Table II-8-a
Student Enrolled by Age*
Fall 1997

Program

Gender

< 20

20-24

25-29

30-34

35-39

40-44

45-49

50-54

> 54

NA

Total

ALA-Accredited Master's Male

8

234

633

457

281

278

189

85

43

398

2,606

Female

17

1,085

2,144

1,197

1,048

1,164

1,112

514

199

1,394

9,874

Subtotal

25

1,319

2,777

1,654

1,329

1,442

1,301

599

242

1,792

12,480

Other Master's Male

0

91

138

100

65

38

42

13

3

189

679

Female

0

64

140

69

59

44

32

21

9

139

577

Subtotal

0

155

278

169

124

82

74

34

12

328

1,256

Post-Master's Male

0

2

4

7

10

9

4

11

5

0

52

Female

0

1

12

14

12

17

22

11

8

0

97

Subtotal

0

3

16

21

22

26

26

22

13

0

149

Doctoral Male

0

6

42

51

45

39

32

26

7

28

276

Female

0

9

43

48

67

61

64

43

14

26

375

Subtotal

0

15

85

99

112

100

96

69

21

54

651

Other Graduate Male

1

41

37

30

21

19

20

9

15

104

297

Female

6

37

91

85

69

99

81

64

27

320

879

Subtotal

7

78

128

115

90

118

101

73

42

424

1,176

Bachelor's1 Male

14

93

28

13

6

5

3

0

0

322

484

Female

17

83

18

12

23

10

8

5

2

147

325

Subtotal

31

176

46

25

29

15

11

5

2

469

809

Other Undergraduate2 Male

162

236

56

18

14

9

2

2

0

245

744

Female

178

509

73

38

25

19

18

5

4

767

1,636

Subtotal

340

745

129

56

39

28

20

7

4

1,012

2,380

Total3 Male

185

703

938

676

442

397

292

146

73

1,286

5,138

Female

218

1,788

2,521

1,463

1,303

1,414

1,337

663

263

2,793

13,763

Total

403

2,491

3,459

2,139

1,745

1,811

1,629

809

336

4,079

18,901

* When interpreting the data from this table, please note that not all schools that offered thee degree programs were able to report on the age status of their students. Refer to the tables that follow for each program level for specific information on which schools were not included.
1. Long Island reported only a total number (16) of bachelor degree students. That number is not included in this table. If it was included, the total number of bachelor degree students would be 825.
2. Indiana and South Florida reported only a total number (329 and 380, respectively) of other undergraduate students. Those numbers are not included in this table. If they were included, the total number of other undergraduate students would be 3,089.
3. Excludes the total of bachelor degree students reported by Long Island and the total of other undergraduate students reported by Indiana and South Florida. If those numbers were included, the total enrollment for ALA schools would be 19,626.

 


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