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Table 357. | Degrees in the health professions and related programs conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970-71 through 2010-11 |
Year | Bachelor's degrees | Master's degrees | Doctor's degrees | ||||||||
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Total | Males | Females | Females as a percent of total |
Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | ||
Number | Annual percent change |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
1970-71 | 25,223 | † | 5,785 | 19,438 | 77.1 | 5,330 | 2,165 | 3,165 | 15,988 | 14,863 | 1,125 |
1971-72 | 28,611 | 13.4 | 7,005 | 21,606 | 75.5 | 6,811 | 2,749 | 4,062 | 16,538 | 15,373 | 1,165 |
1972-73 | 33,562 | 17.3 | 7,752 | 25,810 | 76.9 | 7,978 | 3,189 | 4,789 | 18,215 | 16,870 | 1,345 |
1973-74 | 41,421 | 23.4 | 9,347 | 32,074 | 77.4 | 9,232 | 3,444 | 5,788 | 20,094 | 18,287 | 1,807 |
1974-75 | 49,002 | 18.3 | 10,844 | 38,158 | 77.9 | 10,277 | 3,686 | 6,591 | 22,191 | 19,808 | 2,383 |
1975-76 | 53,885 | 10.0 | 11,386 | 42,499 | 78.9 | 12,164 | 3,837 | 8,327 | 25,267 | 21,980 | 3,287 |
1976-77 | 57,222 | 6.2 | 11,896 | 45,326 | 79.2 | 12,627 | 3,865 | 8,762 | 24,972 | 21,022 | 3,950 |
1977-78 | 59,445 | 3.9 | 11,600 | 47,845 | 80.5 | 14,027 | 3,972 | 10,055 | 26,516 | 21,622 | 4,894 |
1978-79 | 62,095 | 4.5 | 11,214 | 50,881 | 81.9 | 15,110 | 4,155 | 10,955 | 27,766 | 22,194 | 5,572 |
1979-80 | 63,848 | 2.8 | 11,330 | 52,518 | 82.3 | 15,374 | 4,060 | 11,314 | 28,190 | 22,157 | 6,033 |
1980-81 | 63,665 | -0.3 | 10,531 | 53,134 | 83.5 | 16,176 | 4,024 | 12,152 | 29,595 | 22,792 | 6,803 |
1981-82 | 63,660 | # | 10,110 | 53,550 | 84.1 | 16,212 | 3,743 | 12,469 | 30,096 | 22,968 | 7,128 |
1982-83 | 65,642 | 3.1 | 10,247 | 55,395 | 84.4 | 16,941 | 4,138 | 12,803 | 30,800 | 22,920 | 7,880 |
1983-84 | 65,305 | -0.5 | 10,068 | 55,237 | 84.6 | 17,351 | 4,124 | 13,227 | 31,655 | 22,851 | 8,804 |
1984-85 | 65,331 | # | 9,741 | 55,590 | 85.1 | 17,442 | 4,046 | 13,396 | 31,493 | 22,045 | 9,448 |
1985-86 | 65,309 | # | 9,629 | 55,680 | 85.3 | 18,603 | 4,355 | 14,248 | 31,922 | 22,069 | 9,853 |
1986-87 | 63,963 | -2.1 | 9,137 | 54,826 | 85.7 | 18,442 | 3,818 | 14,624 | 29,500 | 19,686 | 9,814 |
1987-88 | 61,614 | -3.7 | 8,955 | 52,659 | 85.5 | 18,774 | 4,004 | 14,770 | 30,060 | 19,853 | 10,207 |
1988-89 | 59,850 | -2.9 | 8,878 | 50,972 | 85.2 | 19,493 | 4,197 | 15,296 | 30,546 | 19,893 | 10,653 |
1989-90 | 58,983 | -1.4 | 9,075 | 49,908 | 84.6 | 20,406 | 4,486 | 15,920 | 30,101 | 19,118 | 10,983 |
1990-91 | 59,875 | 1.5 | 9,619 | 50,256 | 83.9 | 21,354 | 4,423 | 16,931 | 29,842 | 18,492 | 11,350 |
1991-92 | 62,779 | 4.9 | 10,330 | 52,449 | 83.5 | 23,671 | 4,794 | 18,877 | 31,479 | 19,362 | 12,117 |
1992-93 | 68,434 | 9.0 | 11,605 | 56,829 | 83.0 | 26,190 | 5,249 | 20,941 | 31,089 | 18,446 | 12,643 |
1993-94 | 75,890 | 10.9 | 13,377 | 62,513 | 82.4 | 28,442 | 5,813 | 22,629 | 30,959 | 17,988 | 12,971 |
1994-95 | 81,596 | 7.5 | 14,812 | 66,784 | 81.8 | 31,770 | 6,718 | 25,052 | 32,124 | 18,463 | 13,661 |
1995-96 | 86,087 | 5.5 | 15,942 | 70,145 | 81.5 | 33,920 | 7,017 | 26,903 | 32,678 | 18,495 | 14,183 |
1996-97 | 87,997 | 2.2 | 16,440 | 71,557 | 81.3 | 36,162 | 7,536 | 28,626 | 34,971 | 19,619 | 15,352 |
1997-98 | 86,843 | -1.3 | 15,700 | 71,143 | 81.9 | 39,567 | 8,644 | 30,923 | 35,369 | 19,370 | 15,999 |
1998-99 | 84,989 | -2.1 | 15,191 | 69,798 | 82.1 | 40,628 | 9,152 | 31,476 | 35,939 | 19,673 | 16,266 |
1999-2000 | 80,863 | -4.9 | 13,342 | 67,521 | 83.5 | 42,593 | 9,500 | 33,093 | 37,829 | 19,984 | 17,845 |
2000-01 | 75,933 | -6.1 | 12,514 | 63,419 | 83.5 | 43,623 | 9,711 | 33,912 | 39,019 | 20,260 | 18,759 |
2001-02 | 72,887 | -4.0 | 10,869 | 62,018 | 85.1 | 43,560 | 9,588 | 33,972 | 39,435 | 19,760 | 19,675 |
2002-03 | 71,261 | -2.2 | 10,096 | 61,165 | 85.8 | 42,748 | 9,280 | 33,468 | 39,799 | 19,493 | 20,306 |
2003-04 | 73,934 | 3.8 | 10,017 | 63,917 | 86.5 | 44,939 | 9,670 | 35,269 | 41,861 | 19,587 | 22,274 |
2004-05 | 80,685 | 9.1 | 10,858 | 69,827 | 86.5 | 46,703 | 9,816 | 36,887 | 44,201 | 19,697 | 24,504 |
2005-06 | 91,973 | 14.0 | 12,914 | 79,059 | 86.0 | 51,380 | 10,630 | 40,750 | 45,677 | 19,640 | 26,037 |
2006-07 | 101,810 | 10.7 | 14,325 | 87,485 | 85.9 | 54,531 | 10,636 | 43,895 | 48,943 | 20,522 | 28,421 |
2007-08 | 111,478 | 9.5 | 16,286 | 95,192 | 85.4 | 58,120 | 11,010 | 47,110 | 51,675 | 21,616 | 30,059 |
2008-09 | 120,488 | 8.1 | 17,792 | 102,696 | 85.2 | 62,620 | 11,869 | 50,751 | 54,709 | 22,645 | 32,064 |
2009-10 | 129,634 | 7.6 | 19,306 | 110,328 | 85.1 | 69,084 | 12,871 | 56,213 | 57,746 | 23,946 | 33,800 |
2010-11 | 143,430 | 10.6 | 21,536 | 121,894 | 85.0 | 75,579 | 14,041 | 61,538 | 60,153 | 25,361 | 34,792 |
Percent change | |||||||||||
2000-01 to 2005-06 | 21.1 | † | 3.2 | 24.7 | † | 17.8 | 9.5 | 20.2 | 17.1 | -3.1 | 38.8 |
2005-06 to 2010-11 | 55.9 | † | 66.8 | 54.2 | † | 47.1 | 32.1 | 51.0 | 31.7 | 29.1 | 33.6 |
†Not applicable. | |||||||||||
#Rounds to zero. | |||||||||||
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Doctor's degrees include medicine (M.D.), dentistry (D.D.S. and D.M.D), and other medical specialty degrees that were formerly classified as first-professional. | |||||||||||
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; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87-99); and IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2011, Completions component. (This table was prepared July 2012.) |