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Table 325.60. Degrees in the health professions and related programs conferred by postsecondary institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: 1959-60 through 2019-20
Year Bachelor's degrees Master's degrees Doctor's degrees1   
Total Males Females Females
as a
percent
of total
Total Males Females Total Males Females  
Number Annual
percent
change
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12  
1959-60 15,840 6,735 9,105 57.5 1,808 1,023 785 11,303 10,869 434  
1960-61 15,954 0.7 6,890 9,064 56.8 1,590 878 712 11,272 10,902 370  
1961-62 15,811 -0.9 6,767 9,044 57.2 1,614 940 674 11,248 10,821 427  
1962-63 16,975 7.4 7,386 9,589 56.5 1,987 1,125 862 11,497 11,039 458  
1963-64 16,788 -1.1 6,058 10,730 63.9 2,238 1,225 1,013 11,515 11,045 470  
1964-65 18,659 11.1 6,958 11,701 62.7 2,473 1,366 1,107 11,535 11,000 535  

1965-66
19,005 1.9 7,135 11,870 62.5 2,798 1,544 1,254 12,051 11,478 573  
1966-67 19,635 3.3 7,099 12,536 63.8 3,363 1,728 1,635 12,349 11,709 640  
1967-68 21,042 7.2 7,202 13,840 65.8 3,634 1,800 1,834 12,711 11,979 732  
1968-69 22,997 9.3 7,345 15,652 68.1 4,022 1,955 2,067 13,096 12,364 732  
1969-70 25,029 8.8 7,864 17,165 68.6 4,402 2,072 2,330 13,796 12,911 885  

1970-71
25,226 0.8 5,788 19,438 77.1 5,691 2,510 3,181 14,704 13,678 1,026  
1971-72 28,536 13.1 6,941 21,595 75.7 7,146 3,078 4,068 15,266 14,218 1,048  
1972-73 33,565 17.6 7,755 25,810 76.9 8,298 3,505 4,793 16,888 15,679 1,209  
1973-74 41,363 23.2 9,324 32,039 77.5 9,532 3,753 5,779 18,665 17,015 1,650  
1974-75 49,062 18.6 10,908 38,154 77.8 10,619 4,027 6,592 20,740 18,588 2,152  

1975-76
53,965 10.0 11,460 42,505 78.8 12,481 4,154 8,327 23,697 20,687 3,010  
1976-77 57,343 6.3 11,958 45,385 79.1 12,898 4,123 8,775 23,370 19,783 3,587  
1977-78 59,445 3.7 11,600 47,845 80.5 14,229 4,185 10,044 24,860 20,367 4,493  
1978-79 62,095 4.5 11,214 50,881 81.9 15,382 4,410 10,972 26,023 20,950 5,073  
1979-80 63,923 2.9 11,394 52,529 82.2 15,608 4,291 11,317 26,298 20,877 5,421  

1980-81
63,665 -0.4 10,531 53,134 83.5 16,406 4,237 12,169 27,610 21,499 6,111  
1981-82 63,660 # 10,110 53,550 84.1 16,387 3,924 12,463 28,002 21,620 6,382  
1982-83 65,266 2.5 10,039 55,227 84.6 16,753 4,019 12,734 28,649 21,648 7,001  
1983-84 64,906 -0.6 9,856 55,050 84.8 17,182 4,016 13,166 29,282 21,461 7,821  
1984-85 64,944 0.1 9,545 55,399 85.3 17,312 3,957 13,355 29,189 20,827 8,362  

1985-86
64,941 # 9,443 55,498 85.5 18,496 4,281 14,215 29,551 20,810 8,741  
1986-87 63,720 -1.9 9,013 54,707 85.9 18,324 3,751 14,573 27,208 18,494 8,714  
1987-88 61,196 -4.0 8,770 52,426 85.7 18,642 3,934 14,708 27,756 18,693 9,063  
1988-89 59,551 -2.7 8,747 50,804 85.3 19,379 4,126 15,253 28,321 18,870 9,451  
1989-90 58,694 -1.4 8,964 49,730 84.7 20,300 4,421 15,879 27,864 18,162 9,702  

1990-91
59,636 1.6 9,531 50,105 84.0 21,247 4,361 16,886 27,708 17,553 10,155  
1991-92 62,490 4.8 10,211 52,279 83.7 23,493 4,695 18,798 29,323 18,430 10,893  
1992-93 68,008 8.8 11,445 56,563 83.2 26,035 5,161 20,874 28,900 17,593 11,307  
1993-94 75,444 10.9 13,242 62,202 82.4 28,261 5,717 22,544 28,753 17,115 11,638  
1994-95 81,357 7.8 14,736 66,621 81.9 31,618 6,641 24,977 29,880 17,635 12,245  

1995-96
85,755 5.4 15,847 69,908 81.5 33,778 6,950 26,828 30,437 17,696 12,741  
1996-97 87,634 2.2 16,315 71,319 81.4 35,987 7,453 28,534 32,657 18,810 13,847  
1997-98 86,481 -1.3 15,620 70,861 81.9 39,438 8,580 30,858 33,084 18,561 14,523  
1998-99 84,610 -2.2 15,083 69,527 82.2 40,465 9,069 31,396 33,599 18,874 14,725  
1999-2000 80,521 -4.8 13,277 67,244 83.5 42,429 9,428 33,001 35,467 19,211 16,256  

2000-01
75,537 -6.2 12,421 63,116 83.6 43,464 9,641 33,823 36,663 19,522 17,141  
2001-02 72,482 -4.0 10,805 61,677 85.1 43,403 9,527 33,876 37,030 19,038 17,992  
2002-03 70,832 -2.3 10,032 60,800 85.8 42,581 9,221 33,360 37,314 18,742 18,572  
2003-04 73,429 3.7 9,925 63,504 86.5 44,728 9,573 35,155 39,503 18,950 20,553  
2004-05 80,281 9.3 10,802 69,479 86.5 46,491 9,738 36,753 41,713 19,054 22,659  

2005-06
91,528 14.0 12,812 78,716 86.0 51,045 10,486 40,559 43,071 18,979 24,092  
2006-07 101,516 10.9 14,278 87,238 85.9 54,081 10,480 43,601 46,216 19,843 26,373  
2007-08 111,133 9.5 16,234 94,899 85.4 57,636 10,813 46,823 48,869 20,871 27,998  
2008-09 120,034 8.0 17,731 102,303 85.2 62,396 11,763 50,633 52,182 22,058 30,124  
2009-10 129,143 7.6 19,245 109,898 85.1 68,882 12,798 56,084 55,061 23,313 31,748  

2010-11
142,890 10.6 21,468 121,422 85.0 75,313 13,929 61,384 57,439 24,728 32,711  
2011-12 163,018 14.1 24,831 138,187 84.8 84,123 15,598 68,525 59,245 25,402 33,843  
2012-13 180,437 10.7 28,103 152,334 84.4 90,668 16,644 74,024 61,339 26,179 35,160  
2013-14 197,949 9.7 30,826 167,123 84.4 96,934 17,605 79,329 64,339 27,365 36,974  
2014-15 215,478 8.9 33,551 181,927 84.4 102,584 18,629 83,955 67,695 28,651 39,044  

2015-16
228,075 5.8 36,159 191,916 84.1 109,846 20,276 89,570 70,380 29,672 40,708  
2016-17 236,931 3.9 37,614 199,317 84.1 118,712 21,878 96,834 74,454 31,149 43,305  
2017-18 243,876 2.9 37,889 205,987 84.5 124,673 22,640 102,033 76,672 31,646 45,026  
2018-19 250,618 2.8 39,371 211,247 84.3 131,135 23,549 107,586 79,446 32,240 47,206  
2019-20 257,282 2.7 39,661 217,621 84.6 135,324 24,160 111,164 82,492 32,532 49,960  

Percent change
                       
2009-10 to 2014-15 66.9 74.3 65.5 48.9 45.6 49.7 22.9 22.9 23.0  
2014-15 to 2019-20 19.4 18.2 19.6 31.9 29.7 32.4 21.9 13.5 28.0  
†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
1 Doctor's degrees include medicine (M.D.), dentistry (D.D.S. and D.M.D), and other medical specialty degrees that were classified as first-professional prior to 2010-11.
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. 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, Earned Degrees Conferred, 1959-60 through 1969-70; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1970-71 through 1985-86; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87-99); and IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2020, Completions component. (This table was prepared April 2022.)

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