Data

U. Pittsburgh

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   552   513   509   513   539   543   469   524   530   490
  Science and engineering   196   180   194   210   210   217   204   227   274   242
    Science   157   137   154   167   174   180   167   181   221   194
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   135   114   128   142   147   144   123   144   154   140
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   3   1   0   0   2   3   0   1   0   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   1   2   5   2   2   0   1   2   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   1   1   1   1   1   4   4   4   1   2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   13   17   16   18   18   26   34   25   37   26
      Psychology   3   2   4   4   4   3   5   4   4   4
      Social sciences   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   1
    Engineering   39   43   40   43   36   37   37   46   53   48
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   14   17   18   12   9   6   7   8   13   17
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   7   10   9   12   12   13   14   17   15   13
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   3   5   2   3   3   2   0   0   2   2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   2   2   4   6   2   3   1   3   3   2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   3   2   1   0   0   1   0   4   6   4
      Mechanical engineering   10   7   6   10   10   12   15   14   14   10
      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   356   333   315   303   329   326   265   297   256   248
      Clinical medicine   344   324   305   291   315   296   249   292   239   226
      Other health   12   9   10   12   14   30   16   5   17   22

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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