Data

U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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   200   183   185   224   204   185   198   222   229   221
  Science and engineering   198   181   185   224   199   183   196   218   227   219
    Science   117   102   117   143   157   143   152   182   193   178
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   17   14   14   23   12   3   6   9   13   12
      Biological and biomedical sciences   32   31   34   32   39   44   43   53   55   49
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   11   12   14   16   16   16   25   26   26   16
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   2   0   1   2   4   7   6   3   1   4
      Mathematics and statistics   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   24   13   16   22   24   22
      Natural resources and conservation   10   12   14   7   11   9   6   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   43   31   38   53   44   49   46   61   67   67
      Psychology   1   1   1   8   7   2   2   3   4   5
      Social sciences   0   0   0   2   0   0   2   5   3   3
    Engineering   81   79   68   81   42   40   44   36   34   41
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   7   6   2   3   2   1   3   2   3   2
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   9   7   3   10   6   4   3   1   1   2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   6   8   5   3   3   3   2   6   6   8
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   6   3   3   2   2   1   8   6   4   5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   3   6   5   3   1   3   4   1   1   3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1   0
      Mechanical engineering   12   6   13   14   12   9   3   5   6   5
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   18   19   10   10   6   8   11   11   10   14
      Other engineering   20   24   27   36   10   11   10   2   2   2
  Health   2   2   0   0   5   2   2   4   2   2
    Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Other health   2   2   0   0   5   2   2   4   2   2

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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