Data

U. Wisconsin-Madison

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   526   563   521   519   500   501   496   493   501   518
  Science and engineering   377   417   392   378   353   349   369   385   373   393
    Science   276   312   312   306   286   275   295   330   308   323
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   48   50   39   37   33   16   14   19   28   28
      Biological and biomedical sciences   89   108   139   133   121   121   139   129   130   139
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   4   6   3   5   4   2   2   7   4   5
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   7   7   3   6   11   10   9   9   11   7
      Mathematics and statistics   3   6   6   5   1   2   2   5   5   11
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   35   33   21   21   27   48   48   77   56   57
      Natural resources and conservation   29   34   25   25   21   8   12   12   0   0
      Physical sciences   42   51   59   57   53   46   51   56   50   51
      Psychology   7   10   7   7   9   8   8   6   6   5
      Social sciences   12   7   10   10   6   14   10   10   7   6
    Engineering   101   105   80   72   67   74   74   55   65   70
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   3   7   1   1   3   3   7   4   3   5
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   15   19   17   13   11   16   15   8   14   13
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   10   9   3   7   10   9   8   4   3   4
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   13   14   11   6   9   12   14   5   6   7
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   2   1   0
      Mechanical engineering   17   14   11   14   7   9   5   5   4   2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   25   19   17   14   14   16   12   19   28   27
      Other engineering   17   23   20   17   13   9   10   8   6   12
    Health   149   146   129   141   147   152   127   108   128   125
      Clinical medicine   127   122   111   123   125   99   84   75   101   95
      Other health   22   24   18   18   22   53   43   33   27   30

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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