Statistics Norway

Students in universities and colleges

3 Students in tertiary education in Norway and Norwegian students abroad, by gender and field of education. 1 October 1997, 2006 og 2007
Fields of Education Total Men Women
1997 2006 2007 1997 2006 2007 1997 2006 2007
  Absolute figures Per cent
Total  187 754  222 975  219 464 42.6 39.8 39.3 57.4 60.2 60.7
General Programmes1 46 1 629 1 764 52.2 77.3 77.9 47.8 22.7 22.1
Humanities and Arts 34 833 29 556 26 706 37.3 36.5 35.9 62.7 63.5 64.1
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 30 971 30 185 30 860 23.7 26.0 24.9 76.3 74.0 75.1
Social Sciences and Law2 24 255 32 319 30 165 42.5 39.2 39.0 57.5 60.8 61.0
Business and Administration2 28 845 39 478 39 414 53.1 46.1 45.0 46.9 53.9 55.0
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 31 581 34 180 34 082 71.6 67.9 67.4 28.4 32.1 32.6
Health, Welfare and Sport 30 743 48 820 48 540 23.3 22.8 22.4 76.7 77.2 77.6
Primary Industries 2 267 1 127 1 085 55.1 48.8 49.0 44.9 51.2 51.0
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 3 337 2 594 3 174 74.0 73.0 69.5 26.0 27.0 30.5
Unspecified field of education  876 3 087 3 674 51.4 37.2 39.3 48.6 62.8 60.7
                   
Students in Norwayl  176 929  211 229  208 263 42.4 39.7 39.1 57.6 60.3 60.9
General Programmes1 46 1 629 1 764 52.2 77.3 77.9 47.8 22.7 22.1
Humanities and Arts 32 738 27 431 24 874 37.4 36.6 36.1 62.6 63.4 63.9
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 30 793 30 015 30 677 23.7 26.0 24.9 76.3 74.0 75.1
Social Sciences and Law2 24 255 30 503 28 446 42.5 39.3 39.1 57.5 60.7 60.9
Business and Administration2 25 247 37 230 37 339 53.2 45.8 44.7 46.8 54.2 55.3
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 30 257 32 955 32 848 71.4 68.4 67.9 28.6 31.6 32.1
Health, Welfare and Sport 27 857 44 818 44 523 22.0 21.3 20.7 78.0 78.7 79.3
Primary Industries 2 213 1 073 1 034 55.4 50.5 51.2 44.6 49.5 48.8
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 2 869 2 593 3 084 82.2 73.0 70.4 17.8 27.0 29.6
Unspecified field of education  654 2 982 3 674 54.4 37.2 39.3 45.6 62.8 60.7
                   
Norwegian students abroad 10 825 11 746 11 201 45.5 41.7 41.9 54.5 58.3 58.1
General Programmes1 - - - - - - - - -
Humanities and Arts 2 095 2 125 1 832 35.3 34.0 32.6 64.7 66.0 67.4
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  178  170  183 23.6 24.1 26.2 76.4 75.9 73.8
Social Sciences and Law2 - 1 817 1 719 - 37.5 37.3 - 62.5 62.7
Business and Administration2 3 598 2 248 2 075 51.8 51.2 51.4 48.2 48.8 48.6
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 1 324 1 225 1 234 76.6 55.6 53.8 23.4 44.4 46.2
Health, Welfare and Sport 2 886 4 002 4 017 35.8 39.3 40.7 64.2 60.7 59.3
Primary Industries 54 54 51 40.7 14.8 5.9 59.3 85.2 94.1
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services  468 - 90 24.4 - 40.0 75.6   60.0
Unspecified field of education  222  105 - 42.3 38.1 - 57.7 61.9 -
1  Includes preparatory courses for university or university college education.
2  A more detailed coding of education abroad makes the numbers less comparable in and between fields of education over time.

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