VERTICAL BAR CHART: Women in Schools for Selected
Health Professions, 1980-81 and 2005-06
(Percent of Students)
Medicine: 1980-81, 26.5; 2005-06, 48.8
Osteopathic Medicine: 1980-81, 19.7; 2005-06, 49.6
Nursing 1980-81, 94.3; 2005-06, 90.7
Dentistry* 1980-81, 17.0; 2004-05, 43.8
Pharmacy 1980-81, 47.4; 2005-06, 64.4
Public Health 1980-81, 55.2; 2005-06, 70.6
Social Work* 1980-81, 75.9; 2004-05, 85.7
*Most recent data for dentistry and social work are
from 2004-05 school year.
Source: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic
Medicine, Annual Osteopathic Medical School Questionnaires,
1967-68 through 2005-06 academic years, (Table 5); American
Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Profiles of Pharmacy
Students, Fall 2005, (Table 46) http://www.aacp.org/; American
Dental Association, Survey Center, 2004-2005 Survey of Dental
Education; American Physical Therapy Association, 2005-2006
Fact Sheet: Physical Therapist Education Programs, Jan 2007.
http://www.apta.org/; Association of American Medical Colleges,
Data Warehouse. Facts—Applicants, Matriculants, and
Graduates. www.aamc.org; Association of Schools & Colleges
of Optometry, Number and Percentage of Full-Time Students
in the Professional O.D. Program by Gender and Year, AY
2005-2006; Association of Schools of Public Health, 2005
Annual Data Report, (Table 3-1). http://www.asph.org/; Commission
on Accreditation for Dietetics Education, 2006 Annual Report;
Council on Social Work Education. (2007). Statistics on
social work education in the United States: 2004. Alexandria,
VA: Council on Social Work Education; Fang, D, Wilsey-Wisniewski,
SJ, Bednash, GD. (2006) 2005-2006 Enrollment and Graduations
in Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Nursing. Washington
DC: American Association of Colleges of Nursing,
(Table 8).
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