Data

U. Minnesota

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   294   287   305   279   282   275   259   236   241   365
  Science and engineering   257   240   256   238   225   227   213   205   238   360
    Science   188   174   189   178   172   164   158   147   188   278
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   35   23   27   26   12   11   9   14   18   27
      Biological and biomedical sciences   71   64   77   56   66   59   69   52   74   122
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   2   2   1   3   2   5   5   3   5   6
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   8   13   12   15   12   12   12   10   10   18
      Mathematics and statistics   4   5   6   8   9   7   6   16   11   14
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   10   9   4   5   5   8   8   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   45   41   44   44   52   47   43   47   57   79
      Psychology   6   9   13   16   9   10   4   4   9   10
      Social sciences   7   8   5   5   5   5   2   1   3   2
    Engineering   69   66   67   60   53   63   55   58   50   82
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   5   8   7   7   5   6   4   5   5   9
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   18   14   11   10   9   10   10   12   4   9
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   18   18   22   17   13   18   20   20   19   22
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   2   1   2   2   3   1   1   3   1   6
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   10   10   11   12   11   13   9   10   5   16
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   15   14   13   12   12   15   11   8   12   17
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3
  Health   37   47   49   41   57   48   46   31   3   5
    Clinical medicine   7   15   13   10   7   13   13   0   2   1
    Other health   30   32   36   31   50   35   33   31   1   4

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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