| TABLE 106. TOTAL ENROLLMENT BY RACE AND ETHNICITY IN SELECTED HEALTH PROFESSIONS SCHOOLS FOR SELECTED ACADEMIC YEARS: 1981-82, 1991-92, AND 2000-01 |
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|
Health
Professions Schools, |
Number
of students |
Percent
of students |
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|
1981-82 |
1991-92 |
2000-01
1/ |
1981-82 |
1991-92 |
2000-01
1/ |
|
|
Allopathic
medicine |
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| All races 2/ | 66,298 | 65,602 | 66,160 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Non-Hispanic white | 56,201 | 47,094 | 42,242 | 84.8 | 71.8 | 63.8 |
| Underrepresented minority 3/ | 5,503 | 6,325 | 7,553 | 8.3 | 9.6 | 11.4 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 3,884 | 4,334 | 4,900 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 7.4 |
| Hispanic | 3,093 | 3,645 | 4,220 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 6.4 |
| Mexican American | 1,040 | 1,205 | 1,665 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| Mainland Puerto Rican | 350 | 485 | 469 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Other Hispanic 4/ | 1,703 | 1,955 | 2,086 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
| Native American | 229 | 301 | 519 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| Asian | 2,518 | 9,438 | 13,331 | 3.8 | 14.4 | 20.1 |
|
Osteopathic
medicine |
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| All races | 5,304 | 7,012 | 10,817 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Non-Hispanic white 2/ | 5,003 | 5,778 | 8,230 | 94.3 | 82.4 | 76.1 |
| Underrepresented minority | 192 | 549 | 853 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 104 | 236 | 400 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| Hispanic | 62 | 276 | 381 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| Native American | 26 | 37 | 72 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| Asian | 109 | 685 | 1,734 | 2.1 | 9.8 | 16.0 |
|
Podiatry |
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| All races | 2,584 | 2,247 | 1,968 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Non-Hispanic white 2/ | 2,346 | 1,644 | 1,386 | 90.8 | 73.2 | 70.4 |
| Underrepresented minority | 170 | 402 | 292 | 6.6 | 17.9 | 14.8 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 125 | 233 | 177 | 4.8 | 10.4 | 9.0 |
| Hispanic | 40 | 161 | 103 | 1.5 | 7.2 | 5.2 |
| Native American | 5 | 8 | 12 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Asian | 68 | 201 | 290 | 2.6 | 8.9 | 14.7 |
|
Dentistry
4/ |
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| All races | 22,621 | 15,882 | 17,349 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Non-Hispanic white 2/ | 19,518 | 11,152 | 11,185 | 86.3 | 70.2 | 64.5 |
| Underrepresented minority | 1,907 | 2,145 | 1,869 | 8.4 | 13.5 | 10.8 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 999 | 907 | 832 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| Hispanic | 847 | 1,187 | 925 | 3.7 | 7.5 | 5.3 |
| Native American | 61 | 51 | 112 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Asian | 1,196 | 2,585 | 4,295 | 5.3 | 16.3 | 24.8 |
|
Optometry
4/ |
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| All races | 4,729 | 4,864 | 5,428 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Non-Hispanic white 2/ | 4,094 | 3,754 | 3,634 | 86.6 | 77.2 | 66.9 |
| Underrepresented minority | 352 | 458 | 421 | 7.4 | 9.4 | 7.8 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 57 | 141 | 126 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
| Hispanic | 286 | 295 | 268 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 4.9 |
| Native American | 9 | 22 | 27 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Asian | 283 | 652 | 1,373 | 6.0 | 13.4 | 25.3 |
|
Pharmacy
4,5/ |
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| All races | 20,468 | 23,482 | 34,481 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Non-Hispanic white 2/ | 17,671 | 18,242 | 22,565 | 86.3 | 77.7 | 65.4 |
| Underrepresented minority | 1,757 | 2,485 | 4,524 | 8.6 | 10.6 | 13.1 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 932 | 1,531 | 3,132 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 9.1 |
| Hispanic | 787 | 867 | 1,255 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Native American | 38 | 87 | 137 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Asian | 1,040 | 2,755 | 7,392 | 5.1 | 11.7 | 21.4 |
|
Veterinary
medicine |
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| All races | 8,391 | 8,440 | 9,170 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Non-Hispanic white 2/ | -- |
7,804 | 8,339 | -- |
92.5 | 90.9 |
| Underrepresented minority | -- |
495 | 546 | -- |
5.9 | 6.0 |
| Non-Hispanic black | -- |
192 | 193 | -- |
2.3 | 2.1 |
| Hispanic | -- |
257 | 283 | -- |
3.0 | 3.1 |
| Native American | -- |
46 | 70 | -- |
0.5 | 0.8 |
| Asian | -- |
141 | 255 | -- |
1.7 | 2.8 |
| Other Minority | -- |
0 | 28 | -- |
0.0 | 0.3 |
|
Public
Health 6/ |
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| All races 2/ | 7,366 | 10,067 | 13,183 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Non-Hispanic white | 5,440 | 7,601 | 9,109 | 73.9 | 75.5 | 69.1 |
| Underrepresented minority | 729 | 1,576 | 2,414 | 9.9 | 15.7 | 18.3 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 376 | 705 | 1,280 | 5.1 | 7.0 | 9.7 |
| Hispanic | 271 | 783 | 1,037 | 3.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 |
| Native American | 82 | 88 | 97 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| Asian | 335 | 543 | 1,660 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 12.6 |
|
Nursing
(RN programs) 7/ |
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| All races | 234,995 | 237,598 | 192,202 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Non-Hispanic white | -- |
200,073 | -- |
-- |
84.2 | -- |
| Underrepresented minority | -- |
30,578 | -- |
-- |
12.9 | -- |
| Non-Hispanic black | -- |
21,529 | -- |
-- |
9.1 | -- |
| Hispanic | -- |
7,349 | -- |
-- |
3.1 | -- |
| Native American | -- |
1,700 | -- |
-- |
0.7 | -- |
| Asian | -- |
6,947 | -- |
-- |
2.9 | -- |
1/ Total enrollments
for nursing students are for 1999-2000.
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 total enrollment race/ethnicity data
included students in the final three years of allfirst professional degree programs
(Bacc. and Pharm.D.1). Since 1991-92, pharmacy total enrollment race/ethnicity
data includeall students enrolled in the first professional degree program.
6/ US citizens only.
7/ In 1990, the National League for Nursing developed a new system for analyzing
minority data and in academic years 1992-93 and1993-94 the minority data question
was changed. Therefore, racial/ethnic 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. 2000-01 Survey of Predoctoral Dental Education. Chicago, 2002; Bureau of Health Professions. Minorities and Women in the Health Fields, 1994 Edition; Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry. Annual Student Data Report, Academic Year 2000-01. Also unpublished data; American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Institutional Research Report Series, Profile of Pharmacy Students Fall 2000. Alexandria, VA, 2001. Also unpublished data; 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.