First-professional degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex of student, control of institution, and field of study: Selected years, 1985-86 to 2001-02

Table 260.

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                                |1985-86|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93|1993-94|1994-95|1995-96|1996-97|1997-98|1998-99|1999-2000|        2000-01        |       2001-02
   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  |  15  |  16
________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|______|______|______
   Total, all institutions .....| 73,910| 71,948| 74,146| 75,387| 75,418| 75,800| 76,734| 78,730| 78,598| 78,439|   80,057| 79,707| 42,862| 36,845|80,698|42,507|38,191
                                |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|______|______|______
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) ...|  5,046|  3,699|  3,593|  3,605|  3,787|  3,897|  3,697|  3,784|  4,032|  4,144|    4,250|  4,391|  2,696|  1,695| 4,239| 2,608| 1,631
Medicine (M.D.) ................| 15,938| 15,043| 15,243| 15,531| 15,368| 15,537| 15,341| 15,571| 15,424| 15,562|   15,286| 15,403|  8,728|  6,675|15,237| 8,469| 6,768
Optometry (O.D.) ...............|  1,029|  1,115|  1,232|  1,148|  1,103|  1,185|  1,231|  1,264|  1,274|  1,285|    1,293|  1,289|    586|    703| 1,280|   565|   715
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) ....|  1,547|  1,459|  1,326|  1,627|  1,798|  1,854|  1,895|  2,011|  2,110|  2,135|    2,236|  2,450|  1,496|    954| 2,416| 1,415| 1,001
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) ............|    903|  1,244|  1,339|  1,904|  1,936|  2,264|  2,555|  2,708|  3,660|  3,992|    5,669|  6,324|  2,141|  4,183| 7,076| 2,428| 4,648
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |      |      |
  podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) ..|    612|    589|    504|    476|    465|    545|    650|    614|    594|    578|      569|    528|    334|    194|   474|   315|   159
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) ...|  2,270|  2,032|  2,044|  2,057|  2,089|  2,148|  2,109|  2,188|  2,193|  2,226|    2,251|  2,248|    679|  1,569| 2,289|   652| 1,637
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.) ..|  3,395|  2,640|  2,694|  2,799|  2,806|  2,968|  3,379|  3,654|  3,735|  3,639|    3,809|  3,796|  2,657|  1,139| 3,284| 2,248| 1,036
Law (LL.B. or J.D.) ......      | 35,844| 37,945| 38,848| 40,302| 40,044| 39,349| 39,828| 40,079| 39,331| 39,167|   38,152| 37,904| 19,981| 17,923|38,981|20,254|18,727
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D.,|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |      |      |
  or Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.) .....|  7,283|  5,695|  5,251|  5,447|  5,967|  5,978|  5,879|  5,859|  5,873|  5,558|    6,129|  5,026|  3,419|  1,607| 5,195| 3,484| 1,711
Other ..........................|     43|    487|  2,072|    491|     55|     75|    170|    998|    372|    153|      413|    348|    145|    203|   227|    69|   158
                                |=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=========|=======|=======|=======|======|======|======
   Total, public institutions ..| 29,568| 29,554| 29,366| 29,628| 29,842| 29,871| 29,882| 31,243| 31,233| 31,693|   32,247| 32,633| 16,965| 15,668|33,439|17,010|16,429
                                |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|______|______|______
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) ...|  2,827|  2,308|  2,200|  2,167|  2,189|  2,236|  2,198|  2,350|  2,468|  2,479|    2,512|  2,477|  1,581|    896| 2,525| 1,629|   896
Medicine (M.D.) ................|  9,991|  9,364|  9,259|  9,370|  9,506|  9,599|  9,370|  9,773|  9,474|  9,515|    9,389|  9,408|  5,442|  3,966| 9,390| 5,318| 4,072
Optometry (O.D.) ...............|    441|    477|    595|    460|    471|    461|    499|    498|    537|    488|      493|    497|    218|    279|   503|   201|   302
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) ....|    486|    493|    416|    490|    531|    492|    528|    527|    568|    548|      535|    562|    337|    225|   538|   282|   256
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) ............|    473|    808|    852|  1,171|  1,185|  1,344|  1,557|  1,765|  2,212|  2,503|    3,485|  3,876|  1,347|  2,529| 4,382| 1,525| 2,857
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |      |      |
  podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) ..|      0|      0|      0|      0|      0|      0|      0|      0|    103|     97|       84|     84|     47|     37|    75|    49|    26
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) ...|  1,931|  1,814|  1,831|  1,840|  1,895|  1,927|  1,889|  1,950|  1,971|  1,989|    2,021|  2,017|    625|  1,392| 2,052|   581| 1,471
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| 14,290| 14,097| 14,130| 14,065| 13,812| 13,841| 14,380| 13,900| 14,074|   13,728| 13,712|  7,368|  6,344|13,974| 7,425| 6,549
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|    116|      0|      0|      0|      0|      0|      0|      0|        0|      0|      0|      0|     0|     0|     0
                                |=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=========|=======|=======|=======|======|======|======
   Total, private institutions .| 44,342| 42,394| 44,780| 45,759| 45,576| 45,929| 46,852| 47,487| 47,365| 46,746|   47,810| 47,074| 25,897| 21,177|47,259|25,497|21,762
                                |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|______|______|______
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) ...|  2,219|  1,391|  1,393|  1,438|  1,598|  1,661|  1,499|  1,434|  1,564|  1,665|    1,738|  1,914|  1,115|    799| 1,714|   979|   735
Medicine (M.D.) ................|  5,947|  5,679|  5,984|  6,161|  5,862|  5,938|  5,971|  5,798|  5,950|  6,047|    5,897|  5,995|  3,286|  2,709| 5,847| 3,151| 2,696
Optometry (O.D.) ...............|    588|    638|    637|    688|    632|    724|    732|    766|    737|    797|      800|    792|    368|    424|   777|   364|   413
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) ....|  1,061|    966|    910|  1,137|  1,267|  1,362|  1,367|  1,484|  1,542|  1,587|    1,701|  1,888|  1,159|    729| 1,878| 1,133|   745
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) ............|    430|    436|    487|    733|    751|    920|    998|    943|  1,448|  1,489|    2,184|  2,448|    794|  1,654| 2,694|   903| 1,791
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |      |      |
  podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) ..|    612|    589|    504|    476|    465|    545|    650|    614|    491|    481|      485|    444|    287|    157|   399|   266|   133
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) ...|    339|    218|    213|    217|    194|    221|    220|    238|    222|    237|      230|    231|     54|    177|   237|    71|   166
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.) ..|  3,395|  2,640|  2,694|  2,799|  2,806|  2,968|  3,379|  3,654|  3,735|  3,639|    3,809|  3,796|  2,657|  1,139| 3,284| 2,248| 1,036
Law (LL.B. or J.D.) ......      | 22,425| 23,655| 24,751| 26,172| 25,979| 25,537| 25,987| 25,699| 25,431| 25,093|   24,424| 24,192| 12,613| 11,579|25,007|12,829|12,178
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D.,|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |      |      |
  or Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.) .....|  7,283|  5,695|  5,251|  5,447|  5,967|  5,978|  5,879|  5,859|  5,873|  5,558|    6,129|  5,026|  3,419|  1,607| 5,195| 3,484| 1,711
Other ..........................|     43|    487|  1,956|    491|     55|     75|    170|    998|    372|    153|      413|    348|    145|    203|   227|    69|   158
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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 were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

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, 1990-91 through 1998-99, and Fall 2000 through Fall 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared August 2003.)

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