Table 324.50.

Degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions in selected professional fields, by sex of student, control of institution, and field of study: Selected academic years, 1985-86 through 2020-21

Control of institution and field of study	1985-86	1990-91	1995-96	2000-01	2005-06	2010-11	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19			2019-20			2020-21
													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	100,852	99,524	97,957	95,140	94,789	94,860	95,685	45,985	49,700	96,003	45,396	50,607	99,135	46,300	52,835
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	5,046	3,699	3,697	4,391	4,389	5,071	5,219	5,407	5,816	5,951	6,388	6,267	6,321	3,118	3,203	6,542	3,206	3,336	6,689	3,235	3,454
Medicine (M.D.)	15,938	15,043	15,341	15,403	15,455	16,863	17,264	17,604	18,302	18,409	18,698	19,142	19,423	10,069	9,354	19,774	9,948	9,826	20,265	10,022	10,243
Optometry (O.D.)	1,029	1,115	1,231	1,289	1,198	1,322	1,521	1,523	1,511	1,631	1,630	1,623	1,685	526	1,159	1,648	483	1,165	1,764	604	1,160
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,547	1,459	1,895	2,450	2,718	4,141	4,691	4,991	5,355	5,466	6,046	6,392	6,700	3,699	3,001	6,943	3,793	3,150	7,428	3,993	3,435
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	903	1,244	2,555	6,324	9,292	12,271	13,374	13,921	14,310	14,734	14,855	14,929	14,879	5,592	9,287	14,514	5,349	9,165	14,517	5,279	9,238
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	650	528	347	543	471	567	574	544	601	543	579	352	227	547	343	204	536	307	229
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	2,270	2,032	2,109	2,248	2,370	2,564	2,610	2,686	2,815	2,859	2,991	3,169	3,231	624	2,607	3,279	593	2,686	3,341	626	2,715
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	3,379	3,796	2,564	2,694	2,219	2,420	2,544	2,417	2,521	2,503	2,608	1,475	1,133	2,596	1,499	1,097	2,658	1,472	1,186
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	35,844	37,945	39,828	37,904	43,440	44,421	46,811	43,772	40,024	36,798	34,894	34,128	34,133	16,512	17,621	34,194	16,263	17,931	35,766	16,736	19,030
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L./Rav., B.D., or Ord.)	7,283	5,695	5,879	5,026	5,666	5,981	6,399	6,339	6,300	5,950	5,830	5,842	5,774	3,951	1,823	5,670	3,868	1,802	5,875	3,966	1,909
Other1	43	487	170	348	216	258	273	294	406	381	335	322	352	67	285	296	51	245	296	60	236
Total, public institutions	29,568	29,554	29,882	32,633	36,269	39,071	39,774	40,375	40,145	39,643	39,650	39,899	40,586	19,007	21,579	41,022	18,728	22,294	42,492	19,141	23,351
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,827	2,308	2,198	2,477	2,669	3,008	2,972	3,187	3,336	3,307	3,402	3,441	3,426	1,704	1,722	3,571	1,748	1,823	3,576	1,729	1,847
Medicine (M.D.)	9,991	9,364	9,370	9,408	9,650	10,577	10,654	11,075	11,653	11,696	11,899	12,238	12,482	6,555	5,927	12,748	6,487	6,261	13,151	6,523	6,628
Optometry (O.D.)	441	477	499	497	462	515	520	514	513	527	504	536	551	166	385	539	163	376	570	192	378
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	486	493	528	562	585	856	854	1,025	1,054	1,102	1,090	1,111	1,201	655	546	1,224	669	555	1,195	608	587
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	473	808	1,557	3,876	5,523	6,888	6,897	6,933	7,057	7,198	7,345	7,223	7,428	2,912	4,516	7,185	2,659	4,526	7,304	2,722	4,582
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	0	0	0	84	65	87	105	202	186	158	197	191	193	123	70	188	116	72	177	92	85
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	1,931	1,814	1,889	2,017	2,048	2,134	2,184	2,251	2,332	2,391	2,490	2,511	2,571	503	2,068	2,597	463	2,134	2,630	499	2,131
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	15,588	15,188	14,014	13,264	12,723	12,648	12,734	6,389	6,345	12,970	6,423	6,547	13,889	6,776	7,113
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	61,078	59,149	57,812	55,497	55,139	54,961	55,099	26,978	28,121	54,981	26,668	28,313	56,643	27,159	29,484
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,219	1,391	1,499	1,914	1,720	2,063	2,247	2,220	2,480	2,644	2,986	2,826	2,895	1,414	1,481	2,971	1,458	1,513	3,113	1,506	1,607
Medicine (M.D.)	5,947	5,679	5,971	5,995	5,805	6,286	6,610	6,529	6,649	6,713	6,799	6,904	6,941	3,514	3,427	7,026	3,461	3,565	7,114	3,499	3,615
Optometry (O.D.)	588	638	732	792	736	807	1,001	1,009	998	1,104	1,126	1,087	1,134	360	774	1,109	320	789	1,194	412	782
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,061	966	1,367	1,888	2,133	3,285	3,837	3,966	4,301	4,364	4,956	5,281	5,499	3,044	2,455	5,719	3,124	2,595	6,233	3,385	2,848
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	430	436	998	2,448	3,769	5,383	6,477	6,988	7,253	7,536	7,510	7,706	7,451	2,680	4,771	7,329	2,690	4,639	7,213	2,557	4,656
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	650	444	282	456	366	365	388	386	404	352	386	229	157	359	227	132	359	215	144
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	339	218	220	231	322	430	426	435	483	468	501	658	660	121	539	682	130	552	711	127	584
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	3,379	3,796	2,564	2,694	2,219	2,420	2,544	2,417	2,521	2,503	2,608	1,475	1,133	2,596	1,499	1,097	2,658	1,472	1,186
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	22,425	23,655	25,987	24,192	28,173	29,415	31,223	28,584	26,010	23,534	22,171	21,480	21,399	10,123	11,276	21,224	9,840	11,384	21,877	9,960	11,917
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L./Rav., B.D., or Ord.)	7,283	5,695	5,879	5,026	5,666	5,981	6,399	6,339	6,300	5,950	5,830	5,842	5,774	3,951	1,823	5,670	3,868	1,802	5,875	3,966	1,909
Other1	43	487	170	348	216	258	273	294	406	381	335	322	352	67	285	296	51	245	296	60	236

1Includes 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 2021, Completions component. (This table was prepared October 2022.)