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 2016-17

Control of institution and field of study	1985-86	1990-91	1995-96	2000-01	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15			2015-16			2016-17
													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	90,066	91,211	94,582	96,129	99,161	100,852	99,524	97,957	49,205	48,752	95,140	47,477	47,663	94,760	46,695	48,065
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	5,046	3,699	3,697	4,391	4,389	4,596	4,795	5,062	5,071	5,109	5,219	5,407	5,816	3,030	2,786	5,951	3,032	2,919	6,388	3,328	3,060
Medicine (M.D.)	15,938	15,043	15,341	15,403	15,455	15,730	15,646	16,356	16,863	16,927	17,264	17,604	18,302	9,558	8,744	18,409	9,852	8,557	18,698	9,834	8,864
Optometry (O.D.)	1,029	1,115	1,231	1,289	1,198	1,311	1,304	1,335	1,322	1,361	1,521	1,523	1,511	505	1,006	1,631	565	1,066	1,630	547	1,083
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,547	1,459	1,895	2,450	2,718	2,995	3,300	3,890	4,141	4,336	4,691	4,991	5,355	2,935	2,420	5,466	2,997	2,469	6,046	3,287	2,759
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	903	1,244	2,555	6,324	9,292	10,439	10,939	11,873	12,271	12,943	13,374	13,921	14,310	5,454	8,856	14,734	5,668	9,066	14,855	5,659	9,196
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or    podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	650	528	347	331	460	491	543	535	471	567	574	352	222	544	321	223	601	364	237
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	2,270	2,032	2,109	2,248	2,370	2,443	2,504	2,478	2,564	2,616	2,610	2,686	2,815	620	2,195	2,859	573	2,286	2,991	596	2,395
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	3,379	3,796	2,564	2,525	2,639	2,601	2,694	2,496	2,219	2,420	2,544	1,532	1,012	2,417	1,416	1,001	2,521	1,463	1,058
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	35,844	37,945	39,828	37,904	43,440	43,485	43,588	44,346	44,421	46,445	46,811	43,772	40,024	20,810	19,214	36,798	18,935	17,863	34,894	17,579	17,315
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	5,825	5,981	6,094	6,399	6,339	6,300	4,322	1,978	5,950	4,025	1,925	5,801	3,957	1,844
Other1	43	487	170	348	216	221	267	325	258	299	273	294	406	87	319	381	93	288	335	81	254
Total, public institutions	29,568	29,554	29,882	32,633	36,269	36,855	37,283	38,132	39,071	39,776	39,774	40,375	40,145	19,591	20,554	39,643	19,318	20,325	39,650	19,059	20,591
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,827	2,308	2,198	2,477	2,669	2,769	2,760	2,984	3,008	3,053	2,972	3,187	3,336	1,725	1,611	3,307	1,721	1,586	3,402	1,749	1,653
Medicine (M.D.)	9,991	9,364	9,370	9,408	9,650	9,733	9,646	10,043	10,577	10,626	10,654	11,075	11,653	6,209	5,444	11,696	6,326	5,370	11,899	6,398	5,501
Optometry (O.D.)	441	477	499	497	462	518	492	507	515	508	520	514	513	161	352	527	177	350	504	163	341
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	486	493	528	562	585	637	634	817	856	841	854	1,025	1,054	544	510	1,102	576	526	1,090	588	502
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	473	808	1,557	3,876	5,523	5,903	6,225	6,587	6,888	6,919	6,897	6,933	7,057	2,671	4,386	7,198	2,776	4,422	7,345	2,803	4,542
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or    podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	0	0	0	84	65	66	73	85	87	204	105	202	186	110	76	158	100	58	197	117	80
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	1,931	1,814	1,889	2,017	2,048	2,116	2,123	2,048	2,134	2,168	2,184	2,251	2,332	521	1,811	2,391	494	1,897	2,490	507	1,983
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	15,330	15,061	15,006	15,457	15,588	15,188	14,014	7,650	6,364	13,264	7,148	6,116	12,723	6,734	5,989
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	53,211	53,928	56,450	57,058	59,385	61,078	59,149	57,812	29,614	28,198	55,497	28,159	27,338	55,110	27,636	27,474
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,219	1,391	1,499	1,914	1,720	1,827	2,035	2,078	2,063	2,056	2,247	2,220	2,480	1,305	1,175	2,644	1,311	1,333	2,986	1,579	1,407
Medicine (M.D.)	5,947	5,679	5,971	5,995	5,805	5,997	6,000	6,313	6,286	6,301	6,610	6,529	6,649	3,349	3,300	6,713	3,526	3,187	6,799	3,436	3,363
Optometry (O.D.)	588	638	732	792	736	793	812	828	807	853	1,001	1,009	998	344	654	1,104	388	716	1,126	384	742
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,061	966	1,367	1,888	2,133	2,358	2,666	3,073	3,285	3,495	3,837	3,966	4,301	2,391	1,910	4,364	2,421	1,943	4,956	2,699	2,257
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	430	436	998	2,448	3,769	4,536	4,714	5,286	5,383	6,024	6,477	6,988	7,253	2,783	4,470	7,536	2,892	4,644	7,510	2,856	4,654
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or    podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	650	444	282	265	387	406	456	331	366	365	388	242	146	386	221	165	404	247	157
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	339	218	220	231	322	327	381	430	430	448	426	435	483	99	384	468	79	389	501	89	412
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	3,379	3,796	2,564	2,525	2,639	2,601	2,694	2,496	2,219	2,420	2,544	1,532	1,012	2,417	1,416	1,001	2,521	1,463	1,058
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	22,425	23,655	25,987	24,192	28,173	28,372	28,258	29,285	29,415	30,988	31,223	28,584	26,010	13,160	12,850	23,534	11,787	11,747	22,171	10,845	11,326
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	5,825	5,981	6,094	6,399	6,339	6,300	4,322	1,978	5,950	4,025	1,925	5,801	3,957	1,844
Other1	43	487	170	348	216	221	267	325	258	299	273	294	406	87	319	381	93	288	335	81	254

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 2017, Completions component. (This table was prepared January 2019.)