| Undergraduates--Age | |||||||||||||
| Table 8 | |||||||||||||
| Fall 1997 | Fall 1998 | Fall 1999 | Fall 2000 | Fall 2001 | Fall 2002 | ||||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Degree | |||||||||||||
| 18 and under | 1,371 | 9.6 | 1,280 | 9.1 | 1,564 | 10.8 | 1,557 | 11.0 | 1,620 | 11.0 | 1,335 | 9.2 | |
| 19 to 20 | 2,730 | 19.2 | 2,902 | 20.5 | 2,944 | 20.4 | 3,024 | 21.3 | 3,407 | 23.0 | 3,307 | 22.9 | |
| 21 to 22 | 2,647 | 18.6 | 2,679 | 19.0 | 2,747 | 19.0 | 2,843 | 20.0 | 2,915 | 19.7 | 3,002 | 20.8 | |
| 23 to 25 | 2,459 | 17.3 | 2,560 | 18.1 | 2,596 | 18.0 | 2,500 | 17.6 | 2,608 | 17.6 | 2,607 | 18.0 | |
| 26 to 29 | 1,939 | 13.6 | 1,828 | 12.9 | 1,705 | 11.8 | 1,602 | 11.3 | 1,653 | 11.2 | 1,708 | 11.8 | |
| 30 to 39 | 2,132 | 15.0 | 1,997 | 14.1 | 1,969 | 13.6 | 1,818 | 12.8 | 1,712 | 11.6 | 1,685 | 11.7 | |
| 40 to 49 | 719 | 5.1 | 669 | 4.7 | 694 | 4.8 | 637 | 4.5 | 663 | 4.5 | 597 | 4.1 | |
| 50 to 59 | 170 | 1.2 | 172 | 1.2 | 168 | 1.2 | 169 | 1.2 | 166 | 1.1 | 178 | 1.2 | |
| 60 and over* | 48 | 0.3 | 47 | 0.3 | 43 | 0.3 | 41 | 0.3 | 40 | 0.3 | 43 | 0.3 | |
| Unknown | 4 | -- | 2 | -- | 0 | -- | 0 | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | |
| Degree Total | 14,219 | 100.0 | 14,136 | 100.0 | 14,430 | 100.0 | 14,191 | 100.0 | 14,785 | 100.0 | 14,463 | 100.0 | |
| Non-degree | |||||||||||||
| 18 and under | 23 | 2.0 | 25 | 2.2 | 22 | 1.9 | 59 | 4.8 | 119 | 13.1 | 181 | 16.4 | |
| 19 to 20 | 119 | 10.4 | 98 | 8.8 | 113 | 9.9 | 135 | 11.0 | 79 | 8.7 | 81 | 7.4 | |
| 21 to 22 | 162 | 14.2 | 147 | 13.2 | 164 | 14.4 | 176 | 14.3 | 98 | 10.8 | 102 | 9.3 | |
| 23 to 25 | 265 | 23.2 | 267 | 23.9 | 269 | 23.7 | 301 | 24.5 | 200 | 22.1 | 231 | 21.0 | |
| 26 to 29 | 216 | 18.9 | 217 | 19.5 | 228 | 20.1 | 215 | 17.5 | 168 | 18.5 | 223 | 20.2 | |
| 30 to 39 | 222 | 19.5 | 218 | 19.6 | 215 | 18.9 | 217 | 17.7 | 161 | 17.8 | 186 | 16.9 | |
| 40 to 49 | 91 | 8.0 | 88 | 7.9 | 76 | 6.7 | 81 | 6.6 | 52 | 5.7 | 60 | 5.4 | |
| 50 to 59 | 25 | 2.2 | 45 | 4.0 | 36 | 3.2 | 32 | 2.6 | 16 | 1.8 | 27 | 2.5 | |
| 60 and over* | 18 | 1.6 | 10 | 0.9 | 14 | 1.2 | 11 | 0.9 | 13 | 1.4 | 11 | 1.0 | |
| Unknown | 0 | -- | 0 | -- | 1 | 0.1 | 4 | -- | 12 | -- | 2 | -- | |
| Non-degree Total | 1,141 | 100.0 | 1,115 | 100.0 | 1,138 | 100.0 | 1,231 | 100.0 | 918 | 100.0 | 1,104 | 100.0 | |
| First-time Freshmen | |||||||||||||
| 18 and under | 1,221 | 69.2 | 1,170 | 74.4 | 1,472 | 76.6 | 1,451 | 78.6 | 1,513 | 77.7 | 1,239 | 80.2 | |
| 19 to 20 | 397 | 22.5 | 315 | 20.0 | 348 | 18.1 | 301 | 16.3 | 330 | 17.0 | 230 | 14.9 | |
| 21 to 22 | 63 | 3.6 | 33 | 2.1 | 51 | 2.7 | 41 | 2.2 | 56 | 2.9 | 41 | 2.7 | |
| 23 to 25 | 46 | 2.6 | 30 | 1.9 | 24 | 1.2 | 30 | 1.6 | 36 | 1.8 | 25 | 1.6 | |
| 26 to 29 | 19 | 1.1 | 17 | 1.1 | 17 | 0.9 | 12 | 0.7 | 6 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.3 | |
| 30 to 39 | 12 | 0.7 | 7 | 0.4 | 8 | 0.4 | 10 | 0.5 | 4 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 40 to 49 | 5 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 50 to 59 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 60 and over* | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Unknown | 1 | -- | 0 | -- | 0 | -- | 0 | -- | 0 | -- | 0 | -- | |
| First-time Total | 1,765 | 100.0 | 1,573 | 100.0 | 1,921 | 100.0 | 1,846 | 100.0 | 1,946 | 100.0 | 1,545 | 100.0 | |