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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   134   138   123   116   113   126   115   113   114   111
  Science and engineering   133   137   122   116   109   122   110   108   101   103
    Science   93   103   91   85   71   82   63   61   64   64
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   16   20   20   12   10   7   8   16   17   16
      Biological and biomedical sciences   20   19   17   17   12   15   10   14   27   30
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   2   3   2   1   0   4   1   2   4   4
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   1   1   2   1   1   2   1   1   2   1
      Mathematics and statistics   4   2   1   2   2   2   3   1   0   1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   17   15   13   15   12   20   14   17   2   1
      Natural resources and conservation   10   9   10   7   5   4   5   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   23   33   26   29   29   28   20   10   11   9
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1
      Social sciences   0   1   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   1
    Engineering   40   34   31   31   38   40   47   47   37   39
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   2   2   2   1   3   2   1   0   2   1
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   4   5   2   4   1   3   2   0   1   2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   1   2   0   1   0   0   0   1   1   1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   15   6   5   2   5   13   10   14   8   7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   4   6   4   6   13   9   11   10   11   8
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   1   0   1   1   1   1   2
      Mechanical engineering   6   8   13   8   9   6   14   12   6   10
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   1   1   2   5   3   2   3   5   0   3
      Other engineering   7   4   3   3   4   4   5   4   7   5
  Health   1   1   1   0   4   4   5   5   13   8
    Clinical medicine   1   1   1   0   1   1   1   1   7   6
    Other health   0   0   0   0   3   3   4   4   6   2

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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