Table 291.

First-professional degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex of student, control of institution, and field of study: Selected years, 1985-86 through 2008-09

Control of institution and field of study	1985-86	1990-91	1995-96	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07			2007-08			2008-09
											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	80,057	79,707	80,698	80,897	83,041	87,289	87,655	90,064	45,057	45,007	91,309	45,916	45,393	92,004	46,900	45,104
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	5,046	3,699	3,697	4,250	4,391	4,239	4,345	4,335	4,454	4,389	4,596	2,548	2,048	4,795	2,661	2,134	4,918	2,637	2,281
Medicine (M.D.)	15,938	15,043	15,341	15,286	15,403	15,237	15,034	15,442	15,461	15,455	15,730	7,987	7,743	15,646	7,935	7,711	15,987	8,164	7,823
Optometry (O.D.)	1,029	1,115	1,231	1,293	1,289	1,280	1,281	1,275	1,252	1,198	1,311	493	818	1,304	445	859	1,338	466	872
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,547	1,459	1,895	2,236	2,450	2,416	2,596	2,722	2,762	2,718	2,992	1,475	1,517	3,232	1,581	1,651	3,665	1,798	1,867
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	903	1,244	2,555	5,669	6,324	7,076	7,474	8,221	8,885	9,292	10,439	3,394	7,045	10,932	3,716	7,216	11,291	4,011	7,280
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or    podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	650	569	528	474	439	382	343	347	331	173	158	555	305	250	431	250	181
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	2,270	2,032	2,109	2,251	2,248	2,289	2,354	2,228	2,354	2,370	2,443	537	1,906	2,504	580	1,924	2,377	526	1,851
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	3,379	3,809	3,796	3,284	2,718	2,730	2,560	2,564	2,525	1,617	908	2,639	1,683	956	2,512	1,584	928
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	35,844	37,945	39,828	38,152	37,904	38,981	39,067	40,209	43,423	43,440	43,486	22,777	20,709	43,769	23,197	20,572	44,045	23,860	20,185
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D.,    or Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.)	7,283	5,695	5,879	6,129	5,026	5,195	5,360	5,332	5,533	5,666	5,990	4,000	1,990	5,751	3,777	1,974	5,362	3,586	1,776
Other	43	487	170	413	348	227	229	165	262	216	221	56	165	182	36	146	78	18	60
Total, public institutions	29,568	29,554	29,882	32,247	32,633	33,439	33,549	34,499	35,768	36,269	36,855	17,471	19,384	37,278	17,912	19,366	37,357	18,046	19,311
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,827	2,308	2,198	2,512	2,477	2,525	2,493	2,498	2,577	2,669	2,769	1,586	1,183	2,760	1,577	1,183	2,870	1,551	1,319
Medicine (M.D.)	9,991	9,364	9,370	9,389	9,408	9,390	9,276	9,418	9,536	9,650	9,733	4,993	4,740	9,646	4,976	4,670	9,795	5,042	4,753
Optometry (O.D.)	441	477	499	493	497	503	481	476	477	462	518	198	320	492	147	345	517	176	341
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	486	493	528	535	562	538	571	586	568	585	637	301	336	634	306	328	679	320	359
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	473	808	1,557	3,485	3,876	4,382	4,558	4,930	5,352	5,523	5,903	1,966	3,937	6,218	2,129	4,089	6,395	2,301	4,094
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or    podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	0	0	0	84	84	75	81	64	64	65	66	32	34	73	36	37	68	35	33
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	1,931	1,814	1,889	2,021	2,017	2,052	2,023	1,912	2,033	2,048	2,116	474	1,642	2,123	507	1,616	1,968	443	1,525
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	13,728	13,712	13,974	14,066	14,615	15,161	15,267	15,113	7,921	7,192	15,332	8,234	7,098	15,065	8,178	6,887
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	47,810	47,074	47,259	47,348	48,542	51,521	51,386	53,209	27,586	25,623	54,031	28,004	26,027	54,647	28,854	25,793
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,219	1,391	1,499	1,738	1,914	1,714	1,852	1,837	1,877	1,720	1,827	962	865	2,035	1,084	951	2,048	1,086	962
Medicine (M.D.)	5,947	5,679	5,971	5,897	5,995	5,847	5,758	6,024	5,925	5,805	5,997	2,994	3,003	6,000	2,959	3,041	6,192	3,122	3,070
Optometry (O.D.)	588	638	732	800	792	777	800	799	775	736	793	295	498	812	298	514	821	290	531
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,061	966	1,367	1,701	1,888	1,878	2,025	2,136	2,194	2,133	2,355	1,174	1,181	2,598	1,275	1,323	2,986	1,478	1,508
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	430	436	998	2,184	2,448	2,694	2,916	3,291	3,533	3,769	4,536	1,428	3,108	4,714	1,587	3,127	4,896	1,710	3,186
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or    podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	650	485	444	399	358	318	279	282	265	141	124	482	269	213	363	215	148
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	339	218	220	230	231	237	331	316	321	322	327	63	264	381	73	308	409	83	326
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	3,379	3,809	3,796	3,284	2,718	2,730	2,560	2,564	2,525	1,617	908	2,639	1,683	956	2,512	1,584	928
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	22,425	23,655	25,987	24,424	24,192	25,007	25,001	25,594	28,262	28,173	28,373	14,856	13,517	28,437	14,963	13,474	28,980	15,682	13,298
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D.,    or Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.)	7,283	5,695	5,879	6,129	5,026	5,195	5,360	5,332	5,533	5,666	5,990	4,000	1,990	5,751	3,777	1,974	5,362	3,586	1,776
Other	43	487	170	413	348	227	229	165	262	216	221	56	165	182	36	146	78	18	60

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; and 1990-91 through 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:91-99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2009. (This table was prepared September 2010.)