Table 326.

Degrees in the health professions and related sciences conferred by degree- granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970-71 through 2009-10

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	15,988	14,863	1,125
1971-72	28,611	13.4	7,005	21,606	6,811	2,749	4,062	16,538	15,373	1,165
1972-73	33,562	17.3	7,752	25,810	7,978	3,189	4,789	18,215	16,870	1,345
1973-74	41,421	23.4	9,347	32,074	9,232	3,444	5,788	20,094	18,287	1,807
1974-75	49,002	18.3	10,844	38,158	10,277	3,686	6,591	22,191	19,808	2,383
1975-76	53,885	10.0	11,386	42,499	12,164	3,837	8,327	25,267	21,980	3,287
1976-77	57,222	6.2	11,896	45,326	12,627	3,865	8,762	24,972	21,022	3,950
1977-78	59,445	3.9	11,600	47,845	14,027	3,972	10,055	26,516	21,622	4,894
1978-79	62,095	4.5	11,214	50,881	15,110	4,155	10,955	27,766	22,194	5,572
1979-80	63,848	2.8	11,330	52,518	15,374	4,060	11,314	28,190	22,157	6,033
1980-81	63,665	-0.3	10,531	53,134	16,176	4,024	12,152	29,595	22,792	6,803
1981-82	63,660	#	10,110	53,550	16,212	3,743	12,469	30,096	22,968	7,128
1982-83	65,642	3.1	10,247	55,395	16,941	4,138	12,803	30,800	22,920	7,880
1983-84	65,305	-0.5	10,068	55,237	17,351	4,124	13,227	31,655	22,851	8,804
1984-85	65,331	#	9,741	55,590	17,442	4,046	13,396	31,493	22,045	9,448
1985-86	65,309	#	9,629	55,680	18,603	4,355	14,248	31,922	22,069	9,853
1986-87	63,963	-2.1	9,137	54,826	18,442	3,818	14,624	29,500	19,686	9,814
1987-88	61,614	-3.7	8,955	52,659	18,774	4,004	14,770	30,060	19,853	10,207
1988-89	59,850	-2.9	8,878	50,972	19,493	4,197	15,296	30,546	19,893	10,653
1989-90	58,983	-1.4	9,075	49,908	20,406	4,486	15,920	30,101	19,118	10,983
1990-91	59,875	1.5	9,619	50,256	21,354	4,423	16,931	29,842	18,492	11,350
1991-92	62,779	4.9	10,330	52,449	23,671	4,794	18,877	31,479	19,362	12,117
1992-93	68,434	9.0	11,605	56,829	26,190	5,249	20,941	31,089	18,446	12,643
1993-94	75,890	10.9	13,377	62,513	28,442	5,813	22,629	30,959	17,988	12,971
1994-95	81,596	7.5	14,812	66,784	31,770	6,718	25,052	32,124	18,463	13,661
1995-96	86,087	5.5	15,942	70,145	33,920	7,017	26,903	32,678	18,495	14,183
1996-97	87,997	2.2	16,440	71,557	36,162	7,536	28,626	34,971	19,619	15,352
1997-98	86,843	-1.3	15,700	71,143	39,567	8,644	30,923	35,369	19,370	15,999
1998-99	84,989	-2.1	15,191	69,798	40,628	9,152	31,476	35,939	19,673	16,266
1999-2000	80,863	-4.9	13,342	67,521	42,593	9,500	33,093	37,829	19,984	17,845
2000-01	75,933	-6.1	12,514	63,419	43,623	9,711	33,912	39,019	20,260	18,759
2001-02	72,887	-4.0	10,869	62,018	43,560	9,588	33,972	39,435	19,760	19,675
2002-03	71,261	-2.2	10,096	61,165	42,748	9,280	33,468	39,799	19,493	20,306
2003-04	73,934	3.8	10,017	63,917	44,939	9,670	35,269	41,861	19,587	22,274
2004-05	80,685	9.1	10,858	69,827	46,703	9,816	36,887	44,201	19,697	24,504
2005-06	91,973	14.0	12,914	79,059	51,380	10,630	40,750	45,677	19,640	26,037
2006-07	101,810	10.7	14,325	87,485	54,531	10,636	43,895	48,943	20,522	28,421
2007-08	111,478	9.5	16,286	95,192	58,120	11,010	47,110	51,675	21,616	30,059
2008-09	120,488	8.1	17,792	102,696	62,620	11,869	50,751	54,709	22,645	32,064
2009-10	129,634	7.6	19,306	110,328	69,084	12,871	56,213	57,746	23,946	33,800
Percent change
1999-2000 to      2004-05	-0.2	†	-18.6	3.4	9.6	3.3	11.5	16.8	-1.4	37.3
2004-05 to      2009-10	60.7	†	77.8	58.0	47.9	31.1	52.4	30.6	21.6	37.9

†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.) Doctor's degrees include medicine (M.D.), dentistry (D.D.S. and D.M.D), and other medical specialty degrees that were formerly classified as first-professional. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

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; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87-99); and IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2010, Completions component. (This table was prepared August 2011.)