Table 4.1.11
Distribution of university students, by level of study and type of program, British Columbia, 2004/2005 and 2005/2006

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University students
2004/2005 2005/2006
number number
Bachelor's and other undergraduate degrees 65,559 74,946
Health programs1 2,814 3,462
Health services / allied health / health sciences, general 0 0
Chiropractic 0 0
Communication disorders sciences and services 0 0
Dentistry 180 177
Advanced / graduate dentistry and oral sciences 0 0
Dental support services and allied professions 54 66
Health and medical administrative services 81 81
Allied health and medical assisting services 0 0
Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions 0 21
Clinical / medical laboratory science and allied professions 24 33
Health / medical preparatory programs 0 36
Medical scientist 0 0
Mental and social health services and allied professions 0 0
Nursing 1,263 1,803
Optometry 0 0
Ophthalmic and optometric support services and allied professions 0 0
Osteopathic medicine / osteopathy 0 0
Pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences and administration 561 573
Podiatric medicine / podiatry 0 0
Public health 0 0
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 69 3
Occupational therapy / therapist 33 0
Physical therapy / therapist 36 3
Other rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 0 0
Health aides / attendants / orderlies 0 0
Medical illustration and informatics 0 0
Dietetics and clinical nutrition services 0 0
Bioethics / medical ethics 0 0
Alternative and complementary medicine and medical systems 0 0
Alternative and complementary medical support services 0 0
Somatic bodywork and related therapeutic services 0 0
Movement and mind-body therapies 0 0
Energy-based and biologically-based therapies 0 0
Health professions and related clinical sciences, other 0 0
Dental residency programs 0 0
Physicians2 582 669
Medicine 582 669
Medical residency programs 0 0
Selected health-related programs 4,704 5,433
Psychology 2,379 2,763
Clinical psychology 0 0
Counselling psychology 0 0
Clinical child psychology 0 0
Health / medical psychology 0 0
Other psychology 2,379 2,763
Social work 852 1,065
Health and physical education / fitness 1,473 1,605
All other programs3 58,041 66,051
Master's degree 11,475 12,012
Health programs1 723 798
Health services / allied health / health sciences, general 33 54
Chiropractic 0 0
Communication disorders sciences and services 54 54
Dentistry 0 0
Advanced / graduate dentistry and oral sciences 21 21
Dental support services and allied professions 0 0
Health and medical administrative services 63 63
Allied health and medical assisting services 0 0
Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions 0 0
Clinical / medical laboratory science and allied professions 0 0
Health / medical preparatory programs 0 0
Medical scientist 51 54
Mental and social health services and allied professions 12 12
Nursing 285 276
Optometry 0 0
Ophthalmic and optometric support services and allied professions 0 0
Osteopathic medicine / osteopathy 0 0
Pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences and administration 21 12
Podiatric medicine / podiatry 0 0
Public health 60 66
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 111 180
Occupational therapy / therapist 36 78
Physical therapy / therapist 42 78
Other rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 33 24
Health aides / attendants / orderlies 0 0
Medical illustration and informatics 0 0
Dietetics and clinical nutrition services 0 0
Bioethics / medical ethics 0 0
Alternative and complementary medicine and medical systems 0 0
Alternative and complementary medical support services 0 0
Somatic bodywork and related therapeutic services 0 0
Movement and mind-body therapies 0 0
Energy-based and biologically-based therapies 0 0
Health professions and related clinical sciences, other 0 0
Dental residency programs 0 0
Physicians2 12 6
Medicine 0 0
Medical residency programs 12 6
Selected health-related programs 735 708
Psychology 405 393
Clinical psychology 15 15
Counselling psychology 114 105
Clinical child psychology 0 0
Health / medical psychology 0 0
Other psychology 276 273
Social work 216 207
Health and physical education / fitness 114 108
All other programs3 10,017 10,506
Doctorate 3,864 4,152
Health programs1 171 189
Health services / allied health / health sciences, general 0 0
Chiropractic 0 0
Communication disorders sciences and services 3 6
Dentistry 0 0
Advanced / graduate dentistry and oral sciences 15 15
Dental support services and allied professions 0 0
Health and medical administrative services 3 3
Allied health and medical assisting services 0 0
Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions 0 0
Clinical / medical laboratory science and allied professions 0 0
Health / medical preparatory programs 0 0
Medical scientist 57 69
Mental and social health services and allied professions 0 0
Nursing 36 30
Optometry 0 0
Ophthalmic and optometric support services and allied professions 0 0
Osteopathic medicine / osteopathy 0 0
Pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences and administration 36 39
Podiatric medicine / podiatry 0 0
Public health 3 6
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 6 6
Occupational therapy / therapist 0 0
Physical therapy / therapist 0 0
Other rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 6 6
Health aides / attendants / orderlies 0 0
Medical illustration and informatics 0 0
Dietetics and clinical nutrition services 0 0
Bioethics / medical ethics 0 0
Alternative and complementary medicine and medical systems 0 0
Alternative and complementary medical support services 0 0
Somatic bodywork and related therapeutic services 0 0
Movement and mind-body therapies 0 0
Energy-based and biologically-based therapies 0 0
Health professions and related clinical sciences, other 0 0
Dental residency programs 0 0
Physicians2 12 15
Medicine 12 15
Medical residency programs 0 0
Selected health-related programs 285 273
Psychology 234 216
Clinical psychology 27 27
Counselling psychology 39 27
Clinical child psychology 0 0
Health / medical psychology 0 0
Other psychology 168 162
Social work 15 21
Health and physical education / fitness 36 36
All other programs3 3,408 3,690
Other graduate level-Residency 0 0
Medical residency programs 0 0
Dental residency programs 0 0

0 true zero or a value rounded to zero

1. Excludes veterinary programs.

2. Not a standard Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) category. Physicians are comprised of Medicine and Medical residency programs.

3. Includes veterinary programs but excludes all health programs, Psychology, Social work, and Health and physical education/fitness.

Notes: With the exception of Physical therapy / therapist and Occupational therapy / therapist, type of program is defined using the 2- or 4-digit level of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). See Appendix 3 for more details. Enrolment data for medicine programs and medical residency programs are not consistent with those published by the Association of Faculties of Medicine Canada and the Canadian Post-M.D. Education Registry, respectively. Future work is required to understand these inconsistencies.

To ensure the confidentiality of responses, a random rounding process is applied to the data. As a result, when these data are summed or grouped, the total value may not match the sum of the individual values, since total and subtotals are independently rounded.

Source: Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS), Statistics Canada.