Data

Duke U.

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   350   329   361   348   343   326   283   348   341   368
  Science and engineering   289   259   293   272   265   252   216   256   245   238
    Science   242   206   226   202   196   193   169   188   191   190
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   13   11   4
      Biological and biomedical sciences   153   146   157   149   135   114   99   107   96   127
        Neurobiology and neuroscience   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   10   11
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   4   4   3   4   3   4   3   3   2   4
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   3   1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   1   3   0   0   0   0   3   4   7   4
      Mathematics and statistics   7   5   4   3   5   12   7   6   6   5
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   24   21   20   10   19   23   28   6   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   5   3   5   4   2   8   5   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   33   16   23   25   25   24   18   18   26   23
      Psychology   6   1   3   1   0   1   0   11   23   5
      Social sciences   9   7   11   6   7   7   6   7   7   6
    Engineering   47   53   67   70   69   59   47   68   54   48
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   22   28   35   36   31   23   23   28   21   18
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   4   1   1   3   4   7   5   12   8   4
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   8   16   16   14   22   19   9   12   15   20
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   10   6   12   13   8   10   10   8   10   6
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   3   2   3   4   4   0   0   8   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   61   70   68   76   78   74   67   92   96   130
      Clinical medicine   61   70   68   75   77   73   67   92   96   130
      Other health   0   0   0   1   1   1   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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