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
													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.)