Table 4. Graduate Pipeline for Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners Based on 2019 Data From the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.
| Occupation | Race/ethnicity, % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Black | AIAN | Hispanic | |
| Advanced practice registered nurse | 63.7 | 14.2 | 0.5 | 11.4 |
| Dentist | 56.5 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 9.8 |
| Pharmacist | 53.3 | 9.5 | 0.4 | 6.6 |
| Physician | 59.5 | 5.8 | 0.4 | 8.5 |
| Physician assistant | 77.2 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 7.8 |
| Occupational therapist | 78.2 | 4.2 | 0.2 | 7.7 |
| Physical therapist | 76.1 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 7.1 |
| Respiratory therapist | 54.3 | 13.3 | 0.7 | 19.0 |
| Speech-language pathologist | 79.1 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 10.6 |
| Registered nurse | 65.2 | 11.3 | 0.6 | 13.6 |
Abbreviation: AIAN, American Indian or Alaska Native.