Data: National Admissions Statistics for Some Health Professions

Dentistry
(From ADEA Applicants, Enrollees and Graduates)

2016-2017 Application Cycle:
11,873 applicants, 52% women
6,122 first-year enrollees (acceptance rate 52%), 50% women

Medicine, Allopathic
(From Applicants, First-Time Applicants, Acceptees, and Matriculants to US Medical Schools, AAMC)

2017-2018 Application Cycle:
51,680 applicants, 50% women, 28% reapplicants
Total accepted: 22,266 (acceptance rate 43%), 51% women

Medicine, Osteopathic
(From AACOM 2018 Trends in Osteopathic Medical School Applicants, Enrollment, and Graduates)

2017-2018 Application Cycle:
20,836 applicants, 49% women
8,088 first-year enrollees (acceptance rate 39%), 46% women

Nursing, Midwifery
(From AME Midwifery Education Trends Report 2015)

2013-2014 Application Cycle:
1,600 applicants
1,096 spaces (acceptance rate 69%)

Nursing, Registered Programs
(From National League for Nursing: Nursing Education Statistics)

2013-2014 Application Cycle:
Disposition of applicants to Basic RN: 44% accepted, 34% not qualified, 22% qualified by not accepted, 85% women

Optometry
(From ASCO Trend Data In Optometric Education)

2017-2018 Application Cycle:
2,687 applicants, 67% women
1,869 accepted (acceptance rate 70%), 67% women

Physical Therapy
(From PTCAS 2016-2017 Applicant Data Report)

2016-2017 Application Cycle:
19,025 applicants, 59% women
9,707 accepted (acceptance rate 51%), 61% women

Physician Assistant
(From PAEA Research: Program Report 32)

2015-2016 Application Cycle:
8,939 first-year enrollees, 72% women

Podiatry
(From AACPM Statistics)

2016-2017 Application Cycle:
865 applicants, 41% women
600 matriculants (acceptance rate 69%)

Veterinary
(From AAVMC Annual Data Report 2016-2017)

2016-2017 Application Cycle:
7,076 applicants, 82% women
3,371 first-year enrollees (acceptance rate 48%), 81% women