Table 299.

Degrees in the health professions and related sciences conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970-71 through 2005-06

Year	Bachelor's degrees				Master's degrees			Doctor's degrees
	Total		Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
	Number	Annual percent change
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1970–71	25,223	†	5,785	19,438	5,330	2,165	3,165	518	437	81
1971–72	28,611	13.4	7,005	21,606	6,811	2,749	4,062	459	376	83
1972–73	33,562	17.3	7,752	25,810	7,978	3,189	4,789	685	519	166
1973–74	41,421	23.4	9,347	32,074	9,232	3,444	5,788	645	507	138
1974–75	49,002	18.3	10,844	38,158	10,277	3,686	6,591	666	481	185
1975–76	53,885	10.0	11,386	42,499	12,164	3,837	8,327	617	444	173
1976–77	57,222	6.2	11,896	45,326	12,627	3,865	8,762	578	402	176
1977–78	59,445	3.9	11,600	47,845	14,027	3,972	10,055	704	454	250
1978–79	62,095	4.5	11,214	50,881	15,110	4,155	10,955	731	463	268
1979–80	63,848	2.8	11,330	52,518	15,374	4,060	11,314	821	467	354
1980–81	63,665	-0.3	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	3.1	10,247	55,395	16,941	4,138	12,803	1,093	615	478
1983–84	65,305	-0.5	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	-2.1	9,137	54,826	18,442	3,818	14,624	1,120	518	602
1987–88	61,614	-3.7	8,955	52,659	18,774	4,004	14,770	1,188	516	672
1988–89	59,850	-2.9	8,878	50,972	19,493	4,197	15,296	1,329	555	774
1989–90	58,983	-1.4	9,075	49,908	20,406	4,486	15,920	1,449	635	814
1990–91	59,875	1.5	9,619	50,256	21,354	4,423	16,931	1,534	649	885
1991–92	62,779	4.9	10,330	52,449	23,671	4,794	18,877	1,432	576	856
1992–93	68,434	9.0	11,605	56,829	26,190	5,249	20,941	1,451	571	880
1993–94	75,890	10.9	13,377	62,513	28,442	5,813	22,629	1,552	593	959
1994–95	81,596	7.5	14,812	66,784	31,770	6,718	25,052	1,653	647	1,006
1995–96	86,087	5.5	15,942	70,145	33,920	7,017	26,903	1,651	655	996
1996–97	87,997	2.2	16,440	71,557	36,162	7,536	28,626	2,179	926	1,253
1997–98	86,843	-1.3	15,700	71,143	39,567	8,644	30,923	1,975	678	1,297
1998–99	85,214	-1.9	15,187	70,027	40,707	9,202	31,505	1,920	721	1,199
1999–2000	80,863	-5.1	13,342	67,521	42,593	9,500	33,093	2,053	720	1,333
2000–01	75,933	-6.1	12,514	63,419	43,623	9,711	33,912	2,242	798	1,444
2001–02	72,887	-4.0	10,869	62,018	43,560	9,588	33,972	2,913	991	1,922
2002–031	71,261	-2.2	10,096	61,165	42,748	9,280	33,468	3,329	1,030	2,299
2003–04	73,934	3.8	10,017	63,917	44,939	9,670	35,269	4,361	1,261	3,100
2004–05	80,685	9.1	10,858	69,827	46,703	9,816	36,887	5,868	1,710	4,158
2005–06	91,973	14.0	12,914	79,059	51,380	10,630	40,750	7,128	1,959	5,169
Percent change
1995–96 to 2000–01	-11.8	†	-21.5	-9.6	28.6	38.4	26.1	35.8	21.8	45.0
2000–01 to 2005–06	21.1	†	3.2	24.7	17.8	9.5	20.2	217.9	145.5	258.0

† Not applicable. # Rounds to zero. 1 Data have been revised from previously published figures. NOTE: Excludes degrees awarded in first-professional fields, such as medicine (M.D.) and dentistry (D.D.S. and D.M.D.). 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 2005–06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87–99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2006. (This table was prepared June 2007.)