Data

U. Wisconsin-Madison

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   563   521   519   500   501   496   493   501   518   531
  Science and engineering   417   392   378   353   349   369   385   373   393   408
    Science   312   312   306   286   275   295   330   308   323   346
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   50   39   37   33   16   14   19   28   28   34
      Biological and biomedical sciences   108   139   133   121   121   139   129   130   139   151
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   6   3   5   4   2   2   7   4   5   3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   7   3   6   11   10   9   9   11   7   8
      Mathematics and statistics   6   6   5   1   2   2   5   5   11   8
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   33   21   21   27   48   48   77   56   57   59
      Natural resources and conservation   34   25   25   21   8   12   12   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   51   59   57   53   46   51   56   50   51   58
      Psychology   10   7   7   9   8   8   6   6   5   5
      Social sciences   7   10   10   6   14   10   10   7   6   5
    Engineering   105   80   72   67   74   74   55   65   70   62
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   7   1   1   3   3   7   4   3   5   2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   19   17   13   11   16   15   8   14   13   14
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   9   3   7   10   9   8   4   3   4   1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   14   11   6   9   12   14   5   6   7   8
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   3   2   1   0   1
      Mechanical engineering   14   11   14   7   9   5   5   4   2   4
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   19   17   14   14   16   12   19   28   27   25
      Other engineering   23   20   17   13   9   10   8   6   12   7
  Health   146   129   141   147   152   127   108   128   125   123
    Clinical medicine   122   111   123   125   99   84   75   101   95   87
    Other health   24   18   18   22   53   43   33   27   30   36

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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