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Table 259. First-professional degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions in dentistry, medicine, and law, by number of institutions conferring degrees and sex of student: Selected years, 1949-50 to 2001-02

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            |  Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) |        Medicine (M.D.)          |        Law (LL.B. or J.D.)
            |_______________________________|_________________________________|__________________________________
            |Number of |                    |Number of |                      |Number of |
    Year    |  insti-  | Degrees conferred  |  insti-  |   Degrees conferred  |  insti-  |  Degrees conferred
            | tutions  |                    | tutions  |                      | tutions  |
            |conferring|____________________|conferring|______________________|conferring|_______________________
            | degrees  |Total | Men  |Women | degrees  | Total |  Men  |Women | degrees  | Total |  Men  | Women
____________|__________|______|______|______|__________|_______|_______|______|__________|_______|_______|_______
     1      |    2     |  3   |  4   |  5   |    6     |   7   |   8   |  9   |    10    |  11   |  12   |  13
____________|__________|______|______|______|__________|_______|_______|______|__________|_______|_______|_______
1949-50 ....|        40| 2,579| 2,561|    18|        72|  5,612|  5,028|   584|       ---|    ---|    ---|    ---
1951-52 ....|        41| 2,918| 2,895|    23|        72|  6,201|  5,871|   330|       ---|    ---|    ---|    ---
1953-54 ....|        42| 3,102| 3,063|    39|        73|  6,712|  6,377|   335|       ---|    ---|    ---|    ---
1955-56 ....|        42| 3,009| 2,975|    34|        73|  6,810|  6,464|   346|       131|  8,262|  7,974|    288
1957-58 ....|        43| 3,065| 3,031|    34|        75|  6,816|  6,469|   347|       131|  9,394|  9,122|    272
            |          |      |      |      |          |       |       |      |          |       |       |
1959-60 ....|        45| 3,247| 3,221|    26|        79|  7,032|  6,645|   387|       134|  9,240|  9,010|    230
1961-62 ....|        46| 3,183| 3,166|    17|        81|  7,138|  6,749|   389|       134|  9,364|  9,091|    273
1963-64 ....|        46| 3,180| 3,168|    12|        82|  7,303|  6,878|   425|       133| 10,679| 10,372|    307
1964-65 ....|        46| 3,108| 3,086|    22|        81|  7,304|  6,832|   472|       137| 11,583| 11,216|    367
1965-66 ....|        47| 3,178| 3,146|    32|        84|  7,673|  7,170|   503|       136| 13,246| 12,776|    470
1967-68 ....|        48| 3,422| 3,375|    47|        85|  7,944|  7,318|   626|       138| 16,454| 15,805|    649
1968-69 ....|       ---| 3,408| 3,376|    32|       ---|  8,025|  7,415|   610|       ---| 17,053| 16,373|    680
            |          |      |      |      |          |       |       |      |          |       |       |
1969-70 ....|        48| 3,718| 3,684|    34|        86|  8,314|  7,615|   699|       145| 14,916| 14,115|    801
1970-71 ....|        48| 3,745| 3,703|    42|        89|  8,919|  8,110|   809|       147| 17,421| 16,181|  1,240
1971-72 ....|        48| 3,862| 3,819|    43|        92|  9,253|  8,423|   830|       147| 21,764| 20,266|  1,498
1972-73 ....|        51| 4,047| 3,992|    55|        97| 10,307|  9,388|   919|       152| 27,205| 25,037|  2,168
1973-74 ....|        52| 4,440| 4,355|    85|        99| 11,356| 10,093| 1,263|       151| 29,326| 25,986|  3,340
            |          |      |      |      |          |       |       |      |          |       |       |
1974-75 ....|        52| 4,773| 4,627|   146|       104| 12,447| 10,818| 1,629|       154| 29,296| 24,881|  4,415
1975-76 ....|        56| 5,425| 5,187|   238|       107| 13,426| 11,252| 2,174|       166| 32,293| 26,085|  6,208
1976-77 ....|        57| 5,138| 4,764|   374|       109| 13,461| 10,891| 2,570|       169| 34,104| 26,447|  7,657
1977-78 ....|        57| 5,189| 4,623|   566|       109| 14,279| 11,210| 3,069|       169| 34,402| 25,457|  8,945
1978-79 ....|        58| 5,434| 4,794|   640|       109| 14,786| 11,381| 3,405|       175| 35,206| 25,180| 10,026
            |          |      |      |      |          |       |       |      |          |       |       |
1979-80 ....|        58| 5,258| 4,558|   700|       112| 14,902| 11,416| 3,486|       179| 35,647| 24,893| 10,754
1980-81 ....|        58| 5,460| 4,672|   788|       116| 15,505| 11,672| 3,833|       176| 36,331| 24,563| 11,768
1981-82 ....|        59| 5,282| 4,467|   815|       119| 15,814| 11,867| 3,947|       180| 35,991| 23,965| 12,026
1982-83 ....|        59| 5,585| 4,631|   954|       118| 15,484| 11,350| 4,134|       177| 36,853| 23,550| 13,303
1983-84 ....|        60| 5,353| 4,302| 1,051|       119| 15,813| 11,359| 4,454|       179| 37,012| 23,382| 13,630
            |          |      |      |      |          |       |       |      |          |       |       |
1984-85 ....|        59| 5,339| 4,233| 1,106|       120| 16,041| 11,167| 4,874|       181| 37,491| 23,070| 14,421
1985-86 ....|        59| 5,046| 3,907| 1,139|       120| 15,938| 11,022| 4,916|       181| 35,844| 21,874| 13,970
1986-87 ....|        58| 4,741| 3,603| 1,138|       121| 15,428| 10,431| 4,997|       179| 36,056| 21,561| 14,495
1987-88 ....|        57| 4,477| 3,300| 1,177|       122| 15,358| 10,278| 5,080|       180| 35,397| 21,067| 14,330
1988-89 ....|        58| 4,265| 3,124| 1,141|       124| 15,460| 10,310| 5,150|       182| 35,634| 21,069| 14,565
            |          |      |      |      |          |       |       |      |          |       |       |
1989-90 ....|        57| 4,100| 2,834| 1,266|       124| 15,075|  9,923| 5,152|       182| 36,485| 21,079| 15,406
1990-91 ....|        55| 3,699| 2,510| 1,189|       121| 15,043|  9,629| 5,414|       179| 37,945| 21,643| 16,302
1991-92 ....|        52| 3,593| 2,431| 1,162|       120| 15,243|  9,796| 5,447|       177| 38,848| 22,260| 16,588
1992-93 ....|        55| 3,605| 2,383| 1,222|       122| 15,531|  9,679| 5,852|       184| 40,302| 23,182| 17,120
1993-94 ....|        53| 3,787| 2,330| 1,457|       121| 15,368|  9,544| 5,824|       185| 40,044| 22,826| 17,218
            |          |      |      |      |          |       |       |      |          |       |       |
1994-95 ....|        53| 3,897| 2,480| 1,417|       119| 15,537|  9,507| 6,030|       183| 39,349| 22,592| 16,757
1995-96 ....|        53| 3,697| 2,374| 1,323|       119| 15,341|  9,061| 6,280|       183| 39,828| 22,508| 17,320
1996-97 ....|        52| 3,784| 2,387| 1,397|       118| 15,571|  9,121| 6,450|       184| 40,079| 22,548| 17,531
1997-98 ....|        53| 4,032| 2,490| 1,542|       117| 15,424|  9,006| 6,418|       185| 39,331| 21,876| 17,455
1998-99 ....|        53| 4,144| 2,674| 1,470|       118| 15,562|  8,954| 6,608|       188| 39,167| 21,628| 17,539
            |          |      |      |      |          |       |       |      |          |       |       |
1999-2000 ..|        54| 4,250| 2,547| 1,703|       118| 15,286|  8,761| 6,525|       190| 38,152| 20,638| 17,514
2000-01 ....|        54| 4,391| 2,696| 1,695|       118| 15,403|  8,728| 6,675|       192| 37,904| 19,981| 17,923
2001-02 ....|        53| 4,239| 2,608| 1,631|       118| 15,237|  8,469| 6,768|       192| 38,981| 20,254| 18,727
____________|__________|______|______|______|__________|_______|_______|______|__________|_______|_______|_______

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NOTE: 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, Earned Degrees Conferred; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys, 1986-87 through 1998-99, and Fall 2000 through Fall 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared August 2003.)


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