TABLE 43. Female postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health in all institutions, by detailed field, citizenship, ethnicity, and race: 2011
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa
Not Hispanic or Latino
Total
Hispanic or
Latino
American
Indian or
Alaska Native
Asian
All surveyed fields
24,319
634
43
2,324
564
Science and engineering
15,599
403
29
1,348
Science
Agricultural sciences
14,162
457
374
14
29
3
1,223
34
9,316
178
884
1,036
221
65
222
1,112
81
119
621
1,212
146
815
721
693
30
1,160
236
6
16
26
6
0
5
22
2
2
8
37
5
21
25
14
0
41
16
0
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
2
0
3
0
2
0
2
868
18
87
93
22
6
28
95
7
6
53
89
10
83
71
67
3
130
Field
Biological sciences
Anatomy
Biochemistry
Biology
Biometry/epidemiology
Biophysics
Botany
Cell biology
Ecology
Entomology/parasitology
Genetics
Microbiology/immunology/virology
Nutrition
Pathology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Zoology
Biological sciences, nec
Communicationb
Black or Native Hawaiian
African or Other Pacific
American
Islander
White
More than
one race
Unknown
ethnicity/race
Temporary
visa holders
37
7,333
88
2,010
11,286
309
26
4,643
61
1,225
7,555
280
7
23
1
4,351
167
52
1
1,097
17
6,733
213
178
0
14
13
17
0
1
10
0
0
14
24
5
17
17
21
0
25
18
0
4
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
5
1
0
4
1
0
0
1
2,660
51
238
341
69
20
43
277
42
51
163
356
46
199
191
232
14
327
25
0
1
4
3
1
0
1
0
0
2
4
0
3
1
0
0
5
737
19
60
94
20
3
44
72
3
6
83
96
22
69
55
24
6
61
4,578
84
462
464
84
34
101
632
25
54
293
603
58
416
360
333
7
568
23
1
0
2
2
0
5
1
4
8
Computer sciences
142
2
0
18
4
1
33
0
14
70
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences
Atmospheric sciences
Geosciences
Oceanography
Earth/atmospheric/ocean sciences, nec
648
52
201
190
205
15
2
2
5
6
0
0
0
0
0
46
7
8
10
21
5
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
264
16
68
94
86
11
1
1
9
0
35
3
12
12
8
272
23
110
59
80
Family and consumer sciences/human sciencesb
43
1
0
2
4
0
27
0
2
7
Mathematical sciences
Mathematics/applied mathematics
Statistics
177
156
21
6
4
2
0
0
0
13
11
2
4
3
1
0
0
0
55
52
3
3
2
1
9
8
1
87
76
11
Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studiesb
245
7
2
13
8
0
114
0
23
78
601
15
0
36
5
0
166
2
77
300
1,542
148
886
26
2
16
4
0
4
129
5
84
28
0
22
2
0
0
396
61
209
6
2
2
80
14
40
871
64
509
Neuroscience
b
Physical sciences
Astronomy
Chemistry
TABLE 43. Female postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health in all institutions, by detailed field, citizenship, ethnicity, and race: 2011
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa
Not Hispanic or Latino
Total
Hispanic or
Latino
American
Indian or
Alaska Native
Asian
Physics
Physical sciences, nec
456
52
8
0
0
0
38
2
5
1
Psychology
Clinical psychology
Psychology, general
Psychology, nec
598
68
309
221
27
7
11
9
1
0
0
1
34
2
20
12
Social sciences
Agricultural economics
Anthropology (cultural/social)
Economics (except agricultural)
Geography
History and philosophy of science
Linguistics
Political science
Sociology
Sociology/anthropology
Social sciences, nec
370
13
44
6
20
6
12
101
58
1
109
24
0
4
0
1
0
0
6
4
0
9
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Engineering
Aerospace engineering
Agricultural engineering
Architectureb
Biomedical engineering
Chemical engineering
Civil engineeringb
Electrical engineering
Engineering science
Industrial engineering
Mechanical engineering
Metallurgical/materials engineering
Mining engineering
Nuclear engineering
Petroleum engineering
Engineering, nec
1,437
31
39
8
319
264
146
145
54
26
130
175
0
13
6
81
29
0
0
0
7
4
4
4
1
1
3
3
0
0
0
2
Health
Clinical medicine
Anesthesiology
Cardiology
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Hematology
Neurologyb
8,720
7,616
168
262
215
140
151
499
231
191
1
7
9
1
5
8
Field
Black or Native Hawaiian
African or Other Pacific
American
Islander
White
More than
one race
Unknown
ethnicity/race
Temporary
visa holders
2
0
103
23
2
0
26
0
272
26
13
6
3
4
1
1
0
0
311
41
138
132
1
0
0
1
65
4
40
21
145
7
97
41
28
1
2
0
1
0
1
11
2
0
10
22
0
2
1
0
0
1
10
4
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
153
5
21
1
12
1
6
36
29
0
42
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
34
1
5
1
2
3
1
13
3
1
4
104
6
9
3
4
2
3
25
14
0
38
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
125
1
5
2
43
29
5
9
3
0
7
14
0
1
0
6
29
1
2
0
13
3
2
2
0
1
1
3
0
0
0
1
3
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
292
5
7
0
78
52
42
18
15
6
21
27
0
6
0
15
9
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
128
5
2
1
43
6
16
12
0
2
20
11
0
0
1
9
822
19
21
5
135
168
76
99
35
16
75
114
0
6
5
48
14
11
1
0
0
0
0
1
976
860
20
21
16
16
12
63
255
230
1
6
8
8
2
9
11
9
0
1
0
0
0
0
2,690
2,323
43
65
62
35
31
141
27
22
0
1
0
0
1
0
785
706
9
15
15
21
52
43
3,731
3,264
93
146
105
59
48
234
TABLE 43. Female postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health in all institutions, by detailed field, citizenship, ethnicity, and race: 2011
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa
Not Hispanic or Latino
American
Indian or
Alaska Native
Asian
Black or Native Hawaiian
African or Other Pacific
American
Islander
Field
Total
Hispanic or
Latino
Obstetrics/gynecology
Oncology/cancer research
Ophthalmology
Otorhinolaryngology
Pediatrics
Preventive medicine/community health
Psychiatry
Pulmonary disease
Radiology
Surgery
Clinical medicine, nec
203
840
212
77
759
358
607
136
334
472
2,183
4
23
8
2
16
16
20
3
4
7
57
1
1
0
0
2
2
1
0
1
0
1
22
83
23
6
88
31
47
14
51
52
295
4
18
0
3
27
25
34
5
2
12
66
Other health
Dental sciences
Nursing
Pharmaceutical sciences
Speech pathology/audiology
Veterinary sciences
Other health, nec
nec = not elsewhere classified.
1,104
172
67
385
28
235
217
40
0
3
13
3
14
7
3
0
1
1
0
1
0
116
21
6
52
3
16
18
25
4
10
6
0
2
3
White
More than
one race
Unknown
ethnicity/race
Temporary
visa holders
0
1
0
0
2
3
1
0
0
0
1
89
211
28
21
268
121
270
66
90
138
644
1
2
0
0
4
2
2
0
0
2
7
7
74
16
4
57
49
93
12
6
28
205
75
427
137
41
295
109
139
36
180
233
907
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
367
37
35
99
17
103
76
5
0
1
2
1
0
1
79
17
2
20
1
22
17
467
93
9
190
3
77
95
Ethnicity and race data available only for U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
In 2007, eligible fields were reclassified, newly eligible fields were added, and survey was redesigned to improve coverage and coding of eligible units. "2007new" presents data as collected in 2007; "2007old"
shows data as they would have been collected in prior years. Science fields "communication" and "family and consumer sciences/human sciences" are newly eligible; data for these two fields are only in 2007new.
Science field "multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies" is also newly eligible; data may have been reported under other fields before 2007. "Neuroscience" is reported as a separate field of science in 2007new; data
were reported under health field "neurology" in 2007old and previous years. "Architecture" is reported as a separate field of engineering in 2007new; data were reported under "civil engineering" in 2007old and
previous years. See appendix A in http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10307/ for more detail.
a
b
NOTES: In 2010, the postdoc section of the survey was expanded, and significant effort was made to ensure that appropriate personnel were providing postdoc data (see appendix A for more information). Thus,
for increases in 2010 or 2011 over 2009 and prior-year data, it is unclear how much is from growth in postdoctoral appointment and how much is from improved data collection. More information on changes in
postdoc data will be available in forthcoming InfoBrief at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/gradpostdoc/. Ethnicity and race of postdocs were collected for first time in 2010, and any missing data in this item were not
imputed in 2010 and 2011 due to lack of historical data. For graduate students, “field” refers to the field of the reporting unit in which the student is enrolled. For postdocs, “field” refers to the field of the unit that
reports postdocs to the GSS.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation/National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, NSF-NIH Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2011.