Table 325.60.

Degrees in the health professions and related programs conferred by postsecondary institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970-71 through 2014-15

Year	Bachelor's degrees					Master's degrees			Doctor's degrees
	Total		Males	Females	Females as a percent of total	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
	Number	Annual percent change
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1970-71	25,223	†	5,785	19,438	77.1	5,330	2,165	3,165	15,988	14,863	1,125
1971-72	28,611	13.4	7,005	21,606	75.5	6,811	2,749	4,062	16,538	15,373	1,165
1972-73	33,562	17.3	7,752	25,810	76.9	7,978	3,189	4,789	18,215	16,870	1,345
1973-74	41,421	23.4	9,347	32,074	77.4	9,232	3,444	5,788	20,094	18,287	1,807
1974-75	49,002	18.3	10,844	38,158	77.9	10,277	3,686	6,591	22,191	19,808	2,383
1975-76	53,885	10.0	11,386	42,499	78.9	12,164	3,837	8,327	25,267	21,980	3,287
1976-77	57,222	6.2	11,896	45,326	79.2	12,627	3,865	8,762	24,972	21,022	3,950
1977-78	59,445	3.9	11,600	47,845	80.5	14,027	3,972	10,055	26,516	21,622	4,894
1978-79	62,095	4.5	11,214	50,881	81.9	15,110	4,155	10,955	27,766	22,194	5,572
1979-80	63,848	2.8	11,330	52,518	82.3	15,374	4,060	11,314	28,190	22,157	6,033
1980-81	63,665	-0.3	10,531	53,134	83.5	16,176	4,024	12,152	29,595	22,792	6,803
1981-82	63,660	#	10,110	53,550	84.1	16,212	3,743	12,469	30,096	22,968	7,128
1982-83	65,642	3.1	10,247	55,395	84.4	16,941	4,138	12,803	30,800	22,920	7,880
1983-84	65,305	-0.5	10,068	55,237	84.6	17,351	4,124	13,227	31,655	22,851	8,804
1984-85	65,331	#	9,741	55,590	85.1	17,442	4,046	13,396	31,493	22,045	9,448
1985-86	65,309	#	9,629	55,680	85.3	18,603	4,355	14,248	31,922	22,069	9,853
1986-87	63,963	-2.1	9,137	54,826	85.7	18,442	3,818	14,624	29,500	19,686	9,814
1987-88	61,614	-3.7	8,955	52,659	85.5	18,774	4,004	14,770	30,060	19,853	10,207
1988-89	59,850	-2.9	8,878	50,972	85.2	19,493	4,197	15,296	30,546	19,893	10,653
1989-90	58,983	-1.4	9,075	49,908	84.6	20,406	4,486	15,920	30,101	19,118	10,983
1990-91	59,875	1.5	9,619	50,256	83.9	21,354	4,423	16,931	29,842	18,492	11,350
1991-92	62,779	4.9	10,330	52,449	83.5	23,671	4,794	18,877	31,479	19,362	12,117
1992-93	68,434	9.0	11,605	56,829	83.0	26,190	5,249	20,941	31,089	18,446	12,643
1993-94	75,890	10.9	13,377	62,513	82.4	28,442	5,813	22,629	30,959	17,988	12,971
1994-95	81,596	7.5	14,812	66,784	81.8	31,770	6,718	25,052	32,124	18,463	13,661
1995-96	86,087	5.5	15,942	70,145	81.5	33,920	7,017	26,903	32,678	18,495	14,183
1996-97	87,997	2.2	16,440	71,557	81.3	36,162	7,536	28,626	34,971	19,619	15,352
1997-98	86,843	-1.3	15,700	71,143	81.9	39,567	8,644	30,923	35,369	19,370	15,999
1998-99	84,989	-2.1	15,191	69,798	82.1	40,628	9,152	31,476	35,939	19,673	16,266
1999-2000	80,863	-4.9	13,342	67,521	83.5	42,593	9,500	33,093	37,829	19,984	17,845
2000-01	75,933	-6.1	12,514	63,419	83.5	43,623	9,711	33,912	39,019	20,260	18,759
2001-02	72,887	-4.0	10,869	62,018	85.1	43,560	9,588	33,972	39,435	19,760	19,675
2002-03	71,261	-2.2	10,096	61,165	85.8	42,748	9,280	33,468	39,799	19,493	20,306
2003-04	73,934	3.8	10,017	63,917	86.5	44,939	9,670	35,269	41,861	19,587	22,274
2004-05	80,685	9.1	10,858	69,827	86.5	46,703	9,816	36,887	44,201	19,697	24,504
2005-06	91,973	14.0	12,914	79,059	86.0	51,380	10,630	40,750	45,677	19,640	26,037
2006-07	101,810	10.7	14,325	87,485	85.9	54,531	10,636	43,895	48,943	20,522	28,421
2007-08	111,478	9.5	16,286	95,192	85.4	58,120	11,010	47,110	51,675	21,616	30,059
2008-09	120,420	8.0	17,776	102,644	85.2	62,642	11,848	50,794	54,846	22,678	32,168
2009-10	129,623	7.6	19,309	110,314	85.1	69,112	12,874	56,238	57,750	23,946	33,804
2010-11	143,463	10.7	21,540	121,923	85.0	75,571	14,034	61,537	60,221	25,386	34,835
2011-12	163,675	14.1	24,905	138,770	84.8	84,355	15,675	68,680	62,097	26,074	36,023
2012-13	181,149	10.7	28,208	152,941	84.4	90,933	16,747	74,186	64,192	26,852	37,340
2013-14	198,777	9.7	30,932	167,845	84.4	97,416	17,751	79,665	67,447	28,082	39,365
2014-15	216,228	8.8	33,658	182,570	84.4	102,897	18,780	84,117	71,003	29,426	41,577
Percent change
2004-05 to 2009-10	60.7	†	77.8	58.0	†	48.0	31.2	52.5	30.7	21.6	38.0
2009-10 to 2014-15	66.8	†	74.3	65.5	†	48.9	45.9	49.6	22.9	22.9	23.0

†Not applicable.

#Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. 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 2015, Completions component. (This table was prepared January 2017.)