Table 322.

Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions in selected professional fields, by sex of student, control of institution, and field of study: Selected years, 1985-86 through 2010-11

Control of institution and field of study	1985-86	1990-91	1995-96	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09			2009-10			2010-11
												Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Total, all institutions	73,910	71,948	76,734	79,707	80,698	80,897	83,041	87,289	87,655	90,064	91,309	92,004	46,900	45,104	94,103	47,538	46,565	95,749	48,801	46,948
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	5,046	3,699	3,697	4,391	4,239	4,345	4,335	4,454	4,389	4,596	4,795	4,918	2,637	2,281	5,062	2,745	2,317	5,071	2,764	2,307
Medicine (M.D.)	15,938	15,043	15,341	15,403	15,237	15,034	15,442	15,461	15,455	15,730	15,646	15,987	8,164	7,823	16,356	8,468	7,888	16,863	8,701	8,162
Optometry (O.D.)	1,029	1,115	1,231	1,289	1,280	1,281	1,275	1,252	1,198	1,311	1,304	1,338	466	872	1,335	457	878	1,322	475	847
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,547	1,459	1,895	2,450	2,416	2,596	2,722	2,762	2,718	2,992	3,232	3,665	1,798	1,867	3,890	1,979	1,911	4,141	2,121	2,020
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	903	1,244	2,555	6,324	7,076	7,474	8,221	8,885	9,292	10,439	10,932	11,291	4,011	7,280	11,873	4,297	7,576	12,274	4,694	7,580
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or    podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	650	528	474	439	382	343	347	331	555	431	250	181	491	276	215	543	318	225
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	2,270	2,032	2,109	2,248	2,289	2,354	2,228	2,354	2,370	2,443	2,504	2,377	526	1,851	2,478	555	1,923	2,564	580	1,984
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	3,379	3,796	3,284	2,718	2,730	2,560	2,564	2,525	2,639	2,512	1,584	928	2,601	1,610	991	2,694	1,666	1,028
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	35,844	37,945	39,828	37,904	38,981	39,067	40,209	43,423	43,440	43,486	43,769	44,045	23,860	20,185	44,345	23,394	20,951	44,445	23,493	20,952
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L./Rav.,    B.D., or Ord.)	7,283	5,695	5,879	5,026	5,195	5,360	5,332	5,533	5,666	5,990	5,751	5,362	3,586	1,776	5,672	3,757	1,915	5,832	3,989	1,843
Other1	43	487	170	348	227	229	165	262	216	221	182	78	18	60	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total, public institutions	29,568	29,554	29,882	32,633	33,439	33,549	34,499	35,768	36,269	36,855	37,278	37,357	18,046	19,311	38,132	18,432	19,700	39,071	19,027	20,044
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,827	2,308	2,198	2,477	2,525	2,493	2,498	2,577	2,669	2,769	2,760	2,870	1,551	1,319	2,984	1,694	1,290	3,008	1,687	1,321
Medicine (M.D.)	9,991	9,364	9,370	9,408	9,390	9,276	9,418	9,536	9,650	9,733	9,646	9,795	5,042	4,753	10,043	5,208	4,835	10,577	5,522	5,055
Optometry (O.D.)	441	477	499	497	503	481	476	477	462	518	492	517	176	341	507	158	349	515	180	335
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	486	493	528	562	538	571	586	568	585	637	634	679	320	359	817	384	433	856	429	427
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	473	808	1,557	3,876	4,382	4,558	4,930	5,352	5,523	5,903	6,218	6,395	2,301	4,094	6,587	2,416	4,171	6,888	2,643	4,245
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or    podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	0	0	0	84	75	81	64	64	65	66	73	68	35	33	85	45	40	87	41	46
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	1,931	1,814	1,889	2,017	2,052	2,023	1,912	2,033	2,048	2,116	2,123	1,968	443	1,525	2,048	465	1,583	2,134	485	1,649
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	13,419	14,290	13,841	13,712	13,974	14,066	14,615	15,161	15,267	15,113	15,332	15,065	8,178	6,887	15,061	8,062	6,999	15,006	8,040	6,966
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L./Rav.,    B.D., or Ord.)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total, private institutions	44,342	42,394	46,852	47,074	47,259	47,348	48,542	51,521	51,386	53,209	54,031	54,647	28,854	25,793	55,971	29,106	26,865	56,678	29,774	26,904
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,219	1,391	1,499	1,914	1,714	1,852	1,837	1,877	1,720	1,827	2,035	2,048	1,086	962	2,078	1,051	1,027	2,063	1,077	986
Medicine (M.D.)	5,947	5,679	5,971	5,995	5,847	5,758	6,024	5,925	5,805	5,997	6,000	6,192	3,122	3,070	6,313	3,260	3,053	6,286	3,179	3,107
Optometry (O.D.)	588	638	732	792	777	800	799	775	736	793	812	821	290	531	828	299	529	807	295	512
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,061	966	1,367	1,888	1,878	2,025	2,136	2,194	2,133	2,355	2,598	2,986	1,478	1,508	3,073	1,595	1,478	3,285	1,692	1,593
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	430	436	998	2,448	2,694	2,916	3,291	3,533	3,769	4,536	4,714	4,896	1,710	3,186	5,286	1,881	3,405	5,386	2,051	3,335
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or    podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	650	444	399	358	318	279	282	265	482	363	215	148	406	231	175	456	277	179
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	339	218	220	231	237	331	316	321	322	327	381	409	83	326	430	90	340	430	95	335
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	3,379	3,796	3,284	2,718	2,730	2,560	2,564	2,525	2,639	2,512	1,584	928	2,601	1,610	991	2,694	1,666	1,028
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	22,425	23,655	25,987	24,192	25,007	25,001	25,594	28,262	28,173	28,373	28,437	28,980	15,682	13,298	29,284	15,332	13,952	29,439	15,453	13,986
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L./Rav.,    B.D., or Ord.)	7,283	5,695	5,879	5,026	5,195	5,360	5,332	5,533	5,666	5,990	5,751	5,362	3,586	1,776	5,672	3,757	1,915	5,832	3,989	1,843
Other1	43	487	170	348	227	229	165	262	216	221	182	78	18	60	0	0	0	0	0	0

1 Includes naturopathic medicine and degrees that were not classified by field by the reporting institution.

NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Includes degrees that require at least 6 years of college work for completion (including at least 2 years of preprofessional training).

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred," 1985-86; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:91-99); and IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2011, Completions component. (This table was prepared July 2012.)