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Table 264. First-professional degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex of student, control of institution, and field of study: 1985-86 to 1999-2000

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                                |1985-86|1987-88|1989-90|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93|1993-94|1994-95|1995-96|1996-97|1997-98|        1998-99        |        1999-2000
   Control of institution and   |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______________________|_______________________
         field of study         | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total |  Men  | Women | Total |  Men  | Women
________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
               1                |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   |   7   |   8   |   9   |  10   |  11   |  12   |  13   |  14   |  15   |  16   |  17   |  18
________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
   Total, all institutions .....|73,910 |70,735 |70,988 |71,948 |74,146 |75,387 |75,418 |75,800 |76,734 |78,730 |78,598 |78,439 |44,339 |34,100 |80,057 |44,239 |35,818
                                |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) ...| 5,046 | 4,477 | 4,100 | 3,699 | 3,593 | 3,605 | 3,787 | 3,897 | 3,697 | 3,784 | 4,032 | 4,144 | 2,674 | 1,470 | 4,250 | 2,547 | 1,703
Medicine (M.D.) ................|15,938 |15,358 |15,075 |15,043 |15,243 |15,531 |15,368 |15,537 |15,341 |15,571 |15,424 |15,562 | 8,954 | 6,608 |15,286 | 8,761 | 6,525
Optometry (O.D.) ...............| 1,029 | 1,023 | 1,072 | 1,115 | 1,232 | 1,148 | 1,103 | 1,185 | 1,231 | 1,264 | 1,274 | 1,285 |   637 |   648 | 1,293 |   604 |   689
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) ....| 1,547 | 1,544 | 1,555 | 1,459 | 1,326 | 1,627 | 1,798 | 1,854 | 1,895 | 2,011 | 2,110 | 2,135 | 1,338 |   797 | 2,236 | 1,399 |   837
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) ............|   903 |   962 | 1,199 | 1,244 | 1,339 | 1,904 | 1,936 | 2,264 | 2,555 | 2,708 | 3,660 | 3,992 | 1,319 | 2,673 | 5,669 | 1,943 | 3,726
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) ..|   612 |   645 |   675 |   589 |   504 |   476 |   465 |   545 |   650 |   614 |   594 |   578 |   417 |   161 |   569 |   396 |   173
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) ...| 2,270 | 2,235 | 2,151 | 2,032 | 2,044 | 2,057 | 2,089 | 2,148 | 2,109 | 2,188 | 2,193 | 2,226 |   725 | 1,501 | 2,251 |   710 | 1,541
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.) ..| 3,395 | 2,628 | 2,581 | 2,640 | 2,694 | 2,799 | 2,806 | 2,968 | 3,379 | 3,654 | 3,735 | 3,639 | 2,594 | 1,045 | 3,809 | 2,718 | 1,091
Law (LL.B. or J.D.) ......      |35,844 |35,397 |36,485 |37,945 |38,848 |40,302 |40,044 |39,349 |39,828 |40,079 |39,331 |39,167 |21,628 |17,539 |38,152 |20,638 |17,514
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D.,|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  or Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.) .....| 7,283 | 6,466 | 5,851 | 5,695 | 5,251 | 5,447 | 5,967 | 5,978 | 5,879 | 5,859 | 5,873 | 5,558 | 3,986 | 1,572 | 6,129 | 4,337 | 1,792
Other ..........................|    43 |     0 |   244 |   487 | 2,072 |   491 |    55 |    75 |   170 |   998 |   372 |   153 |    67 |    86 |   413 |   186 |   227
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   Total, public institutions ..|29,568 |29,153 |28,810 |29,554 |29,366 |29,628 |29,842 |29,871 |29,882 |31,243 |31,233 |31,693 |17,035 |14,658 |32,247 |16,923 |15,324
                                |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) ...| 2,827 | 2,524 | 2,353 | 2,308 | 2,200 | 2,167 | 2,189 | 2,236 | 2,198 | 2,350 | 2,468 | 2,479 | 1,656 |   823 | 2,512 | 1,585 |   927
Medicine (M.D.) ................| 9,991 | 9,557 | 9,108 | 9,364 | 9,259 | 9,370 | 9,506 | 9,599 | 9,370 | 9,773 | 9,474 | 9,515 | 5,527 | 3,988 | 9,389 | 5,394 | 3,995
Optometry (O.D.) ...............|   441 |   429 |   444 |   477 |   595 |   460 |   471 |   461 |   499 |   498 |   537 |   488 |   222 |   266 |   493 |   226 |   267
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) ....|   486 |   434 |   458 |   493 |   416 |   490 |   531 |   492 |   528 |   527 |   568 |   548 |   319 |   229 |   535 |   305 |   230
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) ............|   473 |   615 |   727 |   808 |   852 | 1,171 | 1,185 | 1,344 | 1,557 | 1,765 | 2,212 | 2,503 |   822 | 1,681 | 3,485 | 1,227 | 2,258
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) ..|     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |   103 |    97 |    60 |    37 |    84 |    57 |    27
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) ...| 1,931 | 2,014 | 1,943 | 1,814 | 1,831 | 1,840 | 1,895 | 1,927 | 1,889 | 1,950 | 1,971 | 1,989 |   662 | 1,327 | 2,021 |   646 | 1,375
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.) ..|     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0
Law (LL.B. or J.D.) ......      |13,419 |13,580 |13,585 |14,290 |14,097 |14,130 |14,065 |13,812 |13,841 |14,380 |13,900 |14,074 | 7,767 | 6,307 |13,728 | 7,483 | 6,245
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D.,|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  or Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.) .....|     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0
Other ..........................|     0 |     0 |   192 |     0 |   116 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0
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   Total, private institutions .|44,342 |41,582 |42,178 |42,394 |44,780 |45,759 |45,576 |45,929 |46,852 |47,487 |47,365 |46,746 |27,304 |19,442 |47,810 |27,316 |20,494
                                |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) ...| 2,219 | 1,953 | 1,747 | 1,391 | 1,393 | 1,438 | 1,598 | 1,661 | 1,499 | 1,434 | 1,564 | 1,665 | 1,018 |   647 | 1,738 |   962 |   776
Medicine (M.D.) ................| 5,947 | 5,801 | 5,967 | 5,679 | 5,984 | 6,161 | 5,862 | 5,938 | 5,971 | 5,798 | 5,950 | 6,047 | 3,427 | 2,620 | 5,897 | 3,367 | 2,530
Optometry (O.D.) ...............|   588 |   594 |   628 |   638 |   637 |   688 |   632 |   724 |   732 |   766 |   737 |   797 |   415 |   382 |   800 |   378 |   422
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) ....| 1,061 | 1,110 | 1,097 |   966 |   910 | 1,137 | 1,267 | 1,362 | 1,367 | 1,484 | 1,542 | 1,587 | 1,019 |   568 | 1,701 | 1,094 |   607
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) ............|   430 |   347 |   472 |   436 |   487 |   733 |   751 |   920 |   998 |   943 | 1,448 | 1,489 |   497 |   992 | 2,184 |   716 | 1,468
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) ..|   612 |   645 |   675 |   589 |   504 |   476 |   465 |   545 |   650 |   614 |   491 |   481 |   357 |   124 |   485 |   339 |   146
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) ...|   339 |   221 |   208 |   218 |   213 |   217 |   194 |   221 |   220 |   238 |   222 |   237 |    63 |   174 |   230 |    64 |   166
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.) ..| 3,395 | 2,628 | 2,581 | 2,640 | 2,694 | 2,799 | 2,806 | 2,968 | 3,379 | 3,654 | 3,735 | 3,639 | 2,594 | 1,045 | 3,809 | 2,718 | 1,091
Law (LL.B. or J.D.) ......      |22,425 |21,817 |22,900 |23,655 |24,751 |26,172 |25,979 |25,537 |25,987 |25,699 |25,431 |25,093 |13,861 |11,232 |24,424 |13,155 |11,269
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D.,|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.) ........| 7,283 | 6,466 | 5,851 | 5,695 | 5,251 | 5,447 | 5,967 | 5,978 | 5,879 | 5,859 | 5,873 | 5,558 | 3,986 | 1,572 | 6,129 | 4,337 | 1,792
Other ..........................|    43 |     0 |    52 |   487 | 1,956 |   491 |    55 |    75 |   170 |   998 |   372 |   153 |    67 |    86 |   413 |   186 |   227
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NOTE: Includes degrees which require at least 6 years of college work for completion (including at least 2 years of preprofessional training). Data for 1998-99 imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Some data have been revised from previously published figures

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared August 2001.)


2001 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest