Statistics Norway

Students in universities and colleges

7 Students1 in tertiary education in per cent of registered cohort, by immigration category, sex and age. 1 October 2011
Age group Total Immigrants Norwegian-born to immigrant parents The rest of the population
Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women
  Number of students
Total 81 143  112 421 7 238 9 869 2 391 2 862 71 514 99 690
19 years 4 176 7 497  213  347  248  357 3 715 6 793
20 years 8 279 13 630  381  618  379  512 7 519 12 500
21 years 10 404 15 607  461  777  374  476 9 569 14 354
22 years 10 413 14 505  562  840  342  416 9 509 13 249
23 years 9 907 12 387  697  860  301  330 8 909 11 197
24 years 8 062 10 032  694  844  191  240 7 177 8 948
25 years 6 765 7 764  666  810  158  152 5 941 6 802
26 years 5 205 6 157  604  786  109 95 4 492 5 276
27 years 4 018 5 126  567  750 87 89 3 364 4 287
28 years 3 140 4 000  497  643 54 40 2 589 3 317
29years 2 610 3 391  425  586 42 46 2 143 2 759
30-34 years 8 164 12 325 1 471 2 008  106  109 6 587 10 208
  Proportion registered in higher education
Total 15.4 22.2 7.6 10.3 25.3 32.2 16.9 24.8
19 years 12.3 23.9 7.3 14.1 21.1 32.9 12.4 24.4
20 years 24.2 42.2 12.4 21.2 36.1 50.0 24.9 44.1
21 years 30.4 47.3 14.3 21.1 37.7 51.0 31.8 50.6
22 years 30.8 44.7 14.9 20.2 38.5 48.9 32.7 48.2
23 years 29.8 38.4 16.2 17.6 37.5 44.4 31.6 42.0
24 years 25.2 31.9 13.7 15.1 32.6 38.1 27.2 35.4
25 years 20.8 25.0 11.2 13.0 29.7 29.6 22.9 28.0
26 years 16.3 19.9 9.4 11.6 21.4 22.3 17.9 22.2
27 years 12.6 16.5 8.1 10.4 18.3 21.0 13.7 18.3
28 years 9.6 12.9 6.5 8.4 12.0 10.4 10.5 14.4
29years 7.9 10.7 5.6 7.6 11.0 11.7 8.5 11.7
30-34 years 5.0 7.8 3.8 5.5 6.6 7.4 5.3 8.6
1  Students include only students registered as residents in Norway per 1 Oktober 2011.

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