Statistics Norway

Students in universities and colleges

7 Students in tertiary education in per cent of registered cohort, by immigration category, gender and age. 1 October 2010
Age group Total Immigrants Norwegian-born to immigrant parents The rest of the population
Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women
  Number of students1
Total 77 581  107 880 6 696 9 158 2 109 2 522 68 776 96 200
19 years 4 105 7 558  181  325  220  362 3 704 6 871
20 years 8 229 13 227  345  579  317  437 7 567 12 211
21 years 9 872 14 890  474  676  342  437 9 056 13 777
22 years 10 026 13 748  576  768  315  363 9 135 12 617
23 years 8 909 11 672  668  839  227  275 8 014 10 558
24 years 7 995 9 410  663  814  178  187 7 154 8 409
25 years 6 390 7 572  611  809  132  133 5 647 6 630
26 years 4 968 6 160  557  740  106 98 4 305 5 322
27 years 3 834 4 692  465  667 71 42 3 298 3 983
28 years 3 053 3 903  432  602 54 56 2 567 3 245
29years 2 345 3 231  402  481 47 30 1 896 2 720
30-34 years 7 855 11 817 1 322 1 858  100  102 6 433 9 857
  Proportion registered in higher education
Total 15.1 21.8 7.9 10.4 24.9 31.5 16.4 24.1
19 years 12.1 23.7 7.0 14.0 20.9 35.1 12.3 24.1
20 years 24.4 40.9 12.9 20.0 32.0 46.6 25.1 42.8
21 years 29.9 47.0 16.0 20.5 38.6 51.4 31.0 50.0
22 years 30.9 43.9 17.2 19.9 39.4 49.0 32.3 47.2
23 years 28.8 38.3 16.8 18.6 38.7 43.8 30.3 41.7
24 years 25.6 31.5 14.1 16.2 33.6 36.4 27.5 34.6
25 years 20.7 25.3 11.7 14.1 25.9 31.2 22.5 27.9
26 years 16.1 20.4 9.7 11.8 22.4 23.3 17.5 22.6
27 years 12.2 15.5 7.3 10.0 15.8 11.0 13.4 17.2
28 years 9.5 12.6 6.7 8.7 14.1 14.1 10.2 13.7
29years 7.5 10.4 6.2 7.1 11.8 8.6 7.7 11.4
30-34 years 4.9 7.6 3.8 5.5 7.0 7.7 5.1 8.2
1  Students include only students registered as residents in Norway per 1 October 2010.

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