Table 270.

First-professional degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex of student, control of institution, and field of study: Selected years, 1985-86 through 2005-06

Control of institution and field of study	1985–86	1990–91	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999– 2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–031			2003–04	2004–05			2005–06
										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
Total, all institutions	73,910	71,948	76,734	78,730	78,598	78,439	80,057	79,707	80,698	80,897	41,887	39,010	83,041	87,289	43,849	43,440	87,655	44,038	43,617
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	5,046	3,699	3,697	3,784	4,032	4,144	4,250	4,391	4,239	4,345	2,654	1,691	4,335	4,454	2,505	1,949	4,389	2,435	1,954
Medicine (M.D.)	15,938	15,043	15,341	15,571	15,424	15,562	15,286	15,403	15,237	15,034	8,221	6,813	15,442	15,461	8,151	7,310	15,455	7,900	7,555
Optometry (O.D.)	1,029	1,115	1,231	1,264	1,274	1,285	1,293	1,289	1,280	1,281	567	714	1,275	1,252	482	770	1,198	490	708
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,547	1,459	1,895	2,011	2,110	2,135	2,236	2,450	2,416	2,596	1,522	1,074	2,722	2,762	1,482	1,280	2,718	1,434	1,284
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	903	1,244	2,555	2,708	3,660	3,992	5,669	6,324	7,076	7,474	2,599	4,875	8,221	8,885	2,889	5,996	9,292	3,032	6,260
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	650	614	594	578	569	528	474	439	281	158	382	343	195	148	347	191	156
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	2,270	2,032	2,109	2,188	2,193	2,226	2,251	2,248	2,289	2,354	680	1,674	2,228	2,354	574	1,780	2,370	535	1,835
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	3,379	3,654	3,735	3,639	3,809	3,796	3,284	2,718	1,867	851	2,730	2,560	1,665	895	2,564	1,615	949
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	35,844	37,945	39,828	40,079	39,331	39,167	38,152	37,904	38,981	39,067	19,916	19,151	40,209	43,423	22,297	21,126	43,440	22,597	20,843
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D., or Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.)	7,283	5,695	5,879	5,859	5,873	5,558	6,129	5,026	5,195	5,360	3,508	1,852	5,332	5,533	3,565	1,968	5,666	3,760	1,906
Other	43	487	170	998	372	153	413	348	227	229	72	157	165	262	44	218	216	49	167
Total, public institutions	29,568	29,554	29,882	31,243	31,233	31,693	32,247	32,633	33,439	33,549	16,828	16,721	34,499	35,768	17,175	18,593	36,269	17,268	19,001
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,827	2,308	2,198	2,350	2,468	2,479	2,512	2,477	2,525	2,493	1,591	902	2,498	2,577	1,488	1,089	2,669	1,515	1,154
Medicine (M.D.)	9,991	9,364	9,370	9,773	9,474	9,515	9,389	9,408	9,390	9,276	5,120	4,156	9,418	9,536	5,069	4,467	9,650	4,944	4,706
Optometry (O.D.)	441	477	499	498	537	488	493	497	503	481	191	290	476	477	159	318	462	185	277
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	486	493	528	527	568	548	535	562	538	571	315	256	586	568	285	283	585	284	301
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	473	808	1,557	1,765	2,212	2,503	3,485	3,876	4,382	4,558	1,638	2,920	4,930	5,352	1,768	3,584	5,523	1,861	3,662
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	0	0	0	0	103	97	84	84	75	81	46	35	64	64	40	24	65	31	34
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	1,931	1,814	1,889	1,950	1,971	1,989	2,021	2,017	2,052	2,023	595	1,428	1,912	2,033	473	1,560	2,048	482	1,566
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
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	13,419	14,290	13,841	14,380	13,900	14,074	13,728	13,712	13,974	14,066	7,332	6,734	14,615	15,161	7,893	7,268	15,267	7,966	7,301
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	0
Other	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	47,487	47,365	46,746	47,810	47,074	47,259	47,348	25,059	22,289	48,542	51,521	26,674	24,847	51,386	26,770	24,616
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)	2,219	1,391	1,499	1,434	1,564	1,665	1,738	1,914	1,714	1,852	1,063	789	1,837	1,877	1,017	860	1,720	920	800
Medicine (M.D.)	5,947	5,679	5,971	5,798	5,950	6,047	5,897	5,995	5,847	5,758	3,101	2,657	6,024	5,925	3,082	2,843	5,805	2,956	2,849
Optometry (O.D.)	588	638	732	766	737	797	800	792	777	800	376	424	799	775	323	452	736	305	431
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)	1,061	966	1,367	1,484	1,542	1,587	1,701	1,888	1,878	2,025	1,207	818	2,136	2,194	1,197	997	2,133	1,150	983
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	430	436	998	943	1,448	1,489	2,184	2,448	2,694	2,916	961	1,955	3,291	3,533	1,121	2,412	3,769	1,171	2,598
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)	612	589	650	614	491	481	485	444	399	358	235	123	318	279	155	124	282	160	122
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.)	339	218	220	238	222	237	230	231	237	331	85	246	316	321	101	220	322	53	269
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)	3,395	2,640	3,379	3,654	3,735	3,639	3,809	3,796	3,284	2,718	1,867	851	2,730	2,560	1,665	895	2,564	1,615	949
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)	22,425	23,655	25,987	25,699	25,431	25,093	24,424	24,192	25,007	25,001	12,584	12,417	25,594	28,262	14,404	13,858	28,173	14,631	13,542
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D., or Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.)	7,283	5,695	5,879	5,859	5,873	5,558	6,129	5,026	5,195	5,360	3,508	1,852	5,332	5,533	3,565	1,968	5,666	3,760	1,906
Other	43	487	170	998	372	153	413	348	227	229	72	157	165	262	44	218	216	49	167

1 Data have been revised from previously published figures. NOTE: Includes degrees that 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," 1985–86; and 1990–91 through 2005–06 Integrated Post­secondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:91–99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2006. (This table was prepared June 2007.)