Data

U. California, Los Angeles

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   478   488   503   490   491   485   532   511   539   540
  Science and engineering   343   364   372   366   371   369   419   398   415   421
    Science   294   311   312   306   319   314   352   352   351   356
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   179   201   191   174   186   192   208   152   151   170
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   4   2   6   6   10   6   10   8   10   12
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   25   26   27   23   19   23   28   23   14   20
      Mathematics and statistics   1   0   1   1   3   3   4   9   7   12
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   3   5   4   2   0   0   4   13   10   13
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   64   47   59   71   69   58   64   64   65   55
      Psychology   14   19   16   19   20   18   19   18   24   25
      Social sciences   4   11   8   10   12   14   15   13   13   6
    Engineering   49   53   60   60   52   55   67   46   64   65
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   4   3   6   6   7   8   7   5   9   6
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   6   9   4   9   5   5   11   10   10   12
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   6   11   12   15   10   4   5   2   1   2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   8   13   19   16   15   23   25   19   24   25
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   17   13   14   10   7   7   8   0   11   9
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   8   9
      Other engineering   8   4   5   4   8   8   11   3   1   2
  Health   135   124   131   124   120   116   113   113   124   119
    Clinical medicine   119   108   116   114   108   106   103   99   101   98
    Other health   16   16   15   10   12   10   10   14   23   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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