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Table 274. First-professional degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 2000-01

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                              |                            Total                        |                               Men                       |                          Women
                              |_________________________________________________________|_________________________________________________________|_________________________________________________________
                              |       | White, |Black,|      | Asian/ |American|        |       | White, |Black,|      | Asian/ |American|        |       | White, |Black,|      | Asian/ |American|
     Major field of study     | Total |  non-  | non- | His- |Pacific |Indian/ |Nonresi-| Total |  non-  | non- | His- |Pacific |Indian/ |Nonresi-| Total |  non-  | non- | His- |Pacific |Indian/ |Nonresi-
                              |       |Hispanic| His- |panic |Islander| Alaska |  dent  |       |Hispanic| His- |panic |Islander| Alaska |  dent  |       |Hispanic| His- |panic |Islander| Alaska |  dent
                              |       |        |panic |      |        | Native | alien  |       |        |panic |      |        | Native | alien  |       |        |panic |      |        | Native | alien
______________________________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________
              1               |   2   |   3    |  4   |  5   |   6    |   7    |   8    |   9   |   10   |  11  |  12  |   13   |   14   |   15   |  16   |   17   |  18  |  19  |   20   |   21   |   22
______________________________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________
  All fields .................|79,707 | 58,598 |5,416 |3,806 |  9,261 |    543 |  2,083 |42,862 | 32,717 |2,110 |1,977 |  4,518 |    278 |  1,262 |36,845 | 25,881 |3,306 |1,829 |  4,743 |    265 |    821
                              |_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) .| 4,391 |  2,613 |  192 |  188 |  1,036 |     34 |    328 | 2,696 |  1,775 |   75 |   98 |    542 |     24 |    182 | 1,695 |    838 |  117 |   90 |    494 |     10 |    146
Medicine (M.D.) ..............|15,403 | 10,284 |1,085 |  787 |  2,888 |     88 |    271 | 8,728 |  6,065 |  401 |  437 |  1,621 |     45 |    159 | 6,675 |  4,219 |  684 |  350 |  1,267 |     43 |    112
Optometry (O.D.) .............| 1,289 |    820 |   28 |   37 |    328 |      2 |     74 |   586 |    432 |   10 |    9 |    100 |      1 |     34 |   703 |    388 |   18 |   28 |    228 |      1 |     40
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) ..| 2,450 |  1,913 |   92 |   97 |    317 |     23 |      8 | 1,496 |  1,216 |   43 |   52 |    163 |     17 |      5 |   954 |    697 |   49 |   45 |    154 |      6 |      3
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) ..........| 6,324 |  4,163 |  446 |  212 |  1,339 |     24 |    140 | 2,141 |  1,475 |  126 |   80 |    404 |     10 |     46 | 4,183 |  2,688 |  320 |  132 |    935 |     14 |     94
                              |       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or  |       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |
 podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) .|   528 |    399 |   34 |   14 |     66 |      1 |     14 |   334 |    267 |   10 |    4 |     46 |      1 |      6 |   194 |    132 |   24 |   10 |     20 |      0 |      8
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) .| 2,248 |  2,048 |   55 |   62 |     52 |     20 |     11 |   679 |    637 |    6 |   16 |     12 |      5 |      3 | 1,569 |  1,411 |   49 |   46 |     40 |     15 |      8
Chiropractic medicine (D.C.   |       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |
 or D.C.M.) ..................| 3,796 |  2,738 |  106 |  149 |    366 |     28 |    409 | 2,657 |  1,907 |   58 |  112 |    268 |     23 |    289 | 1,139 |    831 |   48 |   37 |     98 |      5 |    120
Naturopathic medicine ........|   275 |    237 |    3 |    8 |     21 |      3 |      3 |    79 |     66 |    0 |    2 |     10 |      1 |      0 |   196 |    171 |    3 |    6 |     11 |      2 |      3
Law (LL.B. or J.D.) ..........|37,904 | 29,619 |2,773 |2,126 |  2,584 |    303 |    499 |19,981 | 16,326 |1,058 |1,060 |  1,137 |    141 |    259 |17,923 | 13,293 |1,715 |1,066 |  1,447 |    162 |    240
Theology (M.Div., M.H.L., B.D.|       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |
 or Ord.) ....................| 5,026 |  3,731 |  588 |  118 |    261 |     15 |    313 | 3,419 |  2,523 |  310 |  100 |    212 |      8 |    266 | 1,607 |  1,208 |  278 |   18 |     49 |      7 |     47
Other ........................|    73 |     33 |   14 |    8 |      3 |      2 |     13 |    66 |     28 |   13 |    7 |      3 |      2 |     13 |     7 |      5 |    1 |    1 |      0 |      0 |      0
______________________________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________

NOTE: Reported racial/ethnic distributions of students by level of degree, field of study, and sex were used to estimate race/ethnicity for students whose race/ethnicity was not reported.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared September 2002.)


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