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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
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.)

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