Data

U. Florida

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   358   346   321   291   326   299   191   217   249   278
  Science and engineering   305   293   264   235   241   220   116   163   206   228
    Science   263   251   221   192   210   191   109   141   178   182
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   78   68   66   58   50   52   11   36   60   47
      Biological and biomedical sciences   122   117   72   85   100   91   69   63   67   88
        Neurobiology and neuroscience   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3   3
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   2   3   3   2   2   2   2   3   2   3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   6   7   4   5   6   6   16   7   5   10
      Mathematics and statistics   1   1   0   0   0   2   1   1   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   1   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   21   15   20   14   13   13   4   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   23   25   38   22   28   14   3   23   25   19
      Psychology   4   5   5   2   5   2   0   3   2   3
      Social sciences   6   9   4   4   6   9   3   1   14   9
    Engineering   42   42   43   43   31   29   7   22   28   46
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   10   7   9   12   8   12   0   0   7   14
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   6   6   4   5   6   6   3   3   4   8
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   1   2   2   0   1   0   6   3   1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   9   9   15   10   5   3   0   0   0   6
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   7   0   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   2   3   4   3   3   0   1   2   5
      Other engineering   17   17   10   10   9   4   2   5   10   9
    Health   53   53   57   56   85   79   75   54   43   50
      Clinical medicine   17   16   26   19   26   29   29   28   18   20
      Other health   36   37   31   37   59   50   46   26   25   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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