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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   616   577   414   466   460   416   406   403   382   390
  Science and engineering   304   272   165   232   226   216   206   206   201   209
    Science   260   239   141   196   193   193   181   177   173   178
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   202   185   108   165   161   159   156   140   138   155
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   1   0   1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   3   5   4   1   4   2   3   8   5   1
      Mathematics and statistics   1   4   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   28   23   19   24   22   24   14   17   13   13
      Psychology   25   22   5   4   3   7   8   5   6   5
      Social sciences   1   0   1   1   1   0   0   4   4   3
    Engineering   44   33   24   36   33   23   25   29   28   31
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   20   14   9   11   10   7   8   19   18   20
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   12   8   6   8   9   7   8   5   4   4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   4   4   4   7   7   5   4   3   1   2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   8   7   5   10   7   4   5   2   5   5
      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   312   305   249   234   234   200   200   197   181   181
    Clinical medicine   308   298   247   230   232   196   195   196   179   181
    Other health   4   7   2   4   2   4   5   1   2   0

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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