Data

U. Massachusetts, Amherst

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   68   83   71   81   85   75   67   70   80   98
  Science and engineering   66   80   70   80   84   73   67   70   79   95
    Science   50   64   57   61   65   59   50   48   60   70
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   5   5   4   2   5   5   6   13   16   17
      Biological and biomedical sciences   15   23   23   21   25   23   18   12   16   18
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   1   2   3   2   2   2   4   4   6   4
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   3   4   3   3   4   4   2   1   3   4
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   2   2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   10   11   6   8   7   4   3   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   9   14   12   15   15   10   7   11   8   17
      Psychology   3   2   3   7   6   10   10   4   6   1
      Social sciences   4   3   3   2   1   1   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   16   16   13   19   19   14   17   22   19   25
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   1   1   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   9   10   8   11   14   13   10   5   4   3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   3   3   2   3   1   1   6   4   4   6
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   0   0   0   1   2   0   1   2   1   1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   3   2   2   2   2   0   0   1   1   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10   9   15
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
  Health   2   3   1   1   1   2   0   0   1   3
    Clinical medicine   1   2   1   1   1   2   0   0   1   3
    Other health   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

NOTES:
  • Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • . = 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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