Statistics Norway

Students in universities and colleges

6 Students1 in tertiary education in per cent of registered cohort, by immigration category, selected age groups and region. 1 October 2010
Age group and region All residents Proportion registered in higher education
Total Immigrants Norwegian-born to immigrant parents The rest of the population Total Immigrants Norwegian-born to immigrant parents The rest of the population
19-24 years                
Total  382 905 42 185 9 545  331 175 31.2 16.4 38.3 32.9
Oslo og Akershus 86 445 16 210 6 083 64 152 35.5 17.4 38.3 39.7
Hedmark og Oppland 27 481 1 878  210 25 393 29.8 15.3 47.6 30.7
Sør-Østlandet 68 905 7 521 1 483 59 901 27.9 13.9 35.4 29.5
Agder og Rogaland 58 423 5 612  822 51 989 30.1 14.7 36.4 31.6
Vestlandet 68 807 5 513  601 62 693 31.8 15.2 40.9 33.1
Trøndelag 35 788 2 808  258 32 722 33.7 22.9 48.1 34.6
Nord-Norge 36 984 2 600 82 34 302 27.3 17.2 40.2 28.0
Unknown 72 43 6 23 12.5 9.3 16.7 17.4
                 
25-29 years                
Total  309 010 62 672 4 184  242 154 14.9 9.2 18.4 16.4
Oslo og Akershus 86 348 25 954 2 840 57 554 17.0 10.1 18.1 20.1
Hedmark og Oppland 18 711 2 350 48 16 313 13.7 7.4 27.1 14.6
Sør-Østlandet 50 680 9 461  631 40 588 11.9 5.6 14.1 13.3
Agder og Rogaland 46 977 9 018  330 37 629 11.9 7.3 20.0 13.0
Vestlandet 53 096 8 670  216 44 210 15.5 8.8 22.7 16.7
Trøndelag 26 865 3 734 79 23 052 17.6 15.6 38.0 17.8
Nord-Norge 26 278 3 463 37 22 778 16.5 12.6 18.9 17.1
Unknown 55 22 3 30 10.9 13.6 33.3 6.7
1  Students include only students registered as residents in Norway per 1 Oktober 2010.

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