Data

U. North Carolina, The, Chapel Hill

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   507   558   541   579   564   525   544   599   550   616
  Science and engineering   289   318   344   331   342   342   347   340   318   340
    Science   277   309   334   322   331   331   347   340   318   340
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   173   211   223   217   221   222   233   210   209   221
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   2   3   5   5   2   2   4   3   3   1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   11   7   11
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   9   7   6   10   8   5   6   8   9   5
      Mathematics and statistics   5   2   4   5   7   9   8   15   8   9
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   11   13   8   6   7   11   9   16   12   23
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   41   36   42   30   30   38   38   34   32   32
      Psychology   28   27   34   42   26   20   26   26   23   21
      Social sciences   8   10   12   7   30   24   23   13   11   10
    Engineering   12   9   10   9   11   11   0   0   0   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   12   9   10   9   11   11   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
  Health   218   240   197   248   222   183   197   259   232   276
    Clinical medicine   124   130   116   177   150   145   170   208   187   215
    Other health   94   110   81   71   72   38   27   51   45   61

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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