First-professional degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by sex of student, control of institution, and field of study: 1982-83 to 1993-94

Table 255.
First-professional degrees\1\ conferred by institutions of higher education, by sex of student, control of institution, and field of study: 1982-83 to 1993-94
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                                 |1982-83|1983-84|1984-85|1985-86|1986-87|1987-88|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91|      1991-92          |      1992-93          |      1993-94
   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
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                1                |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   |   7   |   8   |   9   |  10   |  11   |  12   |  13   |  14   |  15   |  16   |   17    |   18    |   19
---------------------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|---------|---------|---------
   Total, all institutions ......|73,136 |74,407 |75,063 |73,910 |71,617 |70,735 |70,856 |70,988 |71,948 |74,146 |45,071 |29,075 |75,387 |45,153 |30,234 |  75,418 |  44,707 |  30,711
                                 |-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|---------|---------|---------
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) ....| 5,585 | 5,353 | 5,339 | 5,046 | 4,741 | 4,477 | 4,265 | 4,100 | 3,699 | 3,593 | 2,431 | 1,162 | 3,605 | 2,383 | 1,222 |   3,787 |   2,330 |   1,457
Medicine (M.D.) .................|15,484 |15,813 |16,041 |15,938 |15,428 |15,358 |15,460 |15,075 |15,043 |15,243 | 9,796 | 5,447 |15,531 | 9,679 | 5,852 |  15,368 |   9,544 |   5,824
Optometry (O.D.) ................| 1,116 | 1,086 | 1,115 | 1,029 | 1,082 | 1,023 | 1,093 | 1,072 | 1,115 | 1,232 |   676 |   556 | 1,148 |   584 |   564 |   1,103 |     554 |     549
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) .....| 1,319 | 1,515 | 1,489 | 1,547 | 1,618 | 1,544 | 1,635 | 1,555 | 1,459 | 1,326 |   887 |   439 | 1,627 | 1,091 |   536 |   1,798 |   1,165 |     633
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) .............|   705 |   709 |   861 |   903 |   861 |   962 | 1,074 | 1,199 | 1,244 | 1,339 |   493 |   846 | 1,904 |   673 | 1,231 |   1,936 |     643 |   1,293
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |         |
  podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) ...|   631 |   607 |   582 |   612 |   590 |   645 |   636 |   675 |   589 |   504 |   359 |   145 |   476 |   350 |   126 |     465 |     330 |     135
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) ....| 2,060 | 2,269 | 2,178 | 2,270 | 2,230 | 2,235 | 2,157 | 2,151 | 2,032 | 2,044 |   850 | 1,194 | 2,057 |   766 | 1,291 |   2,089 |     798 |   1,291
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.) ...| 2,889 | 3,105 | 2,661 | 3,395 | 2,493 | 2,628 | 2,890 | 2,581 | 2,640 | 2,694 | 2,012 |   682 | 2,799 | 1,991 |   808 |   2,806 |   2,010 |     796
Law (LL.B. or J.D.) ......       |36,853 |37,012 |37,491 |35,844 |36,056 |35,397 |35,634 |36,485 |37,945 |38,848 |22,260 |16,588 |40,302 |23,182 |17,120 |  40,044 |  22,826 |  17,218
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D., |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |         |
  or Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.) ......| 6,494 | 6,878 | 7,221 | 7,283 | 6,518 | 6,466 | 6,012 | 5,851 | 5,695 | 5,251 | 4,025 | 1,226 | 5,447 | 4,096 | 1,351 |   5,967 |   4,486 |   1,481
Other ...........................|     0 |    60 |    85 |    43 |     0 |     0 |     0 |   244 |   487 | 2,072 | 1,282 |   790 |   491 |   358 |   133 |      55 |      21 |      34
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   Total, public institutions ...|29,757 |29,586 |30,152 |29,568 |29,346 |29,153 |28,993 |28,810 |29,554 |29,366 |17,338 |12,028 |29,628 |17,126 |12,502 |  29,842 |  17,040 |  12,802
                                 |-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|---------|---------|---------
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) ....| 3,438 | 3,174 | 3,051 | 2,827 | 2,655 | 2,524 | 2,512 | 2,353 | 2,308 | 2,200 | 1,505 |   695 | 2,167 | 1,462 |   705 |   2,189 |   1,377 |     812
Medicine (M.D.) .................| 9,569 | 9,674 |10,071 | 9,991 | 9,711 | 9,557 | 9,491 | 9,108 | 9,364 | 9,259 | 5,908 | 3,351 | 9,370 | 5,843 | 3,527 |   9,506 |   5,977 |   3,529
Optometry (O.D.) ................|   427 |   384 |   456 |   441 |   454 |   429 |   451 |   444 |   477 |   595 |   309 |   286 |   460 |   221 |   239 |     471 |     219 |     252
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) .....|   386 |   537 |   455 |   486 |   480 |   434 |   500 |   458 |   493 |   416 |   290 |   126 |   490 |   336 |   154 |     531 |     349 |     182
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) .............|   366 |   356 |   416 |   473 |   475 |   615 |   679 |   727 |   808 |   852 |   316 |   536 | 1,171 |   405 |   766 |   1,185 |     390 |     795
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.) ....| 1,828 | 2,060 | 1,963 | 1,931 | 2,003 | 2,014 | 1,943 | 1,943 | 1,814 | 1,831 |   782 | 1,049 | 1,840 |   701 | 1,139 |   1,895 |     744 |   1,151
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.) ......       |13,743 |13,380 |13,695 |13,419 |13,568 |13,580 |13,417 |13,585 |14,290 |14,097 | 8,160 | 5,937 |14,130 | 8,158 | 5,972 |  14,065 |   7,984 |   6,081
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D., |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |         |
  or Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.) ......|     0 |     0 |     2 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |       0 |       0 |       0
Other ...........................|     0 |    21 |    43 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |   192 |     0 |   116 |    68 |    48 |     0 |     0 |     0 |       0 |       0 |       0
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   Total, private institutions ..|43,379 |44,821 |44,911 |44,342 |42,271 |41,582 |41,863 |42,178 |42,394 |44,780 |27,733 |17,047 |45,759 |28,027 |17,732 |  45,576 |  27,667 |  17,909
                                 |-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|---------|---------|---------
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) ....| 2,147 | 2,179 | 2,288 | 2,219 | 2,086 | 1,953 | 1,753 | 1,747 | 1,391 | 1,393 |   926 |   467 | 1,438 |   921 |   517 |   1,598 |     953 |     645
Medicine (M.D.) .................| 5,915 | 6,139 | 5,970 | 5,947 | 5,717 | 5,801 | 5,969 | 5,967 | 5,679 | 5,984 | 3,888 | 2,096 | 6,161 | 3,836 | 2,325 |   5,862 |   3,567 |   2,295
Optometry (O.D.) ................|   689 |   702 |   659 |   588 |   628 |   594 |   642 |   628 |   638 |   637 |   367 |   270 |   688 |   363 |   325 |     632 |     335 |     297
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) .....|   933 |   978 | 1,034 | 1,061 | 1,138 | 1,110 | 1,135 | 1,097 |   966 |   910 |   597 |   313 | 1,137 |   755 |   382 |   1,267 |     816 |     451
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) .............|   339 |   353 |   445 |   430 |   386 |   347 |   395 |   472 |   436 |   487 |   177 |   310 |   733 |   268 |   465 |     751 |     253 |     498
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |         |
  podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) ...|   631 |   607 |   582 | 612.0 |   590 |   645 |   636 |   675 |   589 |   504 |   359 |   145 |   476 |   350 |   126 |     465 |     330 |     135
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) ....|   232 |   209 |   215 |   339 |   227 |   221 |   214 |   208 |   218 |   213 |    68 |   145 |   217 |    65 |   152 |     194 |      54 |     140
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.) ...| 2,889 | 3,105 | 2,661 | 3,395 | 2,493 | 2,628 | 2,890 | 2,581 | 2,640 | 2,694 | 2,012 |   682 | 2,799 | 1,991 |   808 |   2,806 |   2,010 |     796
Law (LL.B. or J.D.) ......       |23,110 |23,632 |23,796 |22,425 |22,488 |21,817 |22,217 |22,900 |23,655 |24,751 |14,100 |10,651 |26,172 |15,024 |11,148 |  25,979 |  14,842 |  11,137
Theology (M. Div., M.H.L., B.D., |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |         |
  Ord. and M.H.L./Rav.) .........| 6,494 | 6,878 | 7,219 | 7,283 | 6,518 | 6,466 | 6,012 | 5,851 | 5,695 | 5,251 | 4,025 | 1,226 | 5,447 | 4,096 | 1,351 |   5,967 |   4,486 |   1,481
Other ...........................|     0 |    39 |    42 |    43 |     0 |     0 |     0 |    52 |   487 | 1,956 | 1,214 |   742 |   491 |   358 |   133 |      55 |      21 |      34
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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, "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared November 1995.)
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