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Table 286. Degrees in the health professions and related sciences conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970-71 through 2003-04
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            |     Bachelor's degrees   |      Master's degrees    |    Doctor's degrees
            |__________________________|__________________________|_____________________
Year        |   Total|   Males| Females|   Total|   Males| Females| Total| Males|Females
____________|________|________|________|________|________|________|______|______|_______
1           |       2|       3|       4|       5|       6|       7|     8|     9|     10
____________|________|________|________|________|________|________|______|______|_______
1970-71 ....|  25,223|   5,785|  19,438|   5,330|   2,165|   3,165|   518|   437|     81
1971-72 ....|  28,611|   7,005|  21,606|   6,811|   2,749|   4,062|   459|   376|     83
1972-73 ....|  33,562|   7,752|  25,810|   7,978|   3,189|   4,789|   685|   519|    166
1973-74 ....|  41,421|   9,347|  32,074|   9,232|   3,444|   5,788|   645|   507|    138
1974-75 ....|  49,002|  10,844|  38,158|  10,277|   3,686|   6,591|   666|   481|    185
            |        |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |
1975-76 ....|  53,885|  11,386|  42,499|  12,164|   3,837|   8,327|   617|   444|    173
1976-77 ....|  57,222|  11,896|  45,326|  12,627|   3,865|   8,762|   578|   402|    176
1977-78 ....|  59,445|  11,600|  47,845|  14,027|   3,972|  10,055|   704|   454|    250
1978-79 ....|  62,095|  11,214|  50,881|  15,110|   4,155|  10,955|   731|   463|    268
1979-80 ....|  63,848|  11,330|  52,518|  15,374|   4,060|  11,314|   821|   467|    354
            |        |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |
1980-81 ....|  63,665|  10,531|  53,134|  16,176|   4,024|  12,152|   868|   499|    369
1981-82 ....|  63,660|  10,110|  53,550|  16,212|   3,743|  12,469|   956|   527|    429
1982-83 ....|  65,642|  10,247|  55,395|  16,941|   4,138|  12,803| 1,093|   615|    478
1983-84 ....|  65,305|  10,068|  55,237|  17,351|   4,124|  13,227| 1,077|   528|    549
1984-85 ....|  65,331|   9,741|  55,590|  17,442|   4,046|  13,396| 1,142|   546|    596
            |        |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |
1985-86 ....|  65,309|   9,629|  55,680|  18,603|   4,355|  14,248| 1,139|   547|    592
1986-87 ....|  63,963|   9,137|  54,826|  18,442|   3,818|  14,624| 1,120|   518|    602
1987-88 ....|  61,614|   8,955|  52,659|  18,774|   4,004|  14,770| 1,188|   516|    672
1988-89 ....|  59,850|   8,878|  50,972|  19,493|   4,197|  15,296| 1,329|   555|    774
1989-90 ....|  58,983|   9,075|  49,908|  20,406|   4,486|  15,920| 1,449|   635|    814
            |        |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |
1990-91 ....|  59,875|   9,619|  50,256|  21,354|   4,423|  16,931| 1,534|   649|    885
1991-92 ....|  62,779|  10,330|  52,449|  23,671|   4,794|  18,877| 1,432|   576|    856
1992-93 ....|  68,434|  11,605|  56,829|  26,190|   5,249|  20,941| 1,451|   571|    880
1993-94 ....|  75,890|  13,377|  62,513|  28,442|   5,813|  22,629| 1,552|   593|    959
1994-95 ....|  81,596|  14,812|  66,784|  31,770|   6,718|  25,052| 1,653|   647|  1,006
            |        |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |
1995-96 ....|  86,087|  15,942|  70,145|  33,920|   7,017|  26,903| 1,651|   655|    996
1996-97 ....|  87,997|  16,440|  71,557|  36,162|   7,536|  28,626| 2,179|   926|  1,253
1997-98 ....|  86,843|  15,700|  71,143|  39,567|   8,644|  30,923| 1,975|   678|  1,297
1998-99\1\ .|  85,214|  15,187|  70,027|  40,707|   9,202|  31,505| 1,920|   721|  1,199
1999-2000 ..|  80,863|  13,342|  67,521|  42,593|   9,500|  33,093| 2,053|   720|  1,333
            |        |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |
2000-01 ....|  75,933|  12,514|  63,419|  43,623|   9,711|  33,912| 2,242|   798|  1,444
2001-02 ....|  72,887|  10,869|  62,018|  43,560|   9,588|  33,972| 2,913|   991|  1,922
2002-03 ....|  71,223|  10,091|  61,132|  42,715|   9,269|  33,446| 3,328| 1,030|  2,298
2003-04 ....|  73,934|  10,017|  63,917|  44,939|   9,670|  35,269| 4,361| 1,261|  3,100
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\1\Data 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, 1970-71 through 1985-86; and 1986-87 through 2003-04 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87-99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2004. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


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