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Table 259. -  First-professional degrees conferred by institutions of higher education in dentistry, medicine, and law, by sex, and number of institutions conferring degrees: 1949-50 to 1995-96
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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    |institutions|   Degrees conferred   |institutions|   Degrees conferred   |institutions|  Degrees conferred
            | conferring |_______________________| conferring |_______________________| conferring |_______________________
            |  degrees   | Total |  Men  | Women |  degrees   | Total |  Men  | Women |  degrees   | Total |  Men  | Women
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     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 |      (\1\) | (\1\) | (\1\) | (\1\)
1951-52 ....|         41 | 2,918 | 2,895 |    23 |         72 | 6,201 | 5,871 |   330 |      (\1\) | (\1\) | (\1\) | (\1\)
1953-54 ....|         42 | 3,102 | 3,063 |    39 |         73 | 6,712 | 6,377 |   335 |      (\1\) | (\1\) | (\1\) | (\1\)
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
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
            |            |       |       |       |            |       |       |       |            |       |       |
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
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\1\Data prior to 1955-56 are not shown because they lack comparability with the figures for subsequent years.

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. (This table was prepared June 1998.)


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