Table 324.50.

Degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions in selected professional fields, by sex of student, control of institution, and field of study: Selected years, 1985-86 through 2012-13

Control of institution and field of study	1985-86	1990-91	1995-96	2000-01	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11			2011-12			2012-13
													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	21	22
Total, all institutions	73,910	71,948	76,734	79,707	80,897	83,041	87,289	87,655	90,064	91,309	92,009	94,128	95,722	48,787	46,935	98,699	50,329	48,370	100,356	51,478	48,878
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	5,046	3,699	3,697	4,391	4,345	4,335	4,454	4,389	4,596	4,795	4,918	5,062	5,071	2,764	2,307	5,109	2,748	2,361	5,111	2,651	2,460
Medicine (M.D.)	15,938	15,043	15,341	15,403	15,034	15,442	15,461	15,455	15,730	15,646	15,987	16,356	16,863	8,701	8,162	16,927	8,809	8,118	17,264	8,976	8,288
Optometry (O.D.)	1,029	1,115	1,231	1,289	1,281	1,275	1,252	1,198	1,311	1,304	1,338	1,335	1,322	475	847	1,361	476	885	1,521	557	964
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,547	1,459	1,895	2,450	2,596	2,722	2,762	2,718	2,992	3,232	3,665	3,890	4,141	2,121	2,020	4,336	2,283	2,053	4,691	2,489	2,202
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	903	1,244	2,555	6,324	7,474	8,221	8,885	9,292	10,439	10,932	11,291	11,873	12,271	4,692	7,579	12,943	4,971	7,972	13,377	5,141	8,236
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or       podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	650	528	439	382	343	347	331	555	431	491	543	318	225	535	342	193	471	296	175
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	2,270	2,032	2,109	2,248	2,354	2,228	2,354	2,370	2,443	2,504	2,377	2,478	2,564	580	1,984	2,616	588	2,028	2,610	593	2,017
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	3,379	3,796	2,718	2,730	2,560	2,564	2,525	2,639	2,512	2,601	2,694	1,666	1,028	2,496	1,538	958	2,224	1,366	858
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	35,844	37,945	39,828	37,904	39,067	40,209	43,423	43,440	43,486	43,769	44,045	44,346	44,421	23,481	20,940	46,445	24,576	21,869	46,811	25,087	21,724
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L./Rav.,       B.D., or Ord.)	7,283	5,695	5,879	5,026	5,360	5,332	5,533	5,666	5,990	5,751	5,367	5,696	5,832	3,989	1,843	5,931	3,998	1,933	6,276	4,322	1,954
Other1	43	487	170	348	229	165	262	216	221	182	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total, public institutions	29,568	29,554	29,882	32,633	33,549	34,499	35,768	36,269	36,855	37,278	37,357	38,132	39,071	19,027	20,044	39,776	19,589	20,187	39,777	19,601	20,176
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,827	2,308	2,198	2,477	2,493	2,498	2,577	2,669	2,769	2,760	2,870	2,984	3,008	1,687	1,321	3,053	1,708	1,345	2,975	1,585	1,390
Medicine (M.D.)	9,991	9,364	9,370	9,408	9,276	9,418	9,536	9,650	9,733	9,646	9,795	10,043	10,577	5,522	5,055	10,626	5,591	5,035	10,654	5,593	5,061
Optometry (O.D.)	441	477	499	497	481	476	477	462	518	492	517	507	515	180	335	508	178	330	520	189	331
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	486	493	528	562	571	586	568	585	637	634	679	817	856	429	427	841	442	399	854	441	413
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	473	808	1,557	3,876	4,558	4,930	5,352	5,523	5,903	6,218	6,395	6,587	6,888	2,643	4,245	6,919	2,679	4,240	6,897	2,596	4,301
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or       podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	0	0	0	84	81	64	64	65	66	73	68	85	87	41	46	204	128	76	105	72	33
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	1,931	1,814	1,889	2,017	2,023	1,912	2,033	2,048	2,116	2,123	1,968	2,048	2,134	485	1,649	2,168	493	1,675	2,184	495	1,689
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	0	0
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	13,419	14,290	13,841	13,712	14,066	14,615	15,161	15,267	15,113	15,332	15,065	15,061	15,006	8,040	6,966	15,457	8,370	7,087	15,588	8,630	6,958
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L./Rav.,       B.D., or Ord.)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other1	0	0	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	47,074	47,348	48,542	51,521	51,386	53,209	54,031	54,652	55,996	56,651	29,760	26,891	58,923	30,740	28,183	60,579	31,877	28,702
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,219	1,391	1,499	1,914	1,852	1,837	1,877	1,720	1,827	2,035	2,048	2,078	2,063	1,077	986	2,056	1,040	1,016	2,136	1,066	1,070
Medicine (M.D.)	5,947	5,679	5,971	5,995	5,758	6,024	5,925	5,805	5,997	6,000	6,192	6,313	6,286	3,179	3,107	6,301	3,218	3,083	6,610	3,383	3,227
Optometry (O.D.)	588	638	732	792	800	799	775	736	793	812	821	828	807	295	512	853	298	555	1,001	368	633
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,061	966	1,367	1,888	2,025	2,136	2,194	2,133	2,355	2,598	2,986	3,073	3,285	1,692	1,593	3,495	1,841	1,654	3,837	2,048	1,789
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	430	436	998	2,448	2,916	3,291	3,533	3,769	4,536	4,714	4,896	5,286	5,383	2,049	3,334	6,024	2,292	3,732	6,480	2,545	3,935
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or       podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	650	444	358	318	279	282	265	482	363	406	456	277	179	331	214	117	366	224	142
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	339	218	220	231	331	316	321	322	327	381	409	430	430	95	335	448	95	353	426	98	328
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	3,379	3,796	2,718	2,730	2,560	2,564	2,525	2,639	2,512	2,601	2,694	1,666	1,028	2,496	1,538	958	2,224	1,366	858
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	22,425	23,655	25,987	24,192	25,001	25,594	28,262	28,173	28,373	28,437	28,980	29,285	29,415	15,441	13,974	30,988	16,206	14,782	31,223	16,457	14,766
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L./Rav.,       B.D., or Ord.)	7,283	5,695	5,879	5,026	5,360	5,332	5,533	5,666	5,990	5,751	5,367	5,696	5,832	3,989	1,843	5,931	3,998	1,933	6,276	4,322	1,954
Other1	43	487	170	348	229	165	262	216	221	182	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1Includes naturopathic medicine and degrees that were not classified by field by the reporting institution.

NOTE: Data are for postsecondary institutions participating 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). 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," 1985-86; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:91-99); and IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2013, Completions component. (This table was prepared March 2015.)