36   38   38   59   51   49   40   50   25
      Clinical medicine   32   28   31   27   44   49   39   30   37   24
      Other health   4   8   7   11   15   2   10   10   13   1

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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