Statistics Norway

Students in universities and colleges

3 Students in tertiary education in Norway and Norwegian students abroad, by sex and field of education. 1 October 2001, 2010 og 2011
Fields of Education Absolute figures Per cent
Total Men Women
2001 2010 2011 2001 2010 2011 2001 2010 2011
Total  206 883  241 302  250 456 40.2 39.8 40.0 59.8 60.2 60.0
General Programmes1 14 1 734 1 851 64.3 82.4 80.3 35.7 17.6 19.7
Humanities and Arts 31 481 28 367 29 554 36.6 37.3 37.1 63.4 62.7 62.9
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 31 394 33 532 33 979 22.1 24.2 24.3 77.9 75.8 75.7
Social Sciences and Law2 24 413 33 629 34 134 38.9 37.4 37.2 61.1 62.6 62.8
Business and Administration2 36 124 44 726 47 251 47.8 46.3 46.3 52.2 53.7 53.7
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 38 273 39 128 40 901 69.2 67.8 68.1 30.8 32.2 31.9
Health, Welfare and Sport 39 887 53 161 54 985 20.6 22.4 22.6 79.4 77.6 77.4
Primary Industries 1 737 1 211 1 277 52.7 53.7 53.6 47.3 46.3 46.4
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 2 647 4 224 4 944 66.8 68.1 66.5 33.2 31.9 33.5
Unspecified field of education  913 1 590 1 580 49.8 39.3 40.1 50.2 60.7 59.9
                   
Students in Norwayl  192 897  227 747  235 840 39.9 39.8 40.0 60.1 60.2 60.0
General Programmes1 14 1 734 1 851 64.3 82.4 80.3 35.7 17.6 19.7
Humanities and Arts 29 253 26 339 27 456 36.7 37.8 37.6 63.3 62.2 62.4
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 31 232 33 342 33 787 22.1 24.2 24.2 77.9 75.8 75.8
Social Sciences and Law2 24 413 31 150 31 296 38.9 37.9 37.9 61.1 62.1 62.1
Business and Administration2 30 779 42 000 44 230 47.9 46.0 46.1 52.1 54.0 53.9
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 36 427 37 712 39 403 69.2 68.4 68.6 30.8 31.6 31.4
Health, Welfare and Sport 36 179 48 648 50 240 19.2 20.9 21.1 80.8 79.1 78.9
Primary Industries 1 667 1 178 1 232 53.5 54.9 55.0 46.5 45.1 45.0
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 2 083 4 055 4 765 77.8 69.1 67.4 22.2 30.9 32.6
Unspecified field of education  850 1 589 1 580 48.5 39.3 40.1 51.5 60.7 59.9
                   
Norwegian students abroad 13 986 13 555 14 616 44.0 40.0 39.6 56.0 60.0 60.4
General Programmes1                  
Humanities and Arts 2 228 2 028 2 098 35.4 30.6 30.3 64.6 69.4 69.7
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  162  190  192 21.6 30.5 37.0 78.4 69.5 63.0
Social Sciences and Law2 . 2 479 2 838 . 30.6 30.0 . 69.4 70.0
Business and Administration2 5 345 2 726 3 021 47.7 51.0 49.4 52.3 49.0 50.6
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 1 846 1 416 1 498 69.2 53.0 53.2 30.8 47.0 46.8
Health, Welfare and Sport 3 708 4 513 4 745 34.7 39.1 39.1 65.3 60.9 60.9
Primary Industries 70 33 45 32.9 9.1 15.6 67.1 90.9 84.4
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services  564  169  179 26.2 46.2 43.6 73.8 53.8 56.4
Unspecified field of education 63 1 . 68.3 . . 31.7  100.0  100.0
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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