First-professional degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by sex of student, control of institution, and field of study: 1982-83 to 1992-93

Table 252.
First-professional degrees\1\ conferred by institutions of higher education, by sex of student, control of institution, and field of study: 1982-83 to 1992-93
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                                 |1982-83|1983-84|1984-85|1985-86|1986-87|1987-88|1988-89|1989-90|      1990-91          |      1991-92          |      1992-93
   Control of institution and    |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______________________|_______________________|_______________________
         field of study          | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total |  Men  | Women | Total |  Men  | Women | Total |  Men  | Women
_________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
                1                |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   |   7   |   8   |   9   |  10   |  11   |  12   |  13   |  14   |  15   |  16   |  17   |  18
_________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
   Total, all institutions ......|73,136 |74,407 |75,063 |73,910 |71,617 |70,735 |70,856 |70,988 |71,948 |43,846 |28,102 |74,146 |45,071 |29,075 |75,387 |45,153 |30,234
                                 |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) ....| 5,585 | 5,353 | 5,339 | 5,046 | 4,741 | 4,477 | 4,265 | 4,100 | 3,699 | 2,510 | 1,189 | 3,593 | 2,431 | 1,162 | 3,605 | 2,383 | 1,222
Medicine (M.D.) .................|15,484 |15,813 |16,041 |15,938 |15,428 |15,358 |15,460 |15,075 |15,043 | 9,629 | 5,414 |15,243 | 9,796 | 5,447 |15,531 | 9,679 | 5,852
Optometry (O.D.) ................| 1,116 | 1,086 | 1,115 | 1,029 | 1,082 | 1,023 | 1,093 | 1,072 | 1,115 |   625 |   490 | 1,232 |   676 |   556 | 1,148 |   584 |   564
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) .....| 1,319 | 1,515 | 1,489 | 1,547 | 1,618 | 1,544 | 1,635 | 1,555 | 1,459 | 1,029 |   430 | 1,326 |   887 |   439 | 1,627 | 1,091 |   536
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) .............|   705 |   709 |   861 |   903 |   861 |   962 | 1,074 | 1,199 | 1,244 |   475 |   769 | 1,339 |   493 |   846 | 1,904 |   673 | 1,231
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) ...|   631 |   607 |   582 |   612 |   590 |   645 |   636 |   675 |   589 |   445 |   144 |   504 |   359 |   145 |   476 |   350 |   126
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) ....| 2,060 | 2,269 | 2,178 | 2,270 | 2,230 | 2,235 | 2,157 | 2,151 | 2,032 |   870 | 1,162 | 2,044 |   850 | 1,194 | 2,057 |   766 | 1,291
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.) ...| 2,889 | 3,105 | 2,661 | 3,395 | 2,493 | 2,628 | 2,890 | 2,581 | 2,640 | 1,992 |   648 | 2,694 | 2,012 |   682 | 2,799 | 1,991 |   808
Law (LL.B. or J.D.) ......       |36,853 |37,012 |37,491 |35,844 |36,056 |35,397 |35,634 |36,485 |37,945 |21,643 |16,302 |38,848 |22,260 |16,588 |40,302 |23,182 |17,120
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D., |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  or Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.) ......| 6,494 | 6,878 | 7,221 | 7,283 | 6,518 | 6,466 | 6,012 | 5,851 | 5,695 | 4,360 | 1,335 | 5,251 | 4,025 | 1,226 | 5,447 | 4,096 | 1,351
Other ...........................|     0 |    60 |    85 |    43 |     0 |     0 |     0 |   244 |   487 |   268 |   219 | 2,072 | 1,282 |   790 |   491 |   358 |   133
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   Total, public institutions ...|29,757 |29,586 |30,152 |29,568 |29,346 |29,153 |28,993 |28,810 |29,554 |17,621 |11,933 |29,366 |17,338 |12,028 |29,628 |17,126 |12,502
                                 |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) ....| 3,438 | 3,174 | 3,051 | 2,827 | 2,655 | 2,524 | 2,512 | 2,353 | 2,308 | 1,603 |   705 | 2,200 | 1,505 |   695 | 2,167 | 1,462 |   705
Medicine (M.D.) .................| 9,569 | 9,674 |10,071 | 9,991 | 9,711 | 9,557 | 9,491 | 9,108 | 9,364 | 6,093 | 3,271 | 9,259 | 5,908 | 3,351 | 9,370 | 5,843 | 3,527
Optometry (O.D.) ................|   427 |   384 |   456 |   441 |   454 |   429 |   451 |   444 |   477 |   273 |   204 |   595 |   309 |   286 |   460 |   221 |   239
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) .....|   386 |   537 |   455 |   486 |   480 |   434 |   500 |   458 |   493 |   354 |   139 |   416 |   290 |   126 |   490 |   336 |   154
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) .............|   366 |   356 |   416 |   473 |   475 |   615 |   679 |   727 |   808 |   304 |   504 |   852 |   316 |   536 | 1,171 |   405 |   766
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) ...|     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) ....| 1,828 | 2,060 | 1,963 | 1,931 | 2,003 | 2,014 | 1,943 | 1,943 | 1,814 |   786 | 1,028 | 1,831 |   782 | 1,049 | 1,840 |   701 | 1,139
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.) ...|     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0
Law (LL.B. or J.D.) ......       |13,743 |13,380 |13,695 |13,419 |13,568 |13,580 |13,417 |13,585 |14,290 | 8,208 | 6,082 |14,097 | 8,160 | 5,937 |14,130 | 8,158 | 5,972
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D., |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  or Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.) ......|     0 |     0 |     2 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0
Other ...........................|     0 |    21 |    43 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |   192 |     0 |     0 |     0 |   116 |    68 |    48 |     0 |     0 |     0
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   Total, private institutions ..|43,379 |44,821 |44,911 |44,342 |42,271 |41,582 |41,863 |42,178 |42,394 |26,225 |16,169 |44,780 |27,733 |17,047 |45,759 |28,027 |17,732
                                 |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) ....| 2,147 | 2,179 | 2,288 | 2,219 | 2,086 | 1,953 | 1,753 | 1,747 | 1,391 |   907 |   484 | 1,393 |   926 |   467 | 1,438 |   921 |   517
Medicine (M.D.) .................| 5,915 | 6,139 | 5,970 | 5,947 | 5,717 | 5,801 | 5,969 | 5,967 | 5,679 | 3,536 | 2,143 | 5,984 | 3,888 | 2,096 | 6,161 | 3,836 | 2,325
Optometry (O.D.) ................|   689 |   702 |   659 |   588 |   628 |   594 |   642 |   628 |   638 |   352 |   286 |   637 |   367 |   270 |   688 |   363 |   325
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) .....|   933 |   978 | 1,034 | 1,061 | 1,138 | 1,110 | 1,135 | 1,097 |   966 |   675 |   291 |   910 |   597 |   313 | 1,137 |   755 |   382
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) .............|   339 |   353 |   445 |   430 |   386 |   347 |   395 |   472 |   436 |   171 |   265 |   487 |   177 |   310 |   733 |   268 |   465
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) ...|   631 |   607 |   582 | 612.0 |   590 |   645 |   636 |   675 |   589 |   445 |   144 |   504 |   359 |   145 |   476 |   350 |   126
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) ....|   232 |   209 |   215 |   339 |   227 |   221 |   214 |   208 |   218 |    84 |   134 |   213 |    68 |   145 |   217 |    65 |   152
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.) ...| 2,889 | 3,105 | 2,661 | 3,395 | 2,493 | 2,628 | 2,890 | 2,581 | 2,640 | 1,992 |   648 | 2,694 | 2,012 |   682 | 2,799 | 1,991 |   808
Law (LL.B. or J.D.) ......       |23,110 |23,632 |23,796 |22,425 |22,488 |21,817 |22,217 |22,900 |23,655 |13,435 |10,220 |24,751 |14,100 |10,651 |26,172 |15,024 |11,148
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D., |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.) .........| 6,494 | 6,878 | 7,219 | 7,283 | 6,518 | 6,466 | 6,012 | 5,851 | 5,695 | 4,360 | 1,335 | 5,251 | 4,025 | 1,226 | 5,447 | 4,096 | 1,351
Other ...........................|     0 |    39 |    42 |    43 |     0 |     0 |     0 |    52 |   487 |   268 |   219 | 1,956 | 1,214 |   742 |   491 |   358 |   133
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\1\Includes degrees which 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, "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared January 1995.)
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