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(13 KB)| Table 278. | First-professional degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1999-2000 |
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| Total | Men | Women
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| | White, |Black,| | Asian/ |American| | | White, |Black,| | Asian/ |American| | | White, |Black,| | Asian/ |American|
Major field of study | Total | non- | non- | His- |Pacific |Indian/ |Nonresi-| Total | non- | non- | His- |Pacific |Indian/ |Nonresi-| Total | non- | non- | His- |Pacific |Indian/ |Nonresi-
| |Hispanic| His- |panic |Islander|Alaskan | dent | |Hispanic| His- |panic |Islander|Alaskan | dent | |Hispanic| His- |panic |Islander|Alaskan | dent
| | |panic | | | Native | alien | | |panic | | | Native | alien | | |panic | | | Native | alien
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All fields .................|80,057 | 59,601 |5,552 |3,865 | 8,576 | 564 | 1,899 |44,239 | 33,982 |2,312 |2,095 | 4,368 | 285 | 1,197 |35,818 | 25,619 |3,240 |1,770 | 4,208 | 279 | 702
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Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) .| 4,250 | 2,658 | 197 | 182 | 948 | 14 | 251 | 2,547 | 1,723 | 84 | 101 | 510 | 8 | 121 | 1,703 | 935 | 113 | 81 | 438 | 6 | 130
Medicine (M.D.) ..............|15,286 | 10,475 |1,106 | 825 | 2,639 | 124 | 117 | 8,761 | 6,228 | 431 | 470 | 1,501 | 64 | 67 | 6,525 | 4,247 | 675 | 355 | 1,138 | 60 | 50
Optometry (O.D.) .............| 1,293 | 865 | 30 | 45 | 269 | 9 | 75 | 604 | 440 | 9 | 19 | 91 | 3 | 42 | 689 | 425 | 21 | 26 | 178 | 6 | 33
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) ..| 2,236 | 1,770 | 77 | 82 | 279 | 14 | 14 | 1,399 | 1,135 | 34 | 52 | 158 | 9 | 11 | 837 | 635 | 43 | 30 | 121 | 5 | 3
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) ..........| 5,669 | 3,725 | 465 | 195 | 1,139 | 30 | 115 | 1,943 | 1,306 | 150 | 83 | 348 | 16 | 40 | 3,726 | 2,419 | 315 | 112 | 791 | 14 | 75
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Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) .| 569 | 409 | 41 | 18 | 93 | 2 | 6 | 396 | 300 | 19 | 14 | 57 | 1 | 5 | 173 | 109 | 22 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 1
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) .| 2,251 | 2,064 | 49 | 74 | 38 | 14 | 12 | 710 | 657 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1,541 | 1,407 | 36 | 52 | 26 | 12 | 8
Chiropractic medicine (D.C. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
or D.C.M.) ..................| 3,809 | 2,880 | 82 | 116 | 355 | 15 | 361 | 2,718 | 2,078 | 49 | 78 | 254 | 11 | 248 | 1,091 | 802 | 33 | 38 | 101 | 4 | 113
Naturopathic medicine ........| 202 | 171 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 61 | 49 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 141 | 122 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7
Law (LL.B. or J.D.) ..........|38,152 | 29,920 |2,771 |2,183 | 2,467 | 324 | 487 |20,638 | 16,794 |1,091 |1,144 | 1,163 | 162 | 284 |17,514 | 13,126 |1,680 |1,039 | 1,304 | 162 | 203
Theology (M.Div., M.H.L., B.D.| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
or Ord.) ....................| 6,129 | 4,493 | 721 | 131 | 320 | 17 | 447 | 4,337 | 3,165 | 427 | 105 | 261 | 9 | 370 | 1,792 | 1,328 | 294 | 26 | 59 | 8 | 77
Other ........................| 211 | 171 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 125 | 107 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 86 | 64 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2
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NOTE: Reported racial/ethnic distributions of students by level of degree, field of degree, and sex were used to estimate race/ethnicity for students whose race/ethnicity was not reported. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared August 2001.)
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