[Chapter 3. Postsecondary Education--The Digest of Education Statistics, 1998] Table 274. - First-professional degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1995-96 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Total | Men | Women |_________________________________________________________|_________________________________________________________|_________________________________________________________ | | White, |Black,| | Asian/ |American| | | White, |Black,| | Asian/ |American| | | White, |Black,| | Asian/ |American| Major field of study | Total | non- | non- | His- |Pacific |Indian/ |Nonresi-| Total | non- | non- | His- |Pacific |Indian/ |Nonresi-| Total | non- | non- | His- |Pacific |Indian/ |Nonresi- | |Hispanic| His- |panic |Islander|Alaskan | dent | |Hispanic| His- |panic |Islander|Alaskan | dent | |Hispanic| His- |panic |Islander|Alaskan | dent | | |panic | | | Native | alien | | |panic | | | Native | alien | | |panic | | | Native | alien ______________________________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 ______________________________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________ All fields\1\ ..............|76,641 | 59,456 |5,016 |3,476 | 6,617 | 463 | 1,613 |44,679 | 35,732 |2,107 |1,947 | 3,533 | 256 | 1,104 |31,962 | 23,724 |2,909 |1,529 | 3,084 | 207 | 509 |_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________ Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) .| 3,697 | 2,516 | 175 | 177 | 598 | 11 | 220 | 2,374 | 1,705 | 76 | 103 | 332 | 9 | 149 | 1,323 | 811 | 99 | 74 | 266 | 2 | 71 Medicine (M.D.) ..............|15,341 | 10,956 | 988 | 702 | 2,406 | 93 | 196 | 9,061 | 6,661 | 387 | 397 | 1,435 | 54 | 127 | 6,280 | 4,295 | 601 | 305 | 971 | 39 | 69 Optometry (O.D.) .............| 1,231 | 911 | 35 | 47 | 169 | 2 | 67 | 568 | 442 | 9 | 17 | 60 | 1 | 39 | 663 | 469 | 26 | 30 | 109 | 1 | 28 Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) ..| 1,895 | 1,529 | 45 | 74 | 210 | 14 | 23 | 1,232 | 1,009 | 23 | 54 | 124 | 8 | 14 | 663 | 520 | 22 | 20 | 86 | 6 | 9 Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) ..........| 2,555 | 1,570 | 275 | 80 | 526 | 8 | 96 | 873 | 572 | 78 | 33 | 148 | 3 | 39 | 1,682 | 998 | 197 | 47 | 378 | 5 | 57 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) .| 650 | 462 | 56 | 43 | 64 | 5 | 20 | 453 | 344 | 15 | 29 | 46 | 3 | 16 | 197 | 118 | 41 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 4 Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) .| 2,109 | 1,935 | 33 | 77 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 715 | 656 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1,394 | 1,279 | 19 | 50 | 29 | 11 | 6 Chiropractic medicine (D.C. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | or D.C.M.) ..................| 3,379 | 2,777 | 65 | 113 | 134 | 18 | 272 | 2,470 | 2,051 | 29 | 75 | 103 | 11 | 201 | 909 | 726 | 36 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 71 Law (LL.B. or J.D.) ..........|39,828 | 32,085 |2,842 |2,052 | 2,182 | 280 | 387 |22,508 | 18,794 |1,162 |1,115 | 1,031 | 153 | 253 |17,320 | 13,291 |1,680 | 937 | 1,151 | 127 | 134 Theology (M.Div., M.H.L., B.D.| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | or Ord.) ....................| 5,879 | 4,657 | 501 | 111 | 289 | 15 | 306 | 4,400 | 3,478 | 313 | 97 | 244 | 8 | 260 | 1,479 | 1,179 | 188 | 14 | 45 | 7 | 46 Other ........................| 77 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 ______________________________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________ \1\Reported racial/ethnic distributions of students by level of degree, field of degree, and sex were used to estimate race/ethnicity for students whose race/ethnicity was not reported. Excludes 69 men and 24 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared June 1998.) Download this table as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (54 kb XLS file). Download this table as a Lotus 123 spreadsheet (17 kb WK1 file). Download this table in PDF format (13 kb PDF file). [Image] [Image][NCES Home][US Department of Education Home] [What's New at NCES][NCES Electronic Catalog] [Survey and Program Areas][NCES Help] [NCES News Flash Subscription Service][E-mail NCES WebMaster] [NCES Site Map][Image]