SLIM Demographic Data

Each fall SLIM compiles statistical data on its academic degree programs for an annual report to the Association for Library & Information Science Education (ALISE). The following demographic data is based on the latest ALISE report.

In the Fall Semester of 2007, 365 students enrolled in courses in a SLIM degree program. This student population had the following characteristics:

Full-time IRS students - 22
Full-time MLS students - 51
Full-time PhD students - 6

Part-time IRS students - 5
Part-time MLS students - 261
Part-time PhD students - 20

Kansas residents - 206
Out-of-state residents - 159

International students - 6
Minority students - 26

Female students - 289
Male students - 76

Students 45 years of age or older - 77
Students 29 years of age or younger - 114
Students 30 to 44 years of age - 137