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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   683   616   577   414   466   460   416   406   403   382
  Science and engineering   352   304   272   165   232   226   216   206   206   201
    Science   304   260   239   141   196   193   193   181   177   173
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   244   202   185   108   165   161   159   156   140   138
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   2   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   1   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   4   3   5   4   1   4   2   3   8   5
      Mathematics and statistics   2   1   4   2   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   42   28   23   19   24   22   24   14   17   13
      Psychology   9   25   22   5   4   3   7   8   5   6
      Social sciences   1   1   0   1   1   1   0   0   4   4
    Engineering   48   44   33   24   36   33   23   25   29   28
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   18   20   14   9   11   10   7   8   19   18
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   14   12   8   6   8   9   7   8   5   4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   6   4   4   4   7   7   5   4   3   1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   10   8   7   5   10   7   4   5   2   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   331   312   305   249   234   234   200   200   197   181
      Clinical medicine   324   308   298   247   230   232   196   195   196   179
      Other health   7   4   7   2   4   2   4   5   1   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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