Professional Degrees Earned by Women

Another way to document the increasing number of women entering the health professions is to look at the number of professional degrees awarded to women. The following chart shows the rapid rise in the number of women graduating with professional degrees in the 2nd half of the 20th century. The graph also includes data for women receiving professional law degrees in order to show the similarly dramatic increase in that field.

The rise in the number of women involved in the health sciences can also be seen by looking at statistics compiled by the National Science Foundation. The number of bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees awarded to women in the natural and social sciences has risen steadily in the last decades of the 20th century.

Related Links:

• The Changing Representation of Women in the Health Sciences
• Post-Secondary Health Science Degrees Conferred

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