Data

U. Minnesota

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   263   294   287   305   279   282   275   259   236   241
  Science and engineering   226   257   240   256   238   225   227   213   205   238
    Science   160   188   174   189   178   172   164   158   147   188
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   35   35   23   27   26   12   11   9   14   18
      Biological and biomedical sciences   65   71   64   77   56   66   59   69   52   74
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   3   2   2   1   3   2   5   5   3   5
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   10   8   13   12   15   12   12   12   10   10
      Mathematics and statistics   3   4   5   6   8   9   7   6   16   11
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   10   10   9   4   5   5   8   8   0   0
      Physical sciences   25   45   41   44   44   52   47   43   47   57
      Psychology   8   6   9   13   16   9   10   4   4   9
      Social sciences   1   7   8   5   5   5   5   2   1   3
    Engineering   66   69   66   67   60   53   63   55   58   50
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   5   5   8   7   7   5   6   4   5   5
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   17   18   14   11   10   9   10   10   12   4
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   17   18   18   22   17   13   18   20   20   19
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   2   2   1   2   2   3   1   1   3   1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   8   10   10   11   12   11   13   9   10   5
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   16   15   14   13   12   12   15   11   8   12
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   1   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4
    Health   37   37   47   49   41   57   48   46   31   3
      Clinical medicine   9   7   15   13   10   7   13   13   0   2
      Other health   28   30   32   36   31   50   35   33   31   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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