Table 5.3.11
Age at graduation of Class of 2000 graduates, by level of study and
type of program, British Columbia
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| Average age | Median age | Less than 25 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years | standard error | years | standard error | % | standard error | |
| College graduates | ||||||
| All programs | 29.3 | (0.3) | 26.0 | (0.3) | 43.2 | (1.4) |
| Health programs1 | 32.7 | (0.6) | 31.0 | (0.8) | 28.0 | (2.8) |
| Dental support services and allied professions | 25.7 | (1.2) | 23.5 | (1.5) | 53.4 | (8.7) |
| Health and medical administrative services | 31.0 | (1.4) | 30.0 | (1.9) | F | … |
| Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions | 31.3 | (3.4) | F | … | F | … |
| Nursing | 32.5 | (1.3) | 30.0 | (2.0) | 33.2 E | (6.2) |
| Nursing / registered nurse | 31.1 | (1.9) | 28.0 | (3.0) | 41.5 E | (9.6) |
| Licensed practical / vocational nurse training | 34.4 | (2.5) | 34.0 | (3.9) | F | … |
| Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions | 36.4 | (3.7) | 33.0 E | (6.5) | F | … |
| Health aides / attendants / orderlies | 35.8 | (1.0) | 36.0 | (1.3) | 18.2 E | (3.8) |
| Selected health-related programs2 | 33.2 | (1.7) | 29.0 | (2.7) | 26.5 E | (6.9) |
| Social work | 35.2 | (1.8) | 35.0 | (3.2) | F | … |
| All other programs3 | 28.4 | (0.3) | 25.0 | (0.5) | 47.1 | (1.6) |
| University graduates | ||||||
| All programs | 28.2 | (0.2) | 25.0 | (0.3) | 49.0 | (1.2) |
| Health programs1 | 30.1 | (0.6) | 27.0 | (0.5) | 31.8 | (3.6) |
| Medicine | 27.6 | (0.9) | 27.0 | (0.3) | .. | … |
| Nursing | 30.8 | (1.2) | 27.0 | (1.7) | 41.6 | (6.6) |
| Nursing / registered nurse | 29.2 | (1.4) | 25.0 | (1.3) | 48.5 | (7.8) |
| Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions | 32.2 | (2.3) | 29.0 | (2.6) | F | … |
| Selected health-related programs2 | 28.7 | (0.9) | 25.0 | (0.8) | 48.1 | (5.4) |
| Psychology | 26.7 | (0.9) | 23.0 | (0.7) | 54.5 | (7.5) |
| Social work | 36.4 | (1.9) | 39.0 | (4.1) | F | … |
| Health and physical education / fitness | 23.8 | (0.5) | 23.0 | (0.5) | 76.2 | (9.2) |
| All other programs3 | 28.0 | (0.2) | 24.0 | (0.3) | 50.2 | (1.2) |
| Bachelor graduates | ||||||
| All programs | 26.8 | (0.2) | 24.0 | (0.3) | 58.2 | (1.4) |
| Health programs1 | 29.3 | (0.7) | 26.0 | (0.5) | 36.6 | (4.2) |
| Medicine | 26.5 | (0.2) | 26.5 | (0.3) | .. | … |
| Nursing | 29.5 | (1.4) | 26.0 | (1.4) | 47.4 | (7.4) |
| Nursing / registered nurse | 29.0 | (1.4) | 25.0 | (1.3) | 49.2 | (7.9) |
| Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions | 32.1 | (2.4) | 28.0 | (2.7) | F | … |
| Selected health-related programs2 | 28.0 | (1.0) | 24.0 | (0.7) | 52.3 | (6.1) |
| Psychology | 25.7 | (1.1) | 23.0 | (0.8) | 60.1 | (8.7) |
| Social work | 36.1 | (2.1) | 40.0 | (4.3) | F | … |
| Health and physical education / fitness | 23.5 | (0.5) | 23.0 | (0.4) | 78.2 | (9.5) |
| All other programs3 | 26.5 | (0.2) | 24.0 | (0.3) | 60.3 | (1.5) |
| Average | Median | Less than 30 years | ||||
| Years | standard error | years | standard error | % | standard error | |
| Master's graduates | ||||||
| All programs | 34.1 | (0.4) | 32.0 | (0.8) | 42.2 | (1.9) |
| Health programs1 | 34.2 | (0.9) | 31.0 | (1.8) | 44.6 | (5.0) |
| Nursing | 39.4 | (1.4) | 38.5 | (2.5) | x | … |
| Nursing / registered nurse | x | … | x | … | .. | … |
| Selected health-related programs2 | 33.3 | (2.0) | 32.0 | (1.5) | 41.4 E | (9.7) |
| Psychology | 30.9 | (2.6) | 31.0 E | (8.9) | 48.9 E | (13.7) |
| Social work | 38.0 | (1.5) | 35.0 | (1.3) | 25.0 E | (6.3) |
| All other programs3 | 34.2 | (0.4) | 32.0 | (0.8) | 42.1 | (2.1) |
| Doctoral graduates | ||||||
| All programs | 35.6 | (0.2) | 34.0 | (0.3) | 20.7 | (1.4) |
| Health programs1 | 36.5 | (1.4) | 35.5 | (2.0) | x | … |
| Selected health-related programs2 | 36.5 | (0.8) | 36.0 | (0.5) | 19.8 E | (4.4) |
| All other programs3 | 35.4 | (0.2) | 34.0 | (0.3) | 20.5 | (1.6) |
.. not available for a specific reference period
… not applicable
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
1. Excludes veterinary programs.
2. Includes Psychology, Social work, Epidemiology and Health and physical education / fitness programs.
3. Includes veterinary programs but excludes all health programs, Psychology, Social work, Epidemiology and Health and physical education / fitness.
Note: Type of program is defined using the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). See Appendix 3 for more details.
Source: National Graduates Survey (Class of 2000), Statistics Canada.
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