Table 292.

Degrees in the health professions and related sciences conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970–71 through 2004–05

Year	Bachelor's degrees			Master's degrees			Doctor's degrees
	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	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
2004–05	80,685	10,858	69,827	46,703	9,816	36,887	5,868	1,710	4,158

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 2004–05 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87–99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2005. (This table was prepared July 2006.)