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. Absolute figures and per cent. 1 October 2008
Age Total Universities and spesialised university institutions State university colleges1 Other university colleges2 Norwegian students abroad Total Universities and spesialised university institutions State university colleges1 Other university colleges2 Norwegian students abroad
  Absolut figures Per cent
Total  225 469  111 816 88 144 14 223 11 286  100.0 49.6 39.1 6.3 5.0
Below 19 years  250  126 74 19 31  100.0 50.4 29.6 7.6 12.4
19 years 10 707 5 471 4 126  542  568  100.0 51.1 38.5 5.1 5.3
20 years 19 283 10 179 6 815 1 090 1 199  100.0 52.8 35.3 5.7 6.2
21 years 22 075 11 373 7 942 1 301 1 459  100.0 51.5 36.0 5.9 6.6
22 years 21 748 11 371 7 583 1 287 1 507  100.0 52.3 34.9 5.9 6.9
23 years 19 673 10 510 6 475 1 134 1 554  100.0 53.4 32.9 5.8 7.9
24 years 16 954 9 903 4 890  927 1 234  100.0 58.4 28.8 5.5 7.3
25 years 13 418 7 649 3 979  696 1 094  100.0 57.0 29.7 5.2 8.2
26 years 10 783 6 105 3 240  597  841  100.0 56.6 30.0 5.5 7.8
27 years 8 337 4 595 2 684  495  563  100.0 55.1 32.2 5.9 6.8
28 years 6 972 3 682 2 463  437  390  100.0 52.8 35.3 6.3 5.6
29 years 5 770 2 983 2 187  375  225  100.0 51.7 37.9 6.5 3.9
30-34 years 20 398 9 483 9 052 1 441  422  100.0 46.5 44.4 7.1 2.1
35-39 years 16 456 6 446 8 670 1 231  109  100.0 39.2 52.7 7.5 0.7
40-44 years 13 429 4 823 7 502 1 056 48  100.0 35.9 55.9 7.9 0.4
45-49 years 9 705 3 521 5 330  827 27  100.0 36.3 54.9 8.5 0.3
50 years and above 9 511 3 596 5 132  768 15  100.0 37.8 54.0 8.1 0.2
                     
Men 87 911 48 952 29 480 4 813 4 666  100.0 55.7 33.5 5.5 5.3
Below 19 years  112 53 41 6 12  100.0 47.3 36.6 5.4 10.7
19 years 3 487 1 960 1 137  199  191  100.0 56.2 32.6 5.7 5.5
20 years 7 109 4 150 2 174  369  416  100.0 58.4 30.6 5.2 5.9
21 years 8 466 4 820 2 707  409  530  100.0 56.9 32.0 4.8 6.3
22 years 8 992 5 194 2 756  459  583  100.0 57.8 30.6 5.1 6.5
23 years 8 634 4 941 2 618  444  631  100.0 57.2 30.3 5.1 7.3
24 years 7 646 4 700 2 021  382  543  100.0 61.5 26.4 5.0 7.1
25 years 6 188 3 723 1 672  314  479  100.0 60.2 27.0 5.1 7.7
26 years 4 889 2 902 1 331  265  391  100.0 59.4 27.2 5.4 8.0
27 years 3 559 2 128  990  184  257  100.0 59.8 27.8 5.2 7.2
28 years 3 031 1 754  912  176  189  100.0 57.9 30.1 5.8 6.2
29 years 2 338 1 326  800  108  104  100.0 56.7 34.2 4.6 4.4
30-34 years 8 184 4 420 3 032  499  233  100.0 54.0 37.0 6.1 2.8
35-39 years 5 577 2 643 2 497  376 61  100.0 47.4 44.8 6.7 1.1
40-44 years 4 050 1 754 1 977  293 26  100.0 43.3 48.8 7.2 0.6
45-49 years 2 661 1 189 1 288  169 15  100.0 44.7 48.4 6.4 0.6
50 years and above 2 988 1 295 1 527  161 5  100.0 43.3 51.1 5.4 0.2
                     
Women  137 558 62 864 58 664 9 410 6 620  100.0 45.7 42.6 6.8 4.8
Below 19 years  138 73 33 13 19  100.0 52.9 23.9 9.4 13.8
19 years 7 220 3 511 2 989  343  377  100.0 48.6 41.4 4.8 5.2
20 years 12 174 6 029 4 641  721  783  100.0 49.5 38.1 5.9 6.4
21 years 13 609 6 553 5 235  892  929  100.0 48.2 38.5 6.6 6.8
22 years 12 756 6 177 4 827  828  924  100.0 48.4 37.8 6.5 7.2
23 years 11 039 5 569 3 857  690  923  100.0 50.4 34.9 6.3 8.4
24 years 9 308 5 203 2 869  545  691  100.0 55.9 30.8 5.9 7.4
25 years 7 230 3 926 2 307  382  615  100.0 54.3 31.9 5.3 8.5
26 years 5 894 3 203 1 909  332  450  100.0 54.3 32.4 5.6 7.6
27 years 4 778 2 467 1 694  311  306  100.0 51.6 35.5 6.5 6.4
28 years 3 941 1 928 1 551  261  201  100.0 48.9 39.4 6.6 5.1
29 years 3 432 1 657 1 387  267  121  100.0 48.3 40.4 7.8 3.5
30-34 years 12 214 5 063 6 020  942  189  100.0 41.5 49.3 7.7 1.5
35-39 years 10 879 3 803 6 173  855 48  100.0 35.0 56.7 7.9 0.4
40-44 years 9 379 3 069 5 525  763 22  100.0 32.7 58.9 8.1 0.2
45-49 years 7 044 2 332 4 042  658 12  100.0 33.1 57.4 9.3 0.2
50 years and above 6 523 2 301 3 605  607 10  100.0 35.3 55.3 9.3 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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