Table 263. | First-professional degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions in dentistry, medicine, and law, by sex, and number of institutions conferring degrees: 1949-50 to 1999-2000 |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) | Medicine (M.D.) | Law (LL.B. or J.D.) |_______________________________|_________________________________|__________________________________ |Number of | |Number of | |Number of | Year | insti- | Degrees conferred | insti- | Degrees conferred | insti- | Degrees conferred | tutions | | tutions | | tutions | |conferring|____________________|conferring|______________________|conferring|_______________________ | degrees |Total | Men |Women | degrees | Total | Men |Women | degrees | Total | Men | Women __________|__________|______|______|______|__________|_______|_______|______|__________|_______|_______|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 __________|__________|______|______|______|__________|_______|_______|______|__________|_______|_______|_______ 1949-50 ..| 40 |2,579 |2,561 | 18 | 72 | 5,612 | 5,028 | 584 | --- | --- | --- | --- 1951-52 ..| 41 |2,918 |2,895 | 23 | 72 | 6,201 | 5,871 | 330 | --- | --- | --- | --- 1953-54 ..| 42 |3,102 |3,063 | 39 | 73 | 6,712 | 6,377 | 335 | --- | --- | --- | --- 1955-56 ..| 42 |3,009 |2,975 | 34 | 73 | 6,810 | 6,464 | 346 | 131 | 8,262 | 7,974 | 288 1957-58 ..| 43 |3,065 |3,031 | 34 | 75 | 6,816 | 6,469 | 347 | 131 | 9,394 | 9,122 | 272 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1959-60 ..| 45 |3,247 |3,221 | 26 | 79 | 7,032 | 6,645 | 387 | 134 | 9,240 | 9,010 | 230 1961-62 ..| 46 |3,183 |3,166 | 17 | 81 | 7,138 | 6,749 | 389 | 134 | 9,364 | 9,091 | 273 1963-64 ..| 46 |3,180 |3,168 | 12 | 82 | 7,303 | 6,878 | 425 | 133 |10,679 |10,372 | 307 1965-66 ..| 47 |3,178 |3,146 | 32 | 84 | 7,673 | 7,170 | 503 | 136 |13,246 |12,776 | 470 1967-68 ..| 48 |3,422 |3,375 | 47 | 85 | 7,944 | 7,318 | 626 | 138 |16,454 |15,805 | 649 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1969-70 ..| 48 |3,718 |3,684 | 34 | 86 | 8,314 | 7,615 | 699 | 145 |14,916 |14,115 | 801 1970-71 ..| 48 |3,745 |3,703 | 42 | 89 | 8,919 | 8,110 | 809 | 147 |17,421 |16,181 | 1,240 1971-72 ..| 48 |3,862 |3,819 | 43 | 92 | 9,253 | 8,423 | 830 | 147 |21,764 |20,266 | 1,498 1972-73 ..| 51 |4,047 |3,992 | 55 | 97 |10,307 | 9,388 | 919 | 152 |27,205 |25,037 | 2,168 1973-74 ..| 52 |4,440 |4,355 | 85 | 99 |11,356 |10,093 |1,263 | 151 |29,326 |25,986 | 3,340 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1974-75 ..| 52 |4,773 |4,627 | 146 | 104 |12,447 |10,818 |1,629 | 154 |29,296 |24,881 | 4,415 1975-76 ..| 56 |5,425 |5,187 | 238 | 107 |13,426 |11,252 |2,174 | 166 |32,293 |26,085 | 6,208 1976-77 ..| 57 |5,138 |4,764 | 374 | 109 |13,461 |10,891 |2,570 | 169 |34,104 |26,447 | 7,657 1977-78 ..| 57 |5,189 |4,623 | 566 | 109 |14,279 |11,210 |3,069 | 169 |34,402 |25,457 | 8,945 1978-79 ..| 58 |5,434 |4,794 | 640 | 109 |14,786 |11,381 |3,405 | 175 |35,206 |25,180 |10,026 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1979-80 ..| 58 |5,258 |4,558 | 700 | 112 |14,902 |11,416 |3,486 | 179 |35,647 |24,893 |10,754 1980-81 ..| 58 |5,460 |4,672 | 788 | 116 |15,505 |11,672 |3,833 | 176 |36,331 |24,563 |11,768 1981-82 ..| 59 |5,282 |4,467 | 815 | 119 |15,814 |11,867 |3,947 | 180 |35,991 |23,965 |12,026 1982-83 ..| 59 |5,585 |4,631 | 954 | 118 |15,484 |11,350 |4,134 | 177 |36,853 |23,550 |13,303 1983-84 ..| 60 |5,353 |4,302 |1,051 | 119 |15,813 |11,359 |4,454 | 179 |37,012 |23,382 |13,630 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1984-85 ..| 59 |5,339 |4,233 |1,106 | 120 |16,041 |11,167 |4,874 | 181 |37,491 |23,070 |14,421 1985-86 ..| 59 |5,046 |3,907 |1,139 | 120 |15,938 |11,022 |4,916 | 181 |35,844 |21,874 |13,970 1986-87 ..| 58 |4,741 |3,603 |1,138 | 121 |15,428 |10,431 |4,997 | 179 |36,056 |21,561 |14,495 1987-88 ..| 57 |4,477 |3,300 |1,177 | 122 |15,358 |10,278 |5,080 | 180 |35,397 |21,067 |14,330 1988-89 ..| 58 |4,265 |3,124 |1,141 | 124 |15,460 |10,310 |5,150 | 182 |35,634 |21,069 |14,565 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1989-90 ..| 57 |4,100 |2,834 |1,266 | 124 |15,075 | 9,923 |5,152 | 182 |36,485 |21,079 |15,406 1990-91 ..| 55 |3,699 |2,510 |1,189 | 121 |15,043 | 9,629 |5,414 | 179 |37,945 |21,643 |16,302 1991-92 ..| 52 |3,593 |2,431 |1,162 | 120 |15,243 | 9,796 |5,447 | 177 |38,848 |22,260 |16,588 1992-93 ..| 55 |3,605 |2,383 |1,222 | 122 |15,531 | 9,679 |5,852 | 184 |40,302 |23,182 |17,120 1993-94 ..| 53 |3,787 |2,330 |1,457 | 121 |15,368 | 9,544 |5,824 | 185 |40,044 |22,826 |17,218 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1994-95 ..| 53 |3,897 |2,480 |1,417 | 119 |15,537 | 9,507 |6,030 | 183 |39,349 |22,592 |16,757 1995-96 ..| 53 |3,697 |2,374 |1,323 | 119 |15,341 | 9,061 |6,280 | 183 |39,828 |22,508 |17,320 1996-97 ..| 52 |3,784 |2,387 |1,397 | 118 |15,571 | 9,121 |6,450 | 184 |40,079 |22,548 |17,531 1997-98 ..| 53 |4,032 |2,490 |1,542 | 117 |15,424 | 9,006 |6,418 | 185 |39,331 |21,876 |17,455 1998-99 ..| 53 |4,144 |2,674 |1,470 | 118 |15,562 | 8,954 |6,608 | 188 |39,167 |21,628 |17,539 1999-2000 | 54 |4,250 |2,547 |1,703 | 118 |15,286 | 8,761 |6,525 | 190 |38,152 |20,638 |17,514 __________|__________|______|______|______|__________|_______|_______|______|__________|_______|_______|_______ |
---Not available. NOTE: Data for 1998-99 imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Earned Degrees Conferred; 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 August 2001.) |