Indicator 4.8
Age of Undergraduate Students, Fall 2000 to 2008
College students are classified as "traditional" (up to age 25) and "nontraditional" (age 25 and older). Nontraditional students are often working full time and/or raising families.
The average age of UC undergraduates in Fall 2008 was about 20 years and 4 months. More than 96 percent of all undergraduates at UC are under 25, compared to about 60 percent at all four-year institutions nationally. As these data show, UC enrolls very few nontraditional undergraduates; virtually all its undergraduates are traditional age students who are attending college on a full-time basis.
The average age of UC undergraduates has fallen slightly over the past eight years, primarily because students are graduating in less time. As shown in Indicator 1.2, the number of entering freshmen who graduate in four years has been increasing steadily over time.
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Source: UCOP Corporate Student System. This system contains data on all degree-seeking students Universitywide.
You may view or download a table of the raw data used to generate these charts in CSV files, which can be opened in spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice.