Table 4.12.7
Age of university graduates at the bachelor's and other undergraduates degree level, by type of program, Ontario, 2004/2005 and 2005/2006

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2004/2005 2005/2006
Less than 25 Less than 25
% average years % average years
Bachelor's and other undergraduate degrees 69.5 23 69.5 23
Health programs1 37.0 23 40.3 23
Health services / allied health / health sciences, general 0.0 0.0
Chiropractic 0.0 0.0
Communication disorders sciences and services 0.0 0.0
Dentistry 4.5 24 4.5 24
Advanced / graduate dentistry and oral sciences 0.0 0.0
Dental support services and allied professions 0.0 0.0
Health and medical administrative services 50.0 23 51.9 23
Allied health and medical assisting services 0.0 0.0
Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions 0.0 0.0
Clinical / medical laboratory science and allied professions 0.0 0.0
Health / medical preparatory programs 0.0 0.0
Medical scientist 0.0 0.0
Mental and social health services and allied professions 0.0 0.0
Nursing 43.0 23 46.8 23
Optometry 10.5 23 20.0 24
Ophthalmic and optometric support services and allied professions 0.0 0.0
Osteopathic medicine / osteopathy 0.0 0.0
Pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences and administration 40.4 24 36.8 23
Podiatric medicine / podiatry 0.0 0.0
Public health 73.7 22 61.0 23
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 48.1 23 52.8 23
Occupational therapy / therapist 42.9 23 57.1 23
Physical therapy / therapist 50.0 23 50.0 23
Other rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 100.0 24 100.0 24
Health aides / attendants / orderlies 0.0 0.0
Medical illustration and informatics 0.0 0.0
Dietetics and clinical nutrition services 0.0 0.0
Bioethics / medical ethics 0.0 0.0
Alternative and complementary medicine and medical systems 0.0 0.0
Alternative and complementary medical support services 0.0 0.0
Somatic bodywork and related therapeutic services 0.0 0.0
Movement and mind-body therapies 0.0 0.0
Energy-based and biologically-based therapies 0.0 0.0
Health professions and related clinical sciences, other 92.9 22 91.9 22
Dental residency programs 0.0 0.0
Physicians2 12.6 23 12.6 23
Medicine 8.6 24 6.2 24
Medical residency programs 36.1 23 42.2 23
Selected health-related programs 77.4 23 77.8 23
Psychology 76.9 23 75.7 23
Clinical psychology 75.0 22 100.0 22
Counselling psychology 0.0 0.0
Clinical child psychology 0.0 0.0
Health / medical psychology 0.0 0.0
Other psychology 76.8 23 75.6 23
Social work 40.9 23 50.0 23
Health and physical education / fitness 91.8 23 92.1 23
All other programs3 70.4 23 70.6 23

… not applicable

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. 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. Similarly, percentage distributions, which are calculated on rounded data, may not necessarily add up to 100%.

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