Data

U. California, Davis

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   305   385   410   628   454   488   450   460   448   443
  Science and engineering   256   341   359   532   376   376   358   373   368   370
    Science   227   295   318   459   332   319   298   315   310   303
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   49   67   67   82   27   25   19   32   26   14
      Biological and biomedical sciences   118   156   174   260   200   191   191   175   179   180
        Neurobiology and neuroscience   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   12   9   11
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   8   12   0   10   14   13
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2   2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   22   22   17   29   17   24   14   23   29   25
      Mathematics and statistics   0   2   7   5   1   3   3   2   4   2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   7   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   2   3   6   16   13   10   13   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   34   40   37   49   40   39   39   32   33   39
      Psychology   2   1   4   5   14   8   15   17   6   9
      Social sciences   0   4   6   13   11   6   4   2   8   8
    Engineering   29   46   41   73   44   57   60   58   58   67
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   10   14   12   21   14   16   18   21   17   23
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   1   2   5   3   2   1   2   3   7   12
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   2   5   2   8   8   8   13   7   3   3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   7   15   11   24   7   13   13   16   14   13
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   3   3   1   2   2   3   4   7   4   4
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   1   2   3   3   1   2   1   0   10   8
      Other engineering   5   5   7   12   10   14   9   4   3   4
    Health   49   44   51   96   78   112   92   87   80   73
      Clinical medicine   49   43   49   89   43   63   49   44   45   43
      Other health   0   1   2   7   35   49   43   43   35   30

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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