First-professional degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by sex of student, control of institution, and field of study: 1985-86 to 1996-97

Table 265
First-professional degrees\1\ conferred by institutions of higher education, by sex of student, control of institution, and field of study: 1985-86 to 1996-97
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                                |1985-86|1986-87|1987-88|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93|1993-94|      1994-95          |      1995-96          |      1996-97
   Control of institution and   |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______________________|_______________________|_______________________
         field of study         | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total |  Men  | Women | Total |  Men  | Women | Total |  Men  | Women
________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
               1                |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   |   7   |   8   |   9   |  10   |  11   |  12   |  13   |  14   |  15   |  16   |  17   |  18   |  19
________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
   Total, all institutions .....|73,910 |71,617 |70,735 |70,856 |70,988 |71,948 |74,146 |75,387 |75,418 |75,800 |44,853 |30,947 |76,734 |44,748 |31,986 |78,730 |45,564 |33,166
                                |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) ...| 5,046 | 4,741 | 4,477 | 4,265 | 4,100 | 3,699 | 3,593 | 3,605 | 3,787 | 3,897 | 2,480 | 1,417 | 3,697 | 2,374 | 1,323 | 3,784 | 2,387 | 1,397
Medicine (M.D.) ................|15,938 |15,428 |15,358 |15,460 |15,075 |15,043 |15,243 |15,531 |15,368 |15,537 | 9,507 | 6,030 |15,341 | 9,061 | 6,280 |15,571 | 9,121 | 6,450
Optometry (O.D.) ...............| 1,029 | 1,082 | 1,023 | 1,093 | 1,072 | 1,115 | 1,232 | 1,148 | 1,103 | 1,185 |   538 |   647 | 1,231 |   568 |   663 | 1,264 |   591 |   673
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) ....| 1,547 | 1,618 | 1,544 | 1,635 | 1,555 | 1,459 | 1,326 | 1,627 | 1,798 | 1,854 | 1,249 |   605 | 1,895 | 1,232 |   663 | 2,011 | 1,297 |   714
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) ............|   903 |   861 |   962 | 1,074 | 1,199 | 1,244 | 1,339 | 1,904 | 1,936 | 2,264 |   785 | 1,479 | 2,555 |   873 | 1,682 | 2,708 |   961 | 1,747
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) ..|   612 |   590 |   645 |   636 |   675 |   589 |   504 |   476 |   465 |   545 |   370 |   175 |   650 |   453 |   197 |   614 |   423 |   191
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) ...| 2,270 | 2,230 | 2,235 | 2,157 | 2,151 | 2,032 | 2,044 | 2,057 | 2,089 | 2,148 |   762 | 1,386 | 2,109 |   715 | 1,394 | 2,188 |   731 | 1,457
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.) ..| 3,395 | 2,493 | 2,628 | 2,890 | 2,581 | 2,640 | 2,694 | 2,799 | 2,806 | 2,968 | 2,094 |   874 | 3,379 | 2,470 |   909 | 3,654 | 2,658 |   996
Law (LL.B. or J.D.) ......      |35,844 |36,056 |35,397 |35,634 |36,485 |37,945 |38,848 |40,302 |40,044 |39,349 |22,592 |16,757 |39,828 |22,508 |17,320 |40,079 |22,548 |17,531
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D.,|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  or Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.) .....| 7,283 | 6,518 | 6,466 | 6,012 | 5,851 | 5,695 | 5,251 | 5,447 | 5,967 | 5,978 | 4,443 | 1,535 | 5,879 | 4,400 | 1,479 | 5,859 | 4,323 | 1,536
Other ..........................|    43 |     0 |     0 |     0 |   244 |   487 | 2,072 |   491 |    55 |    75 |    33 |    42 |   170 |    94 |    76 |   998 |   524 |   474
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   Total, public institutions ..|29,568 |29,346 |29,153 |28,993 |28,810 |29,554 |29,366 |29,628 |29,842 |29,871 |16,898 |12,973 |29,882 |16,586 |13,296 |31,243 |17,216 |14,027
                                |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) ...| 2,827 | 2,655 | 2,524 | 2,512 | 2,353 | 2,308 | 2,200 | 2,167 | 2,189 | 2,236 | 1,477 |   759 | 2,198 | 1,455 |   743 | 2,350 | 1,540 |   810
Medicine (M.D.) ................| 9,991 | 9,711 | 9,557 | 9,491 | 9,108 | 9,364 | 9,259 | 9,370 | 9,506 | 9,599 | 5,905 | 3,694 | 9,370 | 5,570 | 3,800 | 9,773 | 5,716 | 4,057
Optometry (O.D.) ...............|   441 |   454 |   429 |   451 |   444 |   477 |   595 |   460 |   471 |   461 |   203 |   258 |   499 |   234 |   265 |   498 |   221 |   277
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) ....|   486 |   480 |   434 |   500 |   458 |   493 |   416 |   490 |   531 |   492 |   322 |   170 |   528 |   337 |   191 |   527 |   333 |   194
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) ............|   473 |   475 |   615 |   679 |   727 |   808 |   852 | 1,171 | 1,185 | 1,344 |   489 |   855 | 1,557 |   553 | 1,004 | 1,765 |   628 | 1,137
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) ..|     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) ...| 1,931 | 2,003 | 2,014 | 1,943 | 1,943 | 1,814 | 1,831 | 1,840 | 1,895 | 1,927 |   689 | 1,238 | 1,889 |   650 | 1,239 | 1,950 |   666 | 1,284
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
Law (LL.B. or J.D.) ......      |13,419 |13,568 |13,580 |13,417 |13,585 |14,290 |14,097 |14,130 |14,065 |13,812 | 7,813 | 5,999 |13,841 | 7,787 | 6,054 |14,380 | 8,112 | 6,268
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D.,|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  or Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.) .....|     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0
Other ..........................|     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |   192 |     0 |   116 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0
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   Total, private institutions .|44,342 |42,271 |41,582 |41,863 |42,178 |42,394 |44,780 |45,759 |45,576 |45,929 |27,955 |17,974 |46,852 |28,162 |18,690 |47,487 |28,348 |19,139
                                |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) ...| 2,219 | 2,086 | 1,953 | 1,753 | 1,747 | 1,391 | 1,393 | 1,438 | 1,598 | 1,661 | 1,003 |   658 | 1,499 |   919 |   580 | 1,434 |   847 |   587
Medicine (M.D.) ................| 5,947 | 5,717 | 5,801 | 5,969 | 5,967 | 5,679 | 5,984 | 6,161 | 5,862 | 5,938 | 3,602 | 2,336 | 5,971 | 3,491 | 2,480 | 5,798 | 3,405 | 2,393
Optometry (O.D.) ...............|   588 |   628 |   594 |   642 |   628 |   638 |   637 |   688 |   632 |   724 |   335 |   389 |   732 |   334 |   398 |   766 |   370 |   396
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) ....| 1,061 | 1,138 | 1,110 | 1,135 | 1,097 |   966 |   910 | 1,137 | 1,267 | 1,362 |   927 |   435 | 1,367 |   895 |   472 | 1,484 |   964 |   520
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) ............|   430 |   386 |   347 |   395 |   472 |   436 |   487 |   733 |   751 |   920 |   296 |   624 |   998 |   320 |   678 |   943 |   333 |   610
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) ..|   612 |   590 |   645 |   636 |   675 |   589 |   504 |   476 |   465 |   545 |   370 |   175 |   650 |   453 |   197 |   614 |   423 |   191
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) ...|   339 |   227 |   221 |   214 |   208 |   218 |   213 |   217 |   194 |   221 |    73 |   148 |   220 |    65 |   155 |   238 |    65 |   173
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.) ..| 3,395 | 2,493 | 2,628 | 2,890 | 2,581 | 2,640 | 2,694 | 2,799 | 2,806 | 2,968 | 2,094 |   874 | 3,379 | 2,470 |   909 | 3,654 | 2,658 |   996
Law (LL.B. or J.D.) ......      |22,425 |22,488 |21,817 |22,217 |22,900 |23,655 |24,751 |26,172 |25,979 |25,537 |14,779 |10,758 |25,987 |14,721 |11,266 |25,699 |14,436 |11,263
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D.,|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.) ........| 7,283 | 6,518 | 6,466 | 6,012 | 5,851 | 5,695 | 5,251 | 5,447 | 5,967 | 5,978 | 4,443 | 1,535 | 5,879 | 4,400 | 1,479 | 5,859 | 4,323 | 1,536
Other ..........................|    43 |     0 |     0 |     0 |    52 |   487 | 1,956 |   491 |    55 |    75 |    33 |    42 |   170 |    94 |    76 |   998 |   524 |   474
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\1\Includes degrees which require at least 6 years of college work for completion (including at least 2 years of preprofessional training). SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared June 1999.)
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