Table 322.

Degrees in the health professions and related sciences conferred by degree- granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970-71 through 2008-09

Year	Bachelor's degrees				Master's degrees			Doctor's degrees
	Total		Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
	Number	Annual percent change
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1970-71	25,223	†	5,785	19,438	5,330	2,165	3,165	518	437	81
1971-72	28,611	13.4	7,005	21,606	6,811	2,749	4,062	459	376	83
1972-73	33,562	17.3	7,752	25,810	7,978	3,189	4,789	685	519	166
1973-74	41,421	23.4	9,347	32,074	9,232	3,444	5,788	645	507	138
1974-75	49,002	18.3	10,844	38,158	10,277	3,686	6,591	666	481	185
1975-76	53,885	10.0	11,386	42,499	12,164	3,837	8,327	617	444	173
1976-77	57,222	6.2	11,896	45,326	12,627	3,865	8,762	578	402	176
1977-78	59,445	3.9	11,600	47,845	14,027	3,972	10,055	704	454	250
1978-79	62,095	4.5	11,214	50,881	15,110	4,155	10,955	731	463	268
1979-80	63,848	2.8	11,330	52,518	15,374	4,060	11,314	821	467	354
1980-81	63,665	-0.3	10,531	53,134	16,176	4,024	12,152	868	499	369
1981-82	63,660	#	10,110	53,550	16,212	3,743	12,469	956	527	429
1982-83	65,642	3.1	10,247	55,395	16,941	4,138	12,803	1,093	615	478
1983-84	65,305	-0.5	10,068	55,237	17,351	4,124	13,227	1,077	528	549
1984-85	65,331	#	9,741	55,590	17,442	4,046	13,396	1,142	546	596
1985-86	65,309	#	9,629	55,680	18,603	4,355	14,248	1,139	547	592
1986-87	63,963	-2.1	9,137	54,826	18,442	3,818	14,624	1,120	518	602
1987-88	61,614	-3.7	8,955	52,659	18,774	4,004	14,770	1,188	516	672
1988-89	59,850	-2.9	8,878	50,972	19,493	4,197	15,296	1,329	555	774
1989-90	58,983	-1.4	9,075	49,908	20,406	4,486	15,920	1,449	635	814
1990-91	59,875	1.5	9,619	50,256	21,354	4,423	16,931	1,534	649	885
1991-92	62,779	4.9	10,330	52,449	23,671	4,794	18,877	1,432	576	856
1992-93	68,434	9.0	11,605	56,829	26,190	5,249	20,941	1,451	571	880
1993-94	75,890	10.9	13,377	62,513	28,442	5,813	22,629	1,552	593	959
1994-95	81,596	7.5	14,812	66,784	31,770	6,718	25,052	1,653	647	1,006
1995-96	86,087	5.5	15,942	70,145	33,920	7,017	26,903	1,651	655	996
1996-97	87,997	2.2	16,440	71,557	36,162	7,536	28,626	2,179	926	1,253
1997-98	86,843	-1.3	15,700	71,143	39,567	8,644	30,923	1,975	678	1,297
1998-99	85,214	-1.9	15,187	70,027	40,707	9,202	31,505	1,920	721	1,199
1999-2000	80,863	-5.1	13,342	67,521	42,593	9,500	33,093	2,053	720	1,333
2000-01	75,933	-6.1	12,514	63,419	43,623	9,711	33,912	2,242	798	1,444
2001-02	72,887	-4.0	10,869	62,018	43,560	9,588	33,972	2,913	991	1,922
2002-03	71,261	-2.2	10,096	61,165	42,748	9,280	33,468	3,329	1,030	2,299
2003-04	73,934	3.8	10,017	63,917	44,939	9,670	35,269	4,361	1,261	3,100
2004-05	80,685	9.1	10,858	69,827	46,703	9,816	36,887	5,868	1,710	4,158
2005-06	91,973	14.0	12,914	79,059	51,380	10,630	40,750	7,128	1,959	5,169
2006-07	101,810	10.7	14,325	87,485	54,531	10,636	43,895	8,355	2,242	6,113
2007-08	111,478	9.5	16,286	95,192	58,120	11,010	47,110	9,886	2,674	7,212
2008-09	120,488	8.1	17,792	102,696	62,620	11,869	50,751	12,112	3,191	8,921
Percent change
1998-99 to     2003-04	-13.2	†	-34.0	-8.7	10.4	5.1	11.9	127.1	74.9	158.5
2003-04 to     2008-09	63.0	†	77.6	60.7	39.3	22.7	43.9	177.7	153.1	187.8

†Not applicable.

#Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Data through 1994-95 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. (See Appendix A: Guide to Sources for details.) Excludes degrees awarded in first-professional fields, such as medicine (M.D.) and dentistry (D.D.S. and D.M.D).

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1970-71 through 1985-86; and 1986-87 through 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87-99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2009. (This table was prepared August 2010.)