First-professional degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1998-99

Table 279.

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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|Alaskan |  dent  |       |Hispanic| His- |panic |Islander|Alaskan |  dent  |       |Hispanic| His- |panic |Islander|Alaskan |  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 .................|78,439 | 58,688 |5,332 |3,863 |  8,147 |    612 |  1,797 |44,339 | 34,250 |2,197 |2,063 |  4,332 |    333 |  1,164 |34,100 | 24,438 |3,135 |1,800 |  3,815 |    279 |    633
                              |_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) .| 4,144 |  2,575 |  177 |  159 |    940 |     28 |    265 | 2,674 |  1,789 |   83 |   91 |    521 |     25 |    165 | 1,470 |    786 |   94 |   68 |    419 |      3 |    100
Medicine (M.D.) ..............|15,562 | 10,536 |1,181 |  836 |  2,733 |    125 |    151 | 8,954 |  6,252 |  466 |  488 |  1,594 |     68 |     86 | 6,608 |  4,284 |  715 |  348 |  1,139 |     57 |     65
Optometry (O.D.) .............| 1,285 |    864 |   17 |   43 |    286 |      5 |     70 |   637 |    470 |    5 |   18 |     95 |      4 |     45 |   648 |    394 |   12 |   25 |    191 |      1 |     25
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) ..| 2,135 |  1,668 |  106 |   77 |    258 |     17 |      9 | 1,338 |  1,061 |   52 |   47 |    160 |     12 |      6 |   797 |    607 |   54 |   30 |     98 |      5 |      3
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) ..........| 3,992 |  2,674 |  334 |  112 |    758 |     23 |     91 | 1,319 |    911 |   91 |   38 |    232 |     10 |     37 | 2,673 |  1,763 |  243 |   74 |    526 |     13 |     54
                              |       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or  |       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |
 podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) .|   578 |    429 |   35 |   17 |     83 |      3 |     11 |   417 |    323 |   14 |    9 |     60 |      3 |      8 |   161 |    106 |   21 |    8 |     23 |      0 |      3
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) .| 2,226 |  2,016 |   62 |   58 |     54 |     17 |     19 |   725 |    656 |   20 |   28 |     13 |      2 |      6 | 1,501 |  1,360 |   42 |   30 |     41 |     15 |     13
Chiropractic medicine (D.C.   |       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |
 or D.C.M.) ..................| 3,639 |  2,757 |  107 |  118 |    288 |     22 |    347 | 2,594 |  1,962 |   66 |   89 |    220 |     17 |    240 | 1,045 |    795 |   41 |   29 |     68 |      5 |    107
Naturopathic medicine ........|   111 |     89 |    1 |    3 |      3 |      3 |     12 |    42 |     34 |    0 |    0 |      1 |      3 |      4 |    69 |     55 |    1 |    3 |      2 |      0 |      8
Law (LL.B. or J.D.) ..........|39,167 | 30,746 |2,803 |2,323 |  2,461 |    350 |    484 |21,628 | 17,690 |1,113 |1,158 |  1,206 |    178 |    283 |17,539 | 13,056 |1,690 |1,165 |  1,255 |    172 |    201
Theology (M.Div., M.H.L., B.D.|       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |
 or Ord.) ....................| 5,558 |  4,300 |  507 |  115 |    280 |     19 |    337 | 3,986 |  3,082 |  286 |   96 |    228 |     11 |    283 | 1,572 |  1,218 |  221 |   19 |     52 |      8 |     54
Other ........................|    42 |     34 |    2 |    2 |      3 |      0 |      1 |    25 |     20 |    1 |    1 |      2 |      0 |      1 |    17 |     14 |    1 |    1 |      1 |      0 |      0
______________________________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________

NOTE: Reported racial/ethnic distributions of students by level of degree, field of degree, and sex were used to estimate race/ethnicity for students whose race/ethnicity was not reported. Data imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared August 2001.)

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