Statistics Norway

Students in universities and colleges

2   Students in tertiary education in Norway and Norwegian students abroad, by gender, age and type of college. 1 October 2006. Absolute figures and per cent
Age Total Universities and spesialised university institutions State university colleges1 Other university colleges2 Norske studenter i utlandet Total Universities and spesialised university institutions State university colleges1 Other university colleges2 Norske studenter i utlandet
  Absolute figures Per cent
Total  222 975 86 366 93 773 31 090 11 746      100.0 38.7 42.1 13.9 5.3
Below 19 years  296  109  122 32 33  100.0 36.8 41.2 10.8 11.1
19 years 9 674 4 010 3 999 1 144  521  100.0 41.5 41.3 11.8 5.4
20 " 17 595 7 411 6 772 2 447  965  100.0 42.1 38.5 13.9 5.5
21 " 21 140 8 406 8 428 2 914 1 392  100.0 39.8 39.9 13.8 6.6
22 " 21 318 8 756 8 297 2 819 1 446  100.0 41.1 38.9 13.2 6.8
23 " 19 386 8 384 6 962 2 465 1 575  100.0 43.2 35.9 12.7 8.1
24 " 17 242 8 081 5 678 1 958 1 525  100.0 46.9 32.9 11.4 8.8
25 " 13 816 6 754 4 311 1 498 1 253  100.0 48.9 31.2 10.8 9.1
26 " 11 312 5 508 3 617 1 238  949  100.0 48.7 32.0 10.9 8.4
27 " 8 808 4 109 3 014 1 033  652  100.0 46.7 34.2 11.7 7.4
28 " 7 136 3 238 2 572  932  394  100.0 45.4 36.0 13.1 5.5
29 " 5 890 2 564 2 297  769  260  100.0 43.5 39.0 13.1 4.4
30-34 years 21 346 7 543 9 961 3 290  552  100.0 35.3 46.7 15.4 2.6
35-39 years 16 423 4 159 9 296 2 832  136  100.0 25.3 56.6 17.2 0.8
40-44 years 12 895 2 786 7 531 2 524 54  100.0 21.6 58.4 19.6 0.4
45-49 years 9 399 2 070 5 537 1 773 19  100.0 22.0 58.9 18.9 0.2
50 years and above 9 299 2 478 5 379 1 422 20  100.0 26.6 57.8 15.3 0.2
                     
Men 88 705 37 757 33 016 13 032 4 900  100.0 42.6 37.2 14.7 5.5
Below 19 years  134 46 67 9 12  100.0 34.3 50.0 6.7 9.0
19 years 3 117 1 395 1 122  445  155  100.0 44.8 36.0 14.3 5.0
20 " 6 345 2 873 2 133  996  343  100.0 45.3 33.6 15.7 5.4
21 " 8 479 3 672 3 004 1 263  540  100.0 43.3 35.4 14.9 6.4
22 " 9 019 3 930 3 210 1 317  562  100.0 43.6 35.6 14.6 6.2
23 " 8 689 3 951 2 870 1 253  615  100.0 45.5 33.0 14.4 7.1
24 " 7 844 3 879 2 385  909  671  100.0 49.5 30.4 11.6 8.6
25 " 6 225 3 138 1 805  727  555  100.0 50.4 29.0 11.7 8.9
26 " 5 136 2 562 1 523  603  448  100.0 49.9 29.7 11.7 8.7
27 " 3 996 1 967 1 253  482  294  100.0 49.2 31.4 12.1 7.4
28 " 3 208 1 551 1 034  430  193  100.0 48.3 32.2 13.4 6.0
29 " 2 581 1 181  907  362  131  100.0 45.8 35.1 14.0 5.1
30-34 years 8 516 3 408 3 469 1 369  270  100.0 40.0 40.7 16.1 3.2
35-39 years 5 610 1 673 2 840 1 024 73  100.0 29.8 50.6 18.3 1.3
40-44 years 3 894  996 2 054  820 24  100.0 25.6 52.7 21.1 0.6
45-49 years 2 740  654 1 524  555 7  100.0 23.9 55.6 20.3 0.3
50 years and above 3 172  881 1 816  468 7  100.0 27.8 57.3 14.8 0.2
                     
Women  134 270 48 609 60 757 18 058 6 846  100.0 36.2 45.2 13.4 5.1
Below 19 years  162 63 55 23 21  100.0 38.9 34.0 14.2 13.0
19 years 6 557 2 615 2 877  699  366  100.0 39.9 43.9 10.7 5.6
20 " 11 250 4 538 4 639 1 451  622  100.0 40.3 41.2 12.9 5.5
21 " 12 661 4 734 5 424 1 651  852  100.0 37.4 42.8 13.0 6.7
22 " 12 299 4 826 5 087 1 502  884  100.0 39.2 41.4 12.2 7.2
23 " 10 697 4 433 4 092 1 212  960  100.0 41.4 38.3 11.3 9.0
24 " 9 398 4 202 3 293 1 049  854  100.0 44.7 35.0 11.2 9.1
25 " 7 591 3 616 2 506  771  698  100.0 47.6 33.0 10.2 9.2
26 " 6 176 2 946 2 094  635  501  100.0 47.7 33.9 10.3 8.1
27 " 4 812 2 142 1 761  551  358  100.0 44.5 36.6 11.5 7.4
28 " 3 928 1 687 1 538  502  201  100.0 42.9 39.2 12.8 5.1
29 " 3 309 1 383 1 390  407  129  100.0 41.8 42.0 12.3 3.9
30-34 years 12 830 4 135 6 492 1 921  282  100.0 32.2 50.6 15.0 2.2
35-39 years 10 813 2 486 6 456 1 808 63  100.0 23.0 59.7 16.7 0.6
40-44 years 9 001 1 790 5 477 1 704 30  100.0 19.9 60.8 18.9 0.3
45-49 years 6 659 1 416 4 013 1 218 12  100.0 21.3 60.3 18.3 0.2
50 years and above 6 127 1 597 3 563  954 13  100.0 26.1 58.2 15.6 0.2
1  The state university colleges is a term for type of university college which is a result from a reform in 1994.
2  Other university colleges includes Military colleges, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, Kunsthøgskolen i Bergen, Politihøgskolen and private university colleges.

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