Table 325.60.

Degrees in the health professions and related programs conferred by postsecondary institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Academic years 1959-60 through 2020-21

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	257,327	2.7	39,666	217,661	84.6	135,317	24,149	111,168	82,466	32,527	49,939
2020-21	268,018	4.2	40,746	227,272	84.8	142,025	25,001	117,024	85,581	33,153	52,428
Percent change
2010-11 to 2015-16	59.6	†	68.4	58.1	†	45.9	45.6	45.9	22.5	20.0	24.4
2015-16 to 2020-21	17.5	†	12.7	18.4	†	29.3	23.3	30.7	21.6	11.7	28.8

†Not applicable.

#Rounds to zero.

1Doctor'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 2021, Completions component. (This table was prepared June 2023.)