| TABLE 502. NUMBER OF SCHOOLS OF OPTOMETRY, STUDENTS AND GRADUATES, SELECTED ACADEMIC YEARS: 1960-61 TO 2000-01 |
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ACADEMIC YEAR |
SCHOOLS |
TOTAL
ENROLLMENTS |
FIRST
YEAR ENROLLMENTS |
GRADUATES |
| 1960-61 | 10 |
1,101 | 407 | 316 |
| 1970-71 | 11 |
2,831 | 884 | 528 |
| 1975-76 | 12 |
3,888 | 1,057 | 906 |
| 1976-77 | 12 |
4,033 | 1,111 | 925 |
| 1977-78 | 12 |
4,209 | 1,140 | 928 |
| 1978-79 | 13 |
4,436 | 1,180 | 1,056 |
| 1979-80 | 14 |
4,517 | 1,202 | 1,073 |
| 1980-81 | 16 |
4,641 | 1,258 | 1,092 |
| 1981-82 | 17 |
4,729 | 1,249 | 1,106 |
| 1982-83 | 17 |
4,646 | 1,147 | 1,166 |
| 1983-84 | 17 |
4,652 | 1,219 | 1,188 |
| 1984-85 | 17 |
4,569 | 1,187 | 1,114 |
| 1985-86 | 17 |
4,562 | 1,251 | 1,085 |
| 1986-87 | 17 |
4,636 | 1,234 | 1,081 |
| 1987-88 | 17 |
4,646 | 1,268 | 1,106 |
| 1988-89 | 17 |
4,708 | 1,271 | 1,143 |
| 1989-90 | 17 |
4,723 | 1,258 | 1,115 |
| 1990-91 | 17 |
4,760 | 1,239 | 1,224 |
| 1991-92 | 17 |
4,864 | 1,355 | 1,150 |
| 1992-93 | 17 |
5,078 | 1,395 | 1,167 |
| 1993-94 | 17 |
NA |
1,351 | 1,125 |
| 1994-95 | 17 |
5,201 | 1,390 | 1,219 |
| 1995-96 1/ | 17 |
5,312 | 1,438 | 1,210 |
| 1996-97 1/ | 17 |
5,210 | 1,362 | NA |
| 1997-98 | 17 |
NA |
NA |
1,237
|
| 1998-99 | 17 |
5,313 | 1,369 | 1,316
|
| 1999-2000 | 17 |
5,464 | 1,410 | 1,315
|
| 2000-01 | 17 |
5,428 | 1,384 | NA |
1/ Data for St. Louis University are not included in 1995-96 graduate and 1996-97 first-year and total enrollment figures.
SOURCE: Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry; Annual Student Data Report Academic Year 2000-2001. American Optometric Association. Unpublished data.