Statistics Norway

Students in universities and colleges

2 Students in tertiary education in Norway and Norwegian students abroad, by sex, age and type of college. Absolute figures and per cent. 1 October 2011
Age and sex 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  250 456  131 711 87 017 17 112 14 616       100.0 52.6 34.7 6.8 5.8
Below 19 years  278  121 97 22 38  100.0 43.5 34.9 7.9 13.7
19 years 11 914 5 974 4 548  578  814  100.0 50.1 38.2 4.9 6.8
20 years 22 640 11 860 7 702 1 403 1 675  100.0 52.4 34.0 6.2 7.4
21 years 27 277 13 964 9 207 1 905 2 201  100.0 51.2 33.8 7.0 8.1
22 years 26 233 13 461 8 605 1 904 2 263  100.0 51.3 32.8 7.3 8.6
23 years 23 713 13 143 6 928 1 597 2 045  100.0 55.4 29.2 6.7 8.6
24 years 19 170 11 186 5 077 1 228 1 679  100.0 58.4 26.5 6.4 8.8
25 years 15 277 9 129 3 964  945 1 239  100.0 59.8 25.9 6.2 8.1
26 years 11 904 6 866 3 368  793  877  100.0 57.7 28.3 6.7 7.4
27 years 9 557 5 582 2 748  642  585  100.0 58.4 28.8 6.7 6.1
28 years 7 421 4 206 2 358  497  360  100.0 56.7 31.8 6.7 4.9
29 years 6 207 3 486 2 112  405  204  100.0 56.2 34.0 6.5 3.3
30-34 years 20 996 10 699 8 376 1 461  460  100.0 51.0 39.9 7.0 2.2
35-39 years 15 680 7 190 7 212 1 174  104  100.0 45.9 46.0 7.5 0.7
40-44 years 13 284 5 961 6 246 1 043 34  100.0 44.9 47.0 7.9 0.3
45-49 years 9 539 4 324 4 421  765 29  100.0 45.3 46.3 8.0 0.3
50 years and above 9 366 4 559 4 048  750 9  100.0 48.7 43.2 8.0 0.1
                     
Men  100 161 57 867 30 638 5 871 5 785  100.0 57.8 30.6 5.9 5.8
Below 19 years  139 62 56 4 17  100.0 44.6 40.3 2.9 12.2
19 years 4 252 2 435 1 352  201  264  100.0 57.3 31.8 4.7 6.2
20 years 8 525 4 898 2 610  459  558  100.0 57.5 30.6 5.4 6.5
21 years 10 849 6 048 3 345  673  783  100.0 55.7 30.8 6.2 7.2
22 years 10 982 6 115 3 268  716  883  100.0 55.7 29.8 6.5 8.0
23 years 10 488 6 122 2 910  642  814  100.0 58.4 27.7 6.1 7.8
24 years 8 528 5 105 2 222  517  684  100.0 59.9 26.1 6.1 8.0
25 years 7 088 4 376 1 755  431  526  100.0 61.7 24.8 6.1 7.4
26 years 5 457 3 255 1 469  369  364  100.0 59.6 26.9 6.8 6.7
27 years 4 222 2 609 1 093  235  285  100.0 61.8 25.9 5.6 6.8
28 years 3 269 2 003  897  183  186  100.0 61.3 27.4 5.6 5.7
29 years 2 716 1 642  819  144  111  100.0 60.5 30.2 5.3 4.1
30-34 years 8 411 4 853 2 861  470  227  100.0 57.7 34.0 5.6 2.7
35-39 years 5 483 3 026 2 131  270 56  100.0 55.2 38.9 4.9 1.0
40-44 years 4 064 2 186 1 609  255 14  100.0 53.8 39.6 6.3 0.3
45-49 years 2 698 1 444 1 109  135 10  100.0 53.5 41.1 5.0 0.4
50 years and above 2 990 1 688 1 132  167 3  100.0 56.5 37.9 5.6 0.1
                     
Women  150 295 73 844 56 379 11 241 8 831  100.0 49.1 37.5 7.5 5.9
Below 19 years  139 59 41 18 21  100.0 42.4 29.5 12.9 15.1
19 years 7 662 3 539 3 196  377  550  100.0 46.2 41.7 4.9 7.2
20 years 14 115 6 962 5 092  944 1 117  100.0 49.3 36.1 6.7 7.9
21 years 16 428 7 916 5 862 1 232 1 418  100.0 48.2 35.7 7.5 8.6
22 years 15 251 7 346 5 337 1 188 1 380  100.0 48.2 35.0 7.8 9.0
23 years 13 225 7 021 4 018  955 1 231  100.0 53.1 30.4 7.2 9.3
24 years 10 642 6 081 2 855  711  995  100.0 57.1 26.8 6.7 9.3
25 years 8 189 4 753 2 209  514  713  100.0 58.0 27.0 6.3 8.7
26 years 6 447 3 611 1 899  424  513  100.0 56.0 29.5 6.6 8.0
27 years 5 335 2 973 1 655  407  300  100.0 55.7 31.0 7.6 5.6
28 years 4 152 2 203 1 461  314  174  100.0 53.1 35.2 7.6 4.2
29 years 3 491 1 844 1 293  261 93  100.0 52.8 37.0 7.5 2.7
30-34 years 12 585 5 846 5 515  991  233  100.0 46.5 43.8 7.9 1.9
35-39 years 10 197 4 164 5 081  904 48  100.0 40.8 49.8 8.9 0.5
40-44 years 9 220 3 775 4 637  788 20  100.0 40.9 50.3 8.5 0.2
45-49 years 6 841 2 880 3 312  630 19  100.0 42.1 48.4 9.2 0.3
50 years and above 6 376 2 871 2 916  583 6  100.0 45.0 45.7 9.1 0.1
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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