| Table 275. | First-professional degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex, racial/ethnic group, and major field of study: 2000-01 |
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| Total | Men | Women
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| | 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
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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
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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
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| 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), Fall 2001 survey. (This table was prepared September 2002.)
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