Projections of Education Statistics to 2010 : Table 40

Table 40.-First-professional degrees, by sex of recipient, with projections: 1984-85 to 2009-10
Year	Total	Men	Women
1985	75,063	50,455	24,608
1986	73,910	49,261	24,649
1987	71,617	46,523	25,094
1988	70,735	45,484	25,251
1989	70,856	45,046	25,810
1990	70,988	43,961	27,027
1991	71,948	43,846	28,102
1992	74,146	45,071	29,075
1993	75,387	45,153	30,234
1994	75,418	44,707	30,711
1995	75,800	44,853	30,947
1996	76,734	44,748	31,986
1997	78,730	45,564	33,166
	Projected
1998	79,700	45,800	33,900
1999	80,300	45,600	34,700
2000	78,400	44,700	33,600
2001	76,500	43,200	33,300
2002	75,400	42,100	33,300
2003	75,200	41,600	33,600
2004	75,400	41,500	33,900
2005	75,900	41,500	34,400
2006	76,700	41,800	35,000
2007	77,700	42,100	35,600
2008	78,700	42,300	36,400
2009	80,100	42,700	37,400
2010	81,600	43,200	38,400
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" survey; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey; and Earned Degrees Conferred Model. (This table was prepared March 2000.)