Data

U. Pennsylvania

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   674   717   724   589   675   800   618   619   627 i   606 i
  Science and engineering   365   444   437   372   442   496   438   424   418 i   405 i
    Science   300   384   347   291   355   415   350   339   340 i   344 i
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   21   25   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Biological and biomedical sciences   202   272   244   210   238   284   228   202   212 i   204 i
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   7 i   7 i
      Computer and information sciences   7   8   16   18   17   15   21   21   17 i   15 i
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   2   2   2   1   5   5   1   6   7 i   6 i
      Mathematics and statistics   6   4   1   1   0   0   2   2   2 i   4 i
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Physical sciences   43   52   64   42   64   64   64   64   58 i   66 i
      Psychology   17   16   15   18   26   41   29   14   19 i   20 i
      Social sciences   2   5   5   1   5   6   5   4   5 i   6 i
    Engineering   65   60   90   81   87   81   88   85   78 i   61 i
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   23   23   30   31   30   29   28   23   23 i   16 i
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   11   10   12   6   18   17   14   11   9 i   8 i
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   12   10   22   23   14   13   19   25   21 i   16 i
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Mechanical engineering   5   7   12   14   13   12   12   11   13 i   11 i
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   14   9   14   7   12   10   15   15   12 i   10 i
      Other engineering   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
  Health   309   273   287   217   233   304   180   195   209 i   201 i
    Clinical medicine   258   241   277   213   229   299   178   170   185 i   183 i
    Other health   51   32   10   4   4   5   2   25   24 i   18 i

i=imputed

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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