There are only 3 first-professional degrees in which women get as many or more
than men. Overall, men earn 141 first-professional degrees for every 100
first-professional degrees that women earn. (Line 1 of the table.)
Relative rate of male/female US citizens getting First-professional degrees
First-professional degrees
All fields ........................... 141%
Chiropractic (D.C., D.C.M.) ........... 237%
Dentistry (D.D.S., D.M.D.) ............ 184%
Medicine (M.D.) ....................... 157%
Optometry (O.D.) ...................... 99%
Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) ........... 196%
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) ................... 51%
Podiatry (D.P.M., D.P., Pod.D.) ....... 256%
Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) .......... 57%
Law (LL.B., J.D.) ..................... 128%
Divinity/Ministry (B.D., M.Div.) ...... 261%
Rabbinical & Talmudic Stu. (M.H.L./Rav) 3048%
Other / undefined field ............... 245%
All data is from table 3 of the U.S. Department of Education, National
Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data
System, "Completions" survey, 1992-93 and "Consolidated" survey, 1993. The
rate of male/female US citizens getting degrees is computed from table three
by elliminating Nonresident aliens, and unknown categories and using the using
the college age male/female population ratio to compute relative rates.
Robert Weverka
<weverka@optivision.com>