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 2011
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  394 580 46 070 10 760  337 750 31.7 15.8 38.7 33.6
Oslo og Akershus 90 569 17 442 6 773 66 354 35.9 16.3 39.1 40.7
Hedmark og Oppland 28 299 2 095  244 25 960 30.3 14.4 48.8 31.4
Sør-Østlandet 70 638 8 094 1 680 60 864 28.3 13.9 35.5 30.0
Agder og Rogaland 59 908 6 098  956 52 854 30.2 14.3 35.0 32.0
Vestlandet 69 961 5 902  705 63 354 32.6 15.0 40.0 34.2
Trøndelag 37 005 3 369  295 33 341 34.0 22.6 49.8 35.0
Nord-Norge 38 128 3 031  100 34 997 27.2 16.6 40.0 28.0
Unknown 72 39 7 26 6.9 7.7 - 7.7
                 
25-29 years                
Total  318 111 70 029 4 488  243 594 15.1 9.0 19.4 16.8
Oslo og Akershus 89 745 28 379 3 113 58 253 17.4 10.0 19.2 21.0
Hedmark og Oppland 19 218 2 840 49 16 329 13.7 6.8 30.6 14.9
Sør-Østlandet 51 962 10 759  650 40 553 11.8 5.3 14.5 13.5
Agder og Rogaland 47 930 9 863  349 37 718 12.2 7.8 22.6 13.2
Vestlandet 54 396 9 715  211 44 470 15.5 8.3 22.7 17.0
Trøndelag 27 879 4 437 89 23 353 18.0 15.7 33.7 18.4
Nord-Norge 26 928 4 007 26 22 895 16.5 11.4 26.9 17.4
Unknown 53 29 1 23 7.5 3.4 - 13.0
1  Students include only students registered as residents in Norway per 1 Oktober 2011.

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