Data

California Institute of Technology

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   217   228   265   278   337   304   324   320   277   289
  Science and engineering   217   228   265   278   337   304   324   320   277   289
    Science   175   191   221   221   265   251   256   262   230   240
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   60   66   80   82   83   92   86   85   81   73
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   4   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   16   17   24   23   31   24   26   28   19   17
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   14   17   15   16   21   20   19   23   8   17
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   85   91   102   100   130   114   124   126   118   131
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   42   37   44   57   72   53   68   58   47   49
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   5   4   1   9   11   8   10   6   5   8
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   11   5   14   15   14   12   9   1   3   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   10   15   12   13   22   7   16   18   18   18
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   2   2   4   3   3   2   1   3   2   2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   10   6   4   11   9   15   16   17   7   6
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   4   5   9   6   12   9   16   13   12   15
  Health   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Other health   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   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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