Data

Dartmouth College

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2016–07
Field	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
All surveyed fields	89	109	115	125	138	148	145	137	152	141
Science and engineering	88	104	105	115	121	130	133	124	137	117
Science	66	84	76	94	100	100	105	90	98	94
Agricultural sciences	2	3	1	1	1	0	.	.	.	.
Biological sciences	39	60	46	56	69	74	88	63	68	67
Communication	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Computer sciences	3	1	6	8	6	5	0	4	4	8
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	0	0	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	0
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mathematics and statistics	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies	0	0	2	4	4	.	.	.	.	.
Neurobiology and neuroscience	8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Physical sciences	13	13	13	17	12	11	11	15	17	17
Psychology	.	7	5	6	8	7	6	7	9	2
Social sciences	1	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Engineering	22	20	29	21	21	30	28	34	39	23
Chemical engineering	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Civil engineering	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Electrical engineering	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Industrial engineering	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mechanical engineering	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Metallurgical and materials engineering	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other engineering	22	20	29	21	21	30	28	34	39	23
Health	1	5	10	10	17	18	12	13	15	24