Table II-8-a
Students Enrolled by Age*
Fall 1998

Program Gender < 20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 > 54 NA Total
Bachelor's Male 192 275 84 34 10 11 8 1 0 368 983
Female 75 181 30 29 16 14 9 8 3 168 533
Subtotal 267 456 114 63 26 25 17 9 3 536 1,516
ALA-Accredited
Master's1
Male 4 242 675 508 344 277 223 139 51 279 2,742
Female 5 1,099 2,273 1,395 1,127 1,328 1,300 671 240 621 10,059
Subtotal 9 1,341 2,948 1,903 1,471 1,605 1,523 810 291 900 12,801
Other Master's Male 0 77 175 130 68 55 26 29 3 153 716
Female 0 72 172 96 72 45 31 21 7 145 661
Subtotal 0 149 347 226 140 100 57 50 10 298 1,377
Post-Master's Male 0 3 3 5 4 1 6 2 2 1 27
Female 0 4 14 14 11 11 17 13 5 2 91
Subtotal 0 7 17 19 15 12 23 15 7 3 118
Doctoral Male 0 4 34 64 41 37 35 28 15 42 300
Female 0 5 53 48 50 60 61 53 25 38 393
Subtotal 0 9 87 112 91 97 96 81 40 80 693
Other Graduate Male 0 34 67 45 52 28 20 7 8 56 317
Female 0 56 139 147 106 125 146 83 45 200 1,047
Subtotal 0 90 206 192 158 153 166 90 53 256 1,364
Other Undergraduate2 Male 27 225 46 10 7 4 3 1 0 376 699
Female 93 472 105 29 22 25 18 6 7 639 1,416
Subtotal 120 697 151 39 29 29 21 7 7 1,015 2,115
Total3 Male 223 860 1,084 796 526 413 321 207 79 1,275 5,784
Female 173 1,889 2,786 1,758 1,404 1,608 1,582 855 332 1,813 14,200
Total 396 2,749 3,870 2,554 1,930 2,021 1,903 1,062 411 3,088 19,984

*  When interpreting the data from this table, please note that not all schools that offered the 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. Albany does not have information on the gender for one "ALA-Accredited Master’s" student. That student was not included in this table. If the student was included, the total number of ALA-Accredited Master’s student would be 12,802.
  2. Indiana and South Florida reported only a total number (244 and 364, 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 2,723.
  3. Excludes the gender unspecified ALA student reported by Albany 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 20,593.


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