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 2018-19

Control of institution and field of study	1985-86	1990-91	1995-96	2000-01	2005-06	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17			2017-18			2018-19
													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	94,582	96,129	99,161	100,852	99,524	97,957	95,140	94,789	46,715	48,074	94,860	46,712	48,148	95,681	45,985	49,696
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	5,046	3,699	3,697	4,391	4,389	5,062	5,071	5,109	5,219	5,407	5,816	5,951	6,388	3,328	3,060	6,267	3,164	3,103	6,321	3,118	3,203
Medicine (M.D.)	15,938	15,043	15,341	15,403	15,455	16,356	16,863	16,927	17,264	17,604	18,302	18,409	18,698	9,834	8,864	19,142	10,049	9,093	19,423	10,069	9,354
Optometry (O.D.)	1,029	1,115	1,231	1,289	1,198	1,335	1,322	1,361	1,521	1,523	1,511	1,631	1,630	547	1,083	1,623	531	1,092	1,685	526	1,159
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,547	1,459	1,895	2,450	2,718	3,890	4,141	4,336	4,691	4,991	5,355	5,466	6,046	3,287	2,759	6,392	3,611	2,781	6,700	3,699	3,001
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	903	1,244	2,555	6,324	9,292	11,873	12,271	12,943	13,374	13,921	14,310	14,734	14,855	5,659	9,196	14,929	5,631	9,298	14,875	5,592	9,283
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or     podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	650	528	347	491	543	535	471	567	574	544	601	364	237	543	341	202	579	352	227
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	2,270	2,032	2,109	2,248	2,370	2,478	2,564	2,616	2,610	2,686	2,815	2,859	2,991	596	2,395	3,169	632	2,537	3,231	624	2,607
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	3,379	3,796	2,564	2,601	2,694	2,496	2,219	2,420	2,544	2,417	2,521	1,463	1,058	2,503	1,436	1,067	2,608	1,475	1,133
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	35,844	37,945	39,828	37,904	43,440	44,346	44,421	46,445	46,811	43,772	40,024	36,798	34,894	17,579	17,315	34,128	17,161	16,967	34,133	16,512	17,621
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L./Rav.,     B.D., or Ord.)	7,283	5,695	5,879	5,026	5,666	5,825	5,981	6,094	6,399	6,339	6,300	5,950	5,830	3,977	1,853	5,842	4,086	1,756	5,774	3,951	1,823
Other1	43	487	170	348	216	325	258	299	273	294	406	381	335	81	254	322	70	252	352	67	285
Total, public institutions	29,568	29,554	29,882	32,633	36,269	38,132	39,071	39,776	39,774	40,375	40,145	39,643	39,650	19,059	20,591	39,899	19,068	20,831	40,586	19,007	21,579
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,827	2,308	2,198	2,477	2,669	2,984	3,008	3,053	2,972	3,187	3,336	3,307	3,402	1,749	1,653	3,441	1,718	1,723	3,426	1,704	1,722
Medicine (M.D.)	9,991	9,364	9,370	9,408	9,650	10,043	10,577	10,626	10,654	11,075	11,653	11,696	11,899	6,398	5,501	12,238	6,557	5,681	12,482	6,555	5,927
Optometry (O.D.)	441	477	499	497	462	507	515	508	520	514	513	527	504	163	341	536	187	349	551	166	385
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	486	493	528	562	585	817	856	841	854	1,025	1,054	1,102	1,090	588	502	1,111	624	487	1,201	655	546
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	473	808	1,557	3,876	5,523	6,587	6,888	6,919	6,897	6,933	7,057	7,198	7,345	2,803	4,542	7,223	2,735	4,488	7,428	2,912	4,516
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or     podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	0	0	0	84	65	85	87	204	105	202	186	158	197	117	80	191	116	75	193	123	70
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	1,931	1,814	1,889	2,017	2,048	2,048	2,134	2,168	2,184	2,251	2,332	2,391	2,490	507	1,983	2,511	497	2,014	2,571	503	2,068
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	15,061	15,006	15,457	15,588	15,188	14,014	13,264	12,723	6,734	5,989	12,648	6,634	6,014	12,734	6,389	6,345
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	56,450	57,058	59,385	61,078	59,149	57,812	55,497	55,139	27,656	27,483	54,961	27,644	27,317	55,095	26,978	28,117
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,219	1,391	1,499	1,914	1,720	2,078	2,063	2,056	2,247	2,220	2,480	2,644	2,986	1,579	1,407	2,826	1,446	1,380	2,895	1,414	1,481
Medicine (M.D.)	5,947	5,679	5,971	5,995	5,805	6,313	6,286	6,301	6,610	6,529	6,649	6,713	6,799	3,436	3,363	6,904	3,492	3,412	6,941	3,514	3,427
Optometry (O.D.)	588	638	732	792	736	828	807	853	1,001	1,009	998	1,104	1,126	384	742	1,087	344	743	1,134	360	774
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,061	966	1,367	1,888	2,133	3,073	3,285	3,495	3,837	3,966	4,301	4,364	4,956	2,699	2,257	5,281	2,987	2,294	5,499	3,044	2,455
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	430	436	998	2,448	3,769	5,286	5,383	6,024	6,477	6,988	7,253	7,536	7,510	2,856	4,654	7,706	2,896	4,810	7,447	2,680	4,767
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or     podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	650	444	282	406	456	331	366	365	388	386	404	247	157	352	225	127	386	229	157
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	339	218	220	231	322	430	430	448	426	435	483	468	501	89	412	658	135	523	660	121	539
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	3,379	3,796	2,564	2,601	2,694	2,496	2,219	2,420	2,544	2,417	2,521	1,463	1,058	2,503	1,436	1,067	2,608	1,475	1,133
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	22,425	23,655	25,987	24,192	28,173	29,285	29,415	30,988	31,223	28,584	26,010	23,534	22,171	10,845	11,326	21,480	10,527	10,953	21,399	10,123	11,276
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L./Rav.,     B.D., or Ord.)	7,283	5,695	5,879	5,026	5,666	5,825	5,981	6,094	6,399	6,339	6,300	5,950	5,830	3,977	1,853	5,842	4,086	1,756	5,774	3,951	1,823
Other1	43	487	170	348	216	325	258	299	273	294	406	381	335	81	254	322	70	252	352	67	285

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

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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). Data in this table are based on the 2010 Classification of Instructional Programs. 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 2019, Completions component. (This table was prepared July 2020.)