Data

U. California, Berkeley

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   567   695   634   515   584   461   440   313   568   31
  Science and engineering   554   678   616   502   568   446   419   286   536   31
    Science   449   563   518   396   433   343   330   218   385   30
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   7   20   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   233   306   267   209   234   184   194   130   151   9
        Neurobiology and neuroscience   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   22   22   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   21   19   21   1   1   3   2   3   4   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   12   12   11   13   15   12   16   3   18   8
      Mathematics and statistics   9   17   24   11   15   8   4   3   8   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   2   3   1   1   1   0   1
      Natural resources and conservation   19   27   26   26   24   18   16   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   137   152   140   113   119   100   78   45   143   0
      Psychology   11   15   17   13   15   10   12   3   13   0
      Social sciences   7   15   12   8   7   7   6   1   6   12
    Engineering   105   115   98   106   135   103   89   68   151   1
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   2   1   0   2   2   4   0   1   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   11   13   10   7   13   5   11   0   27   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   22   23   11   15   18   11   7   4   9   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   30   19   11   1   2   3   0   2   48   1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   2   0
      Mechanical engineering   6   7   7   2   0   0   0   1   14   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   15   0
      Other engineering   34   52   58   78   99   80   71   60   36   0
    Health   13   17   18   13   16   15   21   27   32   0
      Clinical medicine   13   17   18   13   16   15   21   27   32   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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