Table 280.

First-professional degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex of student, control of institution, and field of study: Selected years, 1985–86 through 2006–07

Control of institution and field of study	1985–86	1990–91	1995–96	1997–98	1998–99	1999– 2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05			2005–06			2006–07
											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
Total, all institutions	73,910	71,948	76,734	78,598	78,439	80,057	79,707	80,698	80,897	83,041	87,289	43,849	43,440	87,655	44,038	43,617	90,064	45,057	45,007
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	5,046	3,699	3,697	4,032	4,144	4,250	4,391	4,239	4,345	4,335	4,454	2,505	1,949	4,389	2,435	1,954	4,596	2,548	2,048
Medicine (M.D.)	15,938	15,043	15,341	15,424	15,562	15,286	15,403	15,237	15,034	15,442	15,461	8,151	7,310	15,455	7,900	7,555	15,730	7,987	7,743
Optometry (O.D.)	1,029	1,115	1,231	1,274	1,285	1,293	1,289	1,280	1,281	1,275	1,252	482	770	1,198	490	708	1,311	493	818
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,547	1,459	1,895	2,110	2,135	2,236	2,450	2,416	2,596	2,722	2,762	1,482	1,280	2,718	1,434	1,284	2,992	1,475	1,517
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	903	1,244	2,555	3,660	3,992	5,669	6,324	7,076	7,474	8,221	8,885	2,889	5,996	9,292	3,032	6,260	10,439	3,394	7,045
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	650	594	578	569	528	474	439	382	343	195	148	347	191	156	331	173	158
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	2,270	2,032	2,109	2,193	2,226	2,251	2,248	2,289	2,354	2,228	2,354	574	1,780	2,370	535	1,835	2,443	537	1,906
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	3,379	3,735	3,639	3,809	3,796	3,284	2,718	2,730	2,560	1,665	895	2,564	1,615	949	2,525	1,617	908
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	35,844	37,945	39,828	39,331	39,167	38,152	37,904	38,981	39,067	40,209	43,423	22,297	21,126	43,440	22,597	20,843	43,486	22,777	20,709
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D., or Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.)	7,283	5,695	5,879	5,873	5,558	6,129	5,026	5,195	5,360	5,332	5,533	3,565	1,968	5,666	3,760	1,906	5,990	4,000	1,990
Other	43	487	170	372	153	413	348	227	229	165	262	44	218	216	49	167	221	56	165
Total, public institutions	29,568	29,554	29,882	31,233	31,693	32,247	32,633	33,439	33,549	34,499	35,768	17,175	18,593	36,269	17,268	19,001	36,855	17,471	19,384
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,827	2,308	2,198	2,468	2,479	2,512	2,477	2,525	2,493	2,498	2,577	1,488	1,089	2,669	1,515	1,154	2,769	1,586	1,183
Medicine (M.D.)	9,991	9,364	9,370	9,474	9,515	9,389	9,408	9,390	9,276	9,418	9,536	5,069	4,467	9,650	4,944	4,706	9,733	4,993	4,740
Optometry (O.D.)	441	477	499	537	488	493	497	503	481	476	477	159	318	462	185	277	518	198	320
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	486	493	528	568	548	535	562	538	571	586	568	285	283	585	284	301	637	301	336
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	473	808	1,557	2,212	2,503	3,485	3,876	4,382	4,558	4,930	5,352	1,768	3,584	5,523	1,861	3,662	5,903	1,966	3,937
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	0	0	0	103	97	84	84	75	81	64	64	40	24	65	31	34	66	32	34
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	1,931	1,814	1,889	1,971	1,989	2,021	2,017	2,052	2,023	1,912	2,033	473	1,560	2,048	482	1,566	2,116	474	1,642
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
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	13,419	14,290	13,841	13,900	14,074	13,728	13,712	13,974	14,066	14,615	15,161	7,893	7,268	15,267	7,966	7,301	15,113	7,921	7,192
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D., or Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other	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	47,365	46,746	47,810	47,074	47,259	47,348	48,542	51,521	26,674	24,847	51,386	26,770	24,616	53,209	27,586	25,623
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,219	1,391	1,499	1,564	1,665	1,738	1,914	1,714	1,852	1,837	1,877	1,017	860	1,720	920	800	1,827	962	865
Medicine (M.D.)	5,947	5,679	5,971	5,950	6,047	5,897	5,995	5,847	5,758	6,024	5,925	3,082	2,843	5,805	2,956	2,849	5,997	2,994	3,003
Optometry (O.D.)	588	638	732	737	797	800	792	777	800	799	775	323	452	736	305	431	793	295	498
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,061	966	1,367	1,542	1,587	1,701	1,888	1,878	2,025	2,136	2,194	1,197	997	2,133	1,150	983	2,355	1,174	1,181
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	430	436	998	1,448	1,489	2,184	2,448	2,694	2,916	3,291	3,533	1,121	2,412	3,769	1,171	2,598	4,536	1,428	3,108
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	650	491	481	485	444	399	358	318	279	155	124	282	160	122	265	141	124
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	339	218	220	222	237	230	231	237	331	316	321	101	220	322	53	269	327	63	264
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	3,379	3,735	3,639	3,809	3,796	3,284	2,718	2,730	2,560	1,665	895	2,564	1,615	949	2,525	1,617	908
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	22,425	23,655	25,987	25,431	25,093	24,424	24,192	25,007	25,001	25,594	28,262	14,404	13,858	28,173	14,631	13,542	28,373	14,856	13,517
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D., or Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.)	7,283	5,695	5,879	5,873	5,558	6,129	5,026	5,195	5,360	5,332	5,533	3,565	1,968	5,666	3,760	1,906	5,990	4,000	1,990
Other	43	487	170	372	153	413	348	227	229	165	262	44	218	216	49	167	221	56	165

NOTE: 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; and 1990–91 through 2006–07 Integrated Post­secondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:91–99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2007. (This table was prepared June 2008.)