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 2015-16

Control of institution and field of study	1985-86	1990-91	1995-96	2000-01	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14			2014-15			2015-16
													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	87,655	90,064	91,412	92,250	94,582	96,129	99,161	100,852	99,524	50,644	48,880	97,957	49,205	48,752	95,140	47,476	47,664
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	5,046	3,699	3,697	4,391	4,389	4,596	4,795	4,918	5,062	5,071	5,109	5,219	5,407	2,839	2,568	5,816	3,030	2,786	5,951	3,032	2,919
Medicine (M.D.)	15,938	15,043	15,341	15,403	15,455	15,730	15,646	15,987	16,356	16,863	16,927	17,264	17,604	9,232	8,372	18,302	9,558	8,744	18,409	9,852	8,557
Optometry (O.D.)	1,029	1,115	1,231	1,289	1,198	1,311	1,304	1,338	1,335	1,322	1,361	1,521	1,523	535	988	1,511	505	1,006	1,630	564	1,066
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,547	1,459	1,895	2,450	2,718	2,992	3,232	3,665	3,890	4,141	4,336	4,691	4,991	2,662	2,329	5,355	2,935	2,420	5,466	2,997	2,469
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	903	1,244	2,555	6,324	9,292	10,439	10,932	11,291	11,873	12,271	12,943	13,374	13,921	5,429	8,492	14,310	5,454	8,856	14,734	5,668	9,066
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or     podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	650	528	347	331	555	431	491	543	535	471	567	338	229	574	352	222	544	321	223
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	2,270	2,032	2,109	2,248	2,370	2,443	2,504	2,377	2,478	2,564	2,616	2,610	2,686	565	2,121	2,815	620	2,195	2,859	573	2,286
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	3,379	3,796	2,564	2,525	2,639	2,512	2,601	2,694	2,496	2,219	2,420	1,464	956	2,544	1,532	1,012	2,418	1,416	1,002
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	35,844	37,945	39,828	37,904	43,440	43,486	43,769	44,045	44,346	44,421	46,445	46,811	43,772	23,278	20,494	40,024	20,810	19,214	36,798	18,935	17,863
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L./Rav.,     B.D., or Ord.)	7,283	5,695	5,879	5,026	5,666	5,990	5,769	5,444	5,825	5,981	6,094	6,399	6,339	4,229	2,110	6,300	4,322	1,978	5,950	4,025	1,925
Other1	43	487	170	348	216	221	267	242	325	258	299	273	294	73	221	406	87	319	381	93	288
Total, public institutions	29,568	29,554	29,882	32,633	36,269	36,855	37,278	37,357	38,132	39,071	39,776	39,774	40,375	19,961	20,414	40,145	19,591	20,554	39,642	19,317	20,325
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,827	2,308	2,198	2,477	2,669	2,769	2,760	2,870	2,984	3,008	3,053	2,972	3,187	1,688	1,499	3,336	1,725	1,611	3,307	1,721	1,586
Medicine (M.D.)	9,991	9,364	9,370	9,408	9,650	9,733	9,646	9,795	10,043	10,577	10,626	10,654	11,075	5,904	5,171	11,653	6,209	5,444	11,696	6,326	5,370
Optometry (O.D.)	441	477	499	497	462	518	492	517	507	515	508	520	514	194	320	513	161	352	526	176	350
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	486	493	528	562	585	637	634	679	817	856	841	854	1,025	507	518	1,054	544	510	1,102	576	526
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	473	808	1,557	3,876	5,523	5,903	6,218	6,395	6,587	6,888	6,919	6,897	6,933	2,720	4,213	7,057	2,671	4,386	7,198	2,776	4,422
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or     podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	0	0	0	84	65	66	73	68	85	87	204	105	202	125	77	186	110	76	158	100	58
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	1,931	1,814	1,889	2,017	2,048	2,116	2,123	1,968	2,048	2,134	2,168	2,184	2,251	481	1,770	2,332	521	1,811	2,391	494	1,897
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	15,267	15,113	15,332	15,065	15,061	15,006	15,457	15,588	15,188	8,342	6,846	14,014	7,650	6,364	13,264	7,148	6,116
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	51,386	53,209	54,134	54,893	56,450	57,058	59,385	61,078	59,149	30,683	28,466	57,812	29,614	28,198	55,498	28,159	27,339
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,219	1,391	1,499	1,914	1,720	1,827	2,035	2,048	2,078	2,063	2,056	2,247	2,220	1,151	1,069	2,480	1,305	1,175	2,644	1,311	1,333
Medicine (M.D.)	5,947	5,679	5,971	5,995	5,805	5,997	6,000	6,192	6,313	6,286	6,301	6,610	6,529	3,328	3,201	6,649	3,349	3,300	6,713	3,526	3,187
Optometry (O.D.)	588	638	732	792	736	793	812	821	828	807	853	1,001	1,009	341	668	998	344	654	1,104	388	716
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,061	966	1,367	1,888	2,133	2,355	2,598	2,986	3,073	3,285	3,495	3,837	3,966	2,155	1,811	4,301	2,391	1,910	4,364	2,421	1,943
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	430	436	998	2,448	3,769	4,536	4,714	4,896	5,286	5,383	6,024	6,477	6,988	2,709	4,279	7,253	2,783	4,470	7,536	2,892	4,644
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or     podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	650	444	282	265	482	363	406	456	331	366	365	213	152	388	242	146	386	221	165
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	339	218	220	231	322	327	381	409	430	430	448	426	435	84	351	483	99	384	468	79	389
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	3,379	3,796	2,564	2,525	2,639	2,512	2,601	2,694	2,496	2,219	2,420	1,464	956	2,544	1,532	1,012	2,418	1,416	1,002
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	22,425	23,655	25,987	24,192	28,173	28,373	28,437	28,980	29,285	29,415	30,988	31,223	28,584	14,936	13,648	26,010	13,160	12,850	23,534	11,787	11,747
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L./Rav.,     B.D., or Ord.)	7,283	5,695	5,879	5,026	5,666	5,990	5,769	5,444	5,825	5,981	6,094	6,399	6,339	4,229	2,110	6,300	4,322	1,978	5,950	4,025	1,925
Other1	43	487	170	348	216	221	267	242	325	258	299	273	294	73	221	406	87	319	381	93	288

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 2016, Completions component. (This table was prepared March 2018.)