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 2013-14

Control of institution and field of study	1985-86	1990-91	1995-96	2000-01	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12			2012-13			2013-14
													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	83,041	87,289	87,655	90,064	91,394	92,173	94,453	95,980	98,998	50,391	48,607	100,729	51,579	49,150	99,404	50,562	48,842
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	5,046	3,699	3,697	4,391	4,335	4,454	4,389	4,596	4,795	4,918	5,062	5,071	5,109	2,748	2,361	5,219	2,707	2,512	5,407	2,839	2,568
Medicine (M.D.)	15,938	15,043	15,341	15,403	15,442	15,461	15,455	15,730	15,646	15,987	16,356	16,863	16,927	8,809	8,118	17,264	8,976	8,288	17,606	9,234	8,372
Optometry (O.D.)	1,029	1,115	1,231	1,289	1,275	1,252	1,198	1,311	1,304	1,338	1,335	1,322	1,361	476	885	1,521	557	964	1,523	535	988
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,547	1,459	1,895	2,450	2,722	2,762	2,718	2,992	3,232	3,665	3,890	4,141	4,336	2,283	2,053	4,691	2,489	2,202	4,990	2,662	2,328
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	903	1,244	2,555	6,324	8,221	8,885	9,292	10,439	10,932	11,291	11,873	12,271	12,943	4,971	7,972	13,374	5,141	8,233	13,921	5,429	8,492
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or       podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	650	528	382	343	347	331	555	431	491	543	535	342	193	471	296	175	567	338	229
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	2,270	2,032	2,109	2,248	2,228	2,354	2,370	2,443	2,504	2,377	2,478	2,564	2,616	588	2,028	2,610	593	2,017	2,686	565	2,121
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	3,379	3,796	2,730	2,560	2,564	2,525	2,639	2,512	2,601	2,694	2,496	1,538	958	2,219	1,363	856	2,420	1,464	956
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	35,844	37,945	39,828	37,904	40,209	43,423	43,440	43,486	43,769	44,045	44,346	44,421	46,445	24,576	21,869	46,811	25,087	21,724	43,772	23,278	20,494
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L./Rav.,       B.D., or Ord.)	7,283	5,695	5,879	5,026	5,332	5,533	5,666	5,990	5,751	5,367	5,696	5,832	5,931	3,998	1,933	6,276	4,322	1,954	6,218	4,145	2,073
Other1	43	487	170	348	165	262	216	221	267	242	325	258	299	62	237	273	48	225	294	73	221
Total, public institutions	29,568	29,554	29,882	32,633	34,499	35,768	36,269	36,855	37,278	37,357	38,132	39,071	39,776	19,589	20,187	39,774	19,598	20,176	40,376	19,963	20,413
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,827	2,308	2,198	2,477	2,498	2,577	2,669	2,769	2,760	2,870	2,984	3,008	3,053	1,708	1,345	2,972	1,582	1,390	3,187	1,688	1,499
Medicine (M.D.)	9,991	9,364	9,370	9,408	9,418	9,536	9,650	9,733	9,646	9,795	10,043	10,577	10,626	5,591	5,035	10,654	5,593	5,061	11,077	5,906	5,171
Optometry (O.D.)	441	477	499	497	476	477	462	518	492	517	507	515	508	178	330	520	189	331	514	194	320
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	486	493	528	562	586	568	585	637	634	679	817	856	841	442	399	854	441	413	1,024	507	517
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	473	808	1,557	3,876	4,930	5,352	5,523	5,903	6,218	6,395	6,587	6,888	6,919	2,679	4,240	6,897	2,596	4,301	6,933	2,720	4,213
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or       podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	0	0	0	84	64	64	65	66	73	68	85	87	204	128	76	105	72	33	202	125	77
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	1,931	1,814	1,889	2,017	1,912	2,033	2,048	2,116	2,123	1,968	2,048	2,134	2,168	493	1,675	2,184	495	1,689	2,251	481	1,770
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	14,615	15,161	15,267	15,113	15,332	15,065	15,061	15,006	15,457	8,370	7,087	15,588	8,630	6,958	15,188	8,342	6,846
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	48,542	51,521	51,386	53,209	54,116	54,816	56,321	56,909	59,222	30,802	28,420	60,955	31,981	28,974	59,028	30,599	28,429
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,219	1,391	1,499	1,914	1,837	1,877	1,720	1,827	2,035	2,048	2,078	2,063	2,056	1,040	1,016	2,247	1,125	1,122	2,220	1,151	1,069
Medicine (M.D.)	5,947	5,679	5,971	5,995	6,024	5,925	5,805	5,997	6,000	6,192	6,313	6,286	6,301	3,218	3,083	6,610	3,383	3,227	6,529	3,328	3,201
Optometry (O.D.)	588	638	732	792	799	775	736	793	812	821	828	807	853	298	555	1,001	368	633	1,009	341	668
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,061	966	1,367	1,888	2,136	2,194	2,133	2,355	2,598	2,986	3,073	3,285	3,495	1,841	1,654	3,837	2,048	1,789	3,966	2,155	1,811
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	430	436	998	2,448	3,291	3,533	3,769	4,536	4,714	4,896	5,286	5,383	6,024	2,292	3,732	6,477	2,545	3,932	6,988	2,709	4,279
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or       podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	650	444	318	279	282	265	482	363	406	456	331	214	117	366	224	142	365	213	152
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	339	218	220	231	316	321	322	327	381	409	430	430	448	95	353	426	98	328	435	84	351
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	3,379	3,796	2,730	2,560	2,564	2,525	2,639	2,512	2,601	2,694	2,496	1,538	958	2,219	1,363	856	2,420	1,464	956
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	22,425	23,655	25,987	24,192	25,594	28,262	28,173	28,373	28,437	28,980	29,285	29,415	30,988	16,206	14,782	31,223	16,457	14,766	28,584	14,936	13,648
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L./Rav.,       B.D., or Ord.)	7,283	5,695	5,879	5,026	5,332	5,533	5,666	5,990	5,751	5,367	5,696	5,832	5,931	3,998	1,933	6,276	4,322	1,954	6,218	4,145	2,073
Other1	43	487	170	348	165	262	216	221	267	242	325	258	299	62	237	273	48	225	294	73	221

1 Includes 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 2014, Completions component. (This table was prepared May 2016.)