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TABLE 105. FIRST-YEAR ENROLLMENTS BY RACE AND ETHNICITY IN SELECTED HEALTH PROFESSIONS SCHOOLS FOR SELECTED ACADEMIC YEARS: 1981-82, 1991-92, AND 2000-01

Health Professions Schools
Number of students
Percent of students
Race and
Ethnicity
1981-82
1991-92
2000-01 1/
1981-82
1991-92
2000-01 1/
Allopathic medicine
 
All races 2/ 17,268 17,071 16,699 100.0 100.0 100.0
Non-Hispanic white 14,218 11,677 11,038 82.3 68.4 66.1
Underrepresented minority 3/ 1,671 1,876 1,860 9.7 11.0 11.1
Non-Hispanic black 1,196 1,304 1,243 6.9 7.6 7.4
Hispanic 902 1,006 1,022 5.2 5.9 6.1
    Mexican American 300 351 434 1.7 2.1 2.6
    Mainland Puerto Rican 105 128 52 0.6 0.7 0.3
    Other Hispanic 4/ 497 527 536 2.9 3.1 3.2
Native American 70 93 131 0.4 0.5 0.8
Asian 765 2,744 3,265 4.4 16.1 19.6
Osteopathic medicine
     
All races 1,582 1,974 2,927 100.0 100.0 100.0
Non-Hispanic white 2/ 1,478 1,608 2,212 93.4 81.5 75.6
Underrepresented minority 71 141 222 4.5 7.1 7.6
Non-Hispanic black 37 67 104 2.3 3.4 3.6
Hispanic 22 67 99 1.4 3.4 3.4
Native American 12 7 19 0.8 0.4 0.6
Asian 33 225 493 2.1 11.4 16.8
Podiatry
     
All races 702 725 475 100.0 100.0 100.0
Non-Hispanic white 2/ 615 511 310 87.6 70.5 65.3
Underrepresented minority 64 131 100 9.1 18.1 21.1
Non-Hispanic black 47 75 57 6.7 10.3 12.0
Hispanic 16 52 38 2.3 7.2 8.0
Native American 1 4 5 0.1 0.6 1.1
Asian 23 83 65 3.3 11.4 13.7
Dentistry 4/
 
All races 5,855 4,047 4,327 100.0 100.0 100.0
Non-Hispanic white 2/ 4,913 2,792 2,883 83.9 69.0 66.6
Underrepresented minority 569 540 490 9.7 13.3 11.3
Non-Hispanic black 299 255 223 5.1 6.3 5.2
Hispanic 249 274 237 4.3 6.8 5.5
Native American 21 11 30 0.4 0.3 0.7
Asian 373 715 954 6.4 17.7 22.0
Optometry 4/
 
All races 1,249 1,355 1,384 100.0 100.0 100.0
Non-Hispanic white 2/
--
1,048 931
--
77.3 67.3
Underrepresented minority
--
123 121
--
9.1 8.7
Non-Hispanic black
--
35 41
--
2.6 3.0
Hispanic
--
81 74
--
6.0 5.3
Native American
--
7 6
--
0.5 0.4
Asian
--
184 332
--
13.6 24.0
Pharmacy 4,5/
 
All races 6,927 8,343 8,382 100.0 100.0 100.0
Non-Hispanic white 2/
--
6,321
--
--
75.8
--
Underrepresented minority
--
1,017
--
--
12.2
--
Non-Hispanic black
--
691
--
--
8.3
--
Hispanic
--
283
--
--
3.4
--
Native American
--
43
--
--
0.5
--
Asian
--
1,005
--
--
12.0
--
Veterinary medicine
 
All races 2,246 2,225 2,381 100.0 100.0 100.0
Non-Hispanic white 2/
--
2,053
--
--
92.3
--
Underrepresented minority
--
129
--
--
5.8
--
Non-Hispanic black
--
50
--
--
2.2
--
Hispanic
--
65
--
--
2.9
--
Native American
--
14
--
--
0.6
--
Asian
--
43
--
--
1.9
--
Public Health 4/
 
All races 2/ NA 3,432 4,741
NA
100.0 100.0
Non-Hispanic white
--
2,466 2,924
--
71.9 61.7
Underrepresented minority
--
613 922
--
17.9 19.4
Non-Hispanic black
--
248 490
--
7.2 10.3
Hispanic
--
338 401
--
9.8 8.5
Native American
--
27 31
--
0.8 0.7
Asian
--
212 672
--
6.2 14.2
Nursing (RN programs) 6/
 
All races 115,279 122,656 119,205 100.0 100.0 100.0
Non-Hispanic white
--
103,076 96,449
--
84.0 80.9
Underrepresented minority
--
15,608 17,739
--
12.7 14.9
Non-Hispanic black
--
10,476 12,123
--
8.5 10.2
Hispanic
--
4,258 4,715
--
3.5 4.0
Native American
--
874 901
--
0.7 0.8
Asian
--
3,972 5,017
--
3.2 4.2

1/ First-year enrollments for nursing students are for 1995-96.
2/ Includes race/ethnicity unspecified.
3/ Includes Non-Hispanic Black, Mainland Puerto Rican, Mexican American, and Native American.
4/ Includes students attending schools in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.5/ For 1991-92 and earlier years, pharmacy first-year enrollments included students in the first year of the final three years of all first professional degree programs(Bacc. and Pharm.D.1), ie., in 2000-01, pharmacy first-year enrollments include students in the Baccalaureate Class of 2003 and the Pharm D.1 Class of 2004.6/ In 1990, the National League for Nursing developed a new system for analyzing minority data and in academic years 1992-93 and 1993-94 the minority dataquestion was changed. Therefore, race/ethnicity data may not be directly comparable to prior years.

SOURCES: Association of American Medical Colleges. AAMC DATA BOOK, Statistical Information Related to Medical Education, January 2002. Washington,DC, 2002; American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. 2001 Annual Statistical Report. Rockville, MD, 2002; American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine. Unpublished data; American Dental Association. 2000/2001 Survey of Predoctoral Dental Education, Academic Programs,Enrollments, and Graduates, Vol 1. Chicago, 2002. Also prior annual reports; Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry. Annual Student Data Report, Acadermic Year 2000-20001. Also unpublished data; American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Institutional Research Report Series, Profile of Pharmacy Students Fall 2000. Alexandria, VA, 2001; Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges. Unpublished data; Association of Schools of Public Health.2000 Annual Data Report; National League for Nursing. Nursing Datasource 1997, New York, 1997. Also unpublished data.