Data

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy

Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2021–12
All races	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
Science and engineering	243	254	254	94	73	70	83	82	85	80
Science	97	108	108	41	39	25	32	32	20	37
Agricultural and veterinary sciences	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Biological and biomedical sciences	23	23	23	15	13	5	2	1	2	8
Communication	.	.	.	.	.	0	0	0	0	0
Computer and information sciences	10	10	10	3	1	10	10	8	0	10
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Mathematics and statistics	1	12	12	6	6	1	1	0	2	1
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies	18	18	18	1	3	1	6	7	3	1
Natural resources and conservation	9	9	9	4	3	.	.	.	.	.
Psychology	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Physical sciences	36	36	36	12	13	8	11	14	13	15
Social sciences	.	.	.	.	.	0	2	2	0	0
Engineering	146	146	146	53	34	45	51	50	65	43
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering	66	66	66	13	8	27	30	24	26	2
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering	8	8	8	12	10	1	0	1	1	5
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields	8	8	8	3	1	1	1	1	1	3
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering	6	6	6	5	4	3	5	8	13	10
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mechanical engineering	36	36	36	15	10	2	7	13	16	10
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields	22	22	22	4	0	4	4	3	3	3
Other engineering	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	5	10
Clinical medicine	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other health	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

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).