Table 263.

First-professional degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex of student, control of institution, and field of study: Selected years, 1985–86 through 2004–05

Control of institution and field of study	1985–86	1990–91	1993–94	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04			2004–05
													Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Total, all institutions	73,910	71,948	75,418	75,800	76,734	78,730	78,598	78,439	80,057	79,707	80,698	80,810	83,041	42,169	40,872	87,289	43,849	43,440
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	5,046	3,699	3,787	3,897	3,697	3,784	4,032	4,144	4,250	4,391	4,239	4,344	4,335	2,532	1,803	4,454	2,505	1,949
Medicine (M.D.)	15,938	15,043	15,368	15,537	15,341	15,571	15,424	15,562	15,286	15,403	15,237	15,034	15,442	8,273	7,169	15,461	8,151	7,310
Optometry (O.D.)	1,029	1,115	1,103	1,185	1,231	1,264	1,274	1,285	1,293	1,289	1,280	1,281	1,275	543	732	1,252	482	770
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,547	1,459	1,798	1,854	1,895	2,011	2,110	2,135	2,236	2,450	2,416	2,529	2,722	1,567	1,155	2,762	1,482	1,280
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	903	1,244	1,936	2,264	2,555	2,708	3,660	3,992	5,669	6,324	7,076	7,465	8,221	2,711	5,510	8,885	2,889	5,996
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	465	545	650	614	594	578	569	528	474	438	382	221	161	343	195	148
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	2,270	2,032	2,089	2,148	2,109	2,188	2,193	2,226	2,251	2,248	2,289	2,354	2,228	569	1,659	2,354	574	1,780
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	2,806	2,968	3,379	3,654	3,735	3,639	3,809	3,796	3,284	2,718	2,730	1,868	862	2,560	1,665	895
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	35,844	37,945	40,044	39,349	39,828	40,079	39,331	39,167	38,152	37,904	38,981	39,067	40,209	20,332	19,877	43,423	22,297	21,126
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D., or Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.)	7,283	5,695	5,967	5,978	5,879	5,859	5,873	5,558	6,129	5,026	5,195	5,351	5,332	3,511	1,821	5,533	3,565	1,968
Other	43	487	55	75	170	998	372	153	413	348	227	229	165	42	123	262	44	218
Total, public institutions	29,568	29,554	29,842	29,871	29,882	31,243	31,233	31,693	32,247	32,633	33,439	33,549	34,499	16,881	17,618	35,768	17,175	18,593
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,827	2,308	2,189	2,236	2,198	2,350	2,468	2,479	2,512	2,477	2,525	2,493	2,498	1,509	989	2,577	1,488	1,089
Medicine (M.D.)	9,991	9,364	9,506	9,599	9,370	9,773	9,474	9,515	9,389	9,408	9,390	9,276	9,418	5,084	4,334	9,536	5,069	4,467
Optometry (O.D.)	441	477	471	461	499	498	537	488	493	497	503	481	476	191	285	477	159	318
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	486	493	531	492	528	527	568	548	535	562	538	571	586	335	251	568	285	283
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	473	808	1,185	1,344	1,557	1,765	2,212	2,503	3,485	3,876	4,382	4,558	4,930	1,671	3,259	5,352	1,768	3,584
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	0	0	0	0	0	0	103	97	84	84	75	81	64	34	30	64	40	24
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	1,931	1,814	1,895	1,927	1,889	1,950	1,971	1,989	2,021	2,017	2,052	2,023	1,912	492	1,420	2,033	473	1,560
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	0	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	14,065	13,812	13,841	14,380	13,900	14,074	13,728	13,712	13,974	14,066	14,615	7,565	7,050	15,161	7,893	7,268
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	0
Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total, private institutions	44,342	42,394	45,576	45,929	46,852	47,487	47,365	46,746	47,810	47,074	47,259	47,261	48,542	25,288	23,254	51,521	26,674	24,847
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,219	1,391	1,598	1,661	1,499	1,434	1,564	1,665	1,738	1,914	1,714	1,851	1,837	1,023	814	1,877	1,017	860
Medicine (M.D.)	5,947	5,679	5,862	5,938	5,971	5,798	5,950	6,047	5,897	5,995	5,847	5,758	6,024	3,189	2,835	5,925	3,082	2,843
Optometry (O.D.)	588	638	632	724	732	766	737	797	800	792	777	800	799	352	447	775	323	452
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,061	966	1,267	1,362	1,367	1,484	1,542	1,587	1,701	1,888	1,878	1,958	2,136	1,232	904	2,194	1,197	997
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	430	436	751	920	998	943	1,448	1,489	2,184	2,448	2,694	2,907	3,291	1,040	2,251	3,533	1,121	2,412
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	465	545	650	614	491	481	485	444	399	357	318	187	131	279	155	124
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	339	218	194	221	220	238	222	237	230	231	237	331	316	77	239	321	101	220
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	2,806	2,968	3,379	3,654	3,735	3,639	3,809	3,796	3,284	2,718	2,730	1,868	862	2,560	1,665	895
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	22,425	23,655	25,979	25,537	25,987	25,699	25,431	25,093	24,424	24,192	25,007	25,001	25,594	12,767	12,827	28,262	14,404	13,858
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D., or Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.)	7,283	5,695	5,967	5,978	5,879	5,859	5,873	5,558	6,129	5,026	5,195	5,351	5,332	3,511	1,821	5,533	3,565	1,968
Other	43	487	55	75	170	998	372	153	413	348	227	229	165	42	123	262	44	218

NOTE: Includes degrees that require at least 6 years of college work for completion (including at least 2 years of preprofessional training). SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred," 1985–86; and 1990–91 through 2004–05 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:91–99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2005. (This table was prepared July 2006.)