Data

U. California, Los Angeles

Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  Science and engineering   787   712   704   710   680   692   711   845   842   755   0
    Science   653   596   590   582   565   560   577   688   733   636   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   357   331   319   314   306   317   328   405   322   269   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   10   8   8   10   14   14   12   16   17   18   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   38   30   38   43   37   26   36   44   38   21   0
      Mathematics and statistics   10   7   8   7   4   6   7   6   11   13   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   11   12   18   14   11   0   0   7   21   24   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   164   150   118   123   125   129   131   148   139   127   0
      Psychology   21   22   35   30   33   30   27   33   32   36   0
      Social sciences   42   36   46   41   35   38   36   29   30   22   0
    Engineering   134   116   114   128   115   132   134   157   109   119   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   11   5   4   11   14   21   25   20   18   15   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   26   15   16   13   14   16   20   26   21   20   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   27   27   29   33   28   32   11   27   11   5   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   33   28   26   36   34   32   39   43   38   41   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   23   22   22   22   14   16   18   20   0   19   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   15   17   0
      Other engineering   14   19   17   13   11   15   21   21   6   2   0
    Health   254   263   232   225   231   239   221   262   278   261   0
      Clinical medicine   236   239   209   204   213   216   204   233   248   233   0
      Other health   18   24   23   21   18   23   17   29   30   28   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