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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 2019-20 |
Control of institution and field of study | 1985-86 | 1990-91 | 1995-96 | 2000-01 | 2005-06 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012- 13 |
2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | ||||||
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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 | 96,129 | 99,161 | 100,852 | 99,524 | 97,957 | 95,140 | 94,789 | 94,860 | 46,712 | 48,148 | 95,685 | 45,985 | 49,700 | 96,014 | 45,402 | 50,612 |
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) | 5,046 | 3,699 | 3,697 | 4,391 | 4,389 | 5,071 | 5,109 | 5,219 | 5,407 | 5,816 | 5,951 | 6,388 | 6,267 | 3,164 | 3,103 | 6,321 | 3,118 | 3,203 | 6,537 | 3,205 | 3,332 |
Medicine (M.D.) | 15,938 | 15,043 | 15,341 | 15,403 | 15,455 | 16,863 | 16,927 | 17,264 | 17,604 | 18,302 | 18,409 | 18,698 | 19,142 | 10,049 | 9,093 | 19,423 | 10,069 | 9,354 | 19,773 | 9,948 | 9,825 |
Optometry (O.D.) | 1,029 | 1,115 | 1,231 | 1,289 | 1,198 | 1,322 | 1,361 | 1,521 | 1,523 | 1,511 | 1,631 | 1,630 | 1,623 | 531 | 1,092 | 1,685 | 526 | 1,159 | 1,648 | 483 | 1,165 |
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) | 1,547 | 1,459 | 1,895 | 2,450 | 2,718 | 4,141 | 4,336 | 4,691 | 4,991 | 5,355 | 5,466 | 6,046 | 6,392 | 3,611 | 2,781 | 6,700 | 3,699 | 3,001 | 6,942 | 3,792 | 3,150 |
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) | 903 | 1,244 | 2,555 | 6,324 | 9,292 | 12,271 | 12,943 | 13,374 | 13,921 | 14,310 | 14,734 | 14,855 | 14,929 | 5,631 | 9,298 | 14,879 | 5,592 | 9,287 | 14,514 | 5,349 | 9,165 |
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) |
612 | 589 | 650 | 528 | 347 | 543 | 535 | 471 | 567 | 574 | 544 | 601 | 543 | 341 | 202 | 579 | 352 | 227 | 547 | 343 | 204 |
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) | 2,270 | 2,032 | 2,109 | 2,248 | 2,370 | 2,564 | 2,616 | 2,610 | 2,686 | 2,815 | 2,859 | 2,991 | 3,169 | 632 | 2,537 | 3,231 | 624 | 2,607 | 3,279 | 593 | 2,686 |
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.) | 3,395 | 2,640 | 3,379 | 3,796 | 2,564 | 2,694 | 2,496 | 2,219 | 2,420 | 2,544 | 2,417 | 2,521 | 2,503 | 1,436 | 1,067 | 2,608 | 1,475 | 1,133 | 2,596 | 1,499 | 1,097 |
Law (LL.B. or J.D.) | 35,844 | 37,945 | 39,828 | 37,904 | 43,440 | 44,421 | 46,445 | 46,811 | 43,772 | 40,024 | 36,798 | 34,894 | 34,128 | 17,161 | 16,967 | 34,133 | 16,512 | 17,621 | 34,212 | 16,271 | 17,941 |
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L./Rav., B.D., or Ord.) |
7,283 | 5,695 | 5,879 | 5,026 | 5,666 | 5,981 | 6,094 | 6,399 | 6,339 | 6,300 | 5,950 | 5,830 | 5,842 | 4,086 | 1,756 | 5,774 | 3,951 | 1,823 | 5,670 | 3,868 | 1,802 |
Other1 | 43 | 487 | 170 | 348 | 216 | 258 | 299 | 273 | 294 | 406 | 381 | 335 | 322 | 70 | 252 | 352 | 67 | 285 | 296 | 51 | 245 |
Total, public institutions |
29,568 | 29,554 | 29,882 | 32,633 | 36,269 | 39,071 | 39,776 | 39,774 | 40,375 | 40,145 | 39,643 | 39,650 | 39,899 | 19,068 | 20,831 | 40,586 | 19,007 | 21,579 | 41,015 | 18,726 | 22,289 |
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) | 2,827 | 2,308 | 2,198 | 2,477 | 2,669 | 3,008 | 3,053 | 2,972 | 3,187 | 3,336 | 3,307 | 3,402 | 3,441 | 1,718 | 1,723 | 3,426 | 1,704 | 1,722 | 3,566 | 1,747 | 1,819 |
Medicine (M.D.) | 9,991 | 9,364 | 9,370 | 9,408 | 9,650 | 10,577 | 10,626 | 10,654 | 11,075 | 11,653 | 11,696 | 11,899 | 12,238 | 6,557 | 5,681 | 12,482 | 6,555 | 5,927 | 12,747 | 6,487 | 6,260 |
Optometry (O.D.) | 441 | 477 | 499 | 497 | 462 | 515 | 508 | 520 | 514 | 513 | 527 | 504 | 536 | 187 | 349 | 551 | 166 | 385 | 539 | 163 | 376 |
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) | 486 | 493 | 528 | 562 | 585 | 856 | 841 | 854 | 1,025 | 1,054 | 1,102 | 1,090 | 1,111 | 624 | 487 | 1,201 | 655 | 546 | 1,223 | 668 | 555 |
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) | 473 | 808 | 1,557 | 3,876 | 5,523 | 6,888 | 6,919 | 6,897 | 6,933 | 7,057 | 7,198 | 7,345 | 7,223 | 2,735 | 4,488 | 7,428 | 2,912 | 4,516 | 7,185 | 2,659 | 4,526 |
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 65 | 87 | 204 | 105 | 202 | 186 | 158 | 197 | 191 | 116 | 75 | 193 | 123 | 70 | 188 | 116 | 72 |
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) | 1,931 | 1,814 | 1,889 | 2,017 | 2,048 | 2,134 | 2,168 | 2,184 | 2,251 | 2,332 | 2,391 | 2,490 | 2,511 | 497 | 2,014 | 2,571 | 503 | 2,068 | 2,597 | 463 | 2,134 |
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 | 15,006 | 15,457 | 15,588 | 15,188 | 14,014 | 13,264 | 12,723 | 12,648 | 6,634 | 6,014 | 12,734 | 6,389 | 6,345 | 12,970 | 6,423 | 6,547 |
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 | 57,058 | 59,385 | 61,078 | 59,149 | 57,812 | 55,497 | 55,139 | 54,961 | 27,644 | 27,317 | 55,099 | 26,978 | 28,121 | 54,999 | 26,676 | 28,323 |
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) | 2,219 | 1,391 | 1,499 | 1,914 | 1,720 | 2,063 | 2,056 | 2,247 | 2,220 | 2,480 | 2,644 | 2,986 | 2,826 | 1,446 | 1,380 | 2,895 | 1,414 | 1,481 | 2,971 | 1,458 | 1,513 |
Medicine (M.D.) | 5,947 | 5,679 | 5,971 | 5,995 | 5,805 | 6,286 | 6,301 | 6,610 | 6,529 | 6,649 | 6,713 | 6,799 | 6,904 | 3,492 | 3,412 | 6,941 | 3,514 | 3,427 | 7,026 | 3,461 | 3,565 |
Optometry (O.D.) | 588 | 638 | 732 | 792 | 736 | 807 | 853 | 1,001 | 1,009 | 998 | 1,104 | 1,126 | 1,087 | 344 | 743 | 1,134 | 360 | 774 | 1,109 | 320 | 789 |
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) | 1,061 | 966 | 1,367 | 1,888 | 2,133 | 3,285 | 3,495 | 3,837 | 3,966 | 4,301 | 4,364 | 4,956 | 5,281 | 2,987 | 2,294 | 5,499 | 3,044 | 2,455 | 5,719 | 3,124 | 2,595 |
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) | 430 | 436 | 998 | 2,448 | 3,769 | 5,383 | 6,024 | 6,477 | 6,988 | 7,253 | 7,536 | 7,510 | 7,706 | 2,896 | 4,810 | 7,451 | 2,680 | 4,771 | 7,329 | 2,690 | 4,639 |
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) |
612 | 589 | 650 | 444 | 282 | 456 | 331 | 366 | 365 | 388 | 386 | 404 | 352 | 225 | 127 | 386 | 229 | 157 | 359 | 227 | 132 |
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) | 339 | 218 | 220 | 231 | 322 | 430 | 448 | 426 | 435 | 483 | 468 | 501 | 658 | 135 | 523 | 660 | 121 | 539 | 682 | 130 | 552 |
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.) | 3,395 | 2,640 | 3,379 | 3,796 | 2,564 | 2,694 | 2,496 | 2,219 | 2,420 | 2,544 | 2,417 | 2,521 | 2,503 | 1,436 | 1,067 | 2,608 | 1,475 | 1,133 | 2,596 | 1,499 | 1,097 |
Law (LL.B. or J.D.) | 22,425 | 23,655 | 25,987 | 24,192 | 28,173 | 29,415 | 30,988 | 31,223 | 28,584 | 26,010 | 23,534 | 22,171 | 21,480 | 10,527 | 10,953 | 21,399 | 10,123 | 11,276 | 21,242 | 9,848 | 11,394 |
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L./Rav., B.D., or Ord.) |
7,283 | 5,695 | 5,879 | 5,026 | 5,666 | 5,981 | 6,094 | 6,399 | 6,339 | 6,300 | 5,950 | 5,830 | 5,842 | 4,086 | 1,756 | 5,774 | 3,951 | 1,823 | 5,670 | 3,868 | 1,802 |
Other1 | 43 | 487 | 170 | 348 | 216 | 258 | 299 | 273 | 294 | 406 | 381 | 335 | 322 | 70 | 252 | 352 | 67 | 285 | 296 | 51 | 245 |
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 2020 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 2020, Completions component. (This table was prepared February 2022.) |