Earned degrees in the health professions and related sciences conferred by institutions of higher education, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970-71 to 1993-94

Table 284.

Earned degrees in the health professions and related sciences\1\ conferred by institutions of higher education, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970-71 to 1993-94

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               |     Bachelor's degrees      |       Master's degrees      |      Doctor's degrees
     Year      |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------
               |  Total  |   Men   |  Women  |  Total  |   Men   |  Women  |  Total  |   Men   |  Women
---------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------
       1       |    2    |    3    |    4    |    5    |    6    |    7    |    8    |    9    |   10
---------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------
1970-71 .......|  25,226 |   5,788 |  19,438 |   5,749 |   2,567 |   3,182 |     466 |     389 |      77
1971-72 .......|  28,611 |   7,005 |  21,606 |   7,207 |   3,141 |   4,066 |     442 |     362 |      80
1972-73 .......|  33,564 |   7,754 |  25,810 |   8,362 |   3,567 |   4,795 |     646 |     485 |     161
1973-74 .......|  41,459 |   9,388 |  32,071 |   9,599 |   3,819 |   5,780 |     578 |     447 |     131
1974-75 .......|  49,090 |  10,930 |  38,160 |  10,692 |   4,092 |   6,600 |     618 |     441 |     177
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1975-76 .......|  53,958 |  11,456 |  42,502 |  12,556 |   4,217 |   8,339 |     577 |     411 |     166
1976-77 .......|  57,328 |  11,947 |  45,381 |  12,951 |   4,163 |   8,788 |     538 |     366 |     172
1977-78 .......|  59,434 |  11,593 |  47,841 |  14,325 |   4,265 |  10,060 |     654 |     402 |     252
1978-79 .......|  62,085 |  11,205 |  50,880 |  15,485 |   4,494 |  10,991 |     718 |     454 |     264
1979-80 .......|  63,920 |  11,391 |  52,529 |  15,704 |   4,357 |  11,347 |     786 |     435 |     351
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1980-81 .......|  63,649 |  10,519 |  53,130 |  16,515 |   4,316 |  12,199 |     842 |     475 |     367
1981-82 .......|  63,653 |  10,105 |  53,548 |  16,503 |   4,006 |  12,497 |     925 |     503 |     422
1982-83 .......|  64,685 |  10,218 |  54,467 |  17,047 |   4,235 |  12,812 |   1,155 |     649 |     506
1983-84 .......|  64,288 |  10,040 |  54,248 |  17,411 |   4,251 |  13,160 |   1,164 |     574 |     590
1984-85 .......|  64,422 |   9,741 |  54,681 |  17,385 |   4,119 |  13,266 |   1,199 |     565 |     634
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1985-86 .......|  64,396 |   9,630 |  54,766 |  18,573 |   4,428 |  14,145 |   1,241 |     604 |     637
1986-87 .......|  63,103 |   9,134 |  53,969 |  18,394 |   3,874 |  14,520 |   1,213 |     564 |     649
1987-88 .......|  60,644 |   8,929 |  51,715 |  18,657 |   4,047 |  14,610 |   1,261 |     548 |     713
1988-89 .......|  59,005 |   8,872 |  50,133 |  19,268 |   4,226 |  15,042 |   1,437 |     609 |     828
1989-90 .......|  58,302 |   9,118 |  49,184 |  20,321 |   4,534 |  15,787 |   1,536 |     704 |     832
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1990-91 .......|  59,070 |   9,596 |  49,474 |  21,200 |   4,444 |  16,756 |   1,613 |     694 |     919
1991-92 .......|  61,720 |  10,189 |  51,531 |  23,065 |   4,691 |  18,374 |   1,661 |     698 |     963
1992-93 .......|  67,089 |  11,347 |  55,742 |  25,718 |   5,227 |  20,491 |   1,767 |     753 |   1,014
1993-94 .......|  74,421 |  13,062 |  61,359 |  28,025 |   5,814 |  22,211 |   1,902 |     789 |   1,113
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\1\Includes degrees in communication disorders sciences; community health liaison; dentistry; dental services; health services administration; health and medical assistants; health and medical diagnostic and treatment services; medical laboratory technologies; predentistry; premedicine; prepharmacy; preveterinary; medicine; medical basic sciences; mental health services; nursing; optometry; pharmacy; epidemiology; rehabilitation and therapeutic services; veterinary medicine; and other health professions.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared November 1995.)

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