Statistics Norway

Students in universities and colleges

9 Students1 in tertiary education in per cent of registered cohort, by age group, sex and parents' educational attainment level. 1993, 2003 and 2011
  1993 2003 2011
  All residents Proportion registered in higher education All residents Proportion registered in higher education All residents Proportion registered in higher education
19-24 years            
Total  391 964 22.9  327 143 30.3  394 580 31.7
Mother or father has long tertiary education 27 575 56.9 30 694 59.0 39 402 58.2
Mother or father has short tertiary education 68 961 39.9 80 636 44.2  112 045 44.1
Mother or father has upper secondary education  218 050 18.8  158 711 24.4  168 371 25.6
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education 65 747 7.3 40 685 12.4 42 122 14.2
Unknown 11 631 7.5 16 417 10.7 32 640 10.9
             
Men  199 991 20.3  166 300 24.7  201 669 25.4
Mother or father has long tertiary education 14 154 53.6 15 858 54.1 20 255 53.3
Mother or father has short tertiary education 35 244 35.9 41 202 37.3 57 606 36.6
Mother or father has upper secondary education  111 316 16.2 81 567 18.0 86 828 18.2
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education 33 745 5.9 20 874 8.6 21 595 9.8
Unknown 5 532 7.6 6 799 9.5 15 385 9.5
             
Women  191 973 25.6  160 843 36.2  192 911 38.2
Mother or father has long tertiary education 13 421 60.4 14 836 64.3 19 147 63.4
Mother or father has short tertiary education 33 717 44.0 39 434 51.5 54 439 52.0
Mother or father has upper secondary education  106 734 21.5 77 144 31.2 81 543 33.5
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education 32 002 8.6 19 811 16.4 20 527 18.8
Unknown 6 099 7.4 9 618 11.5 17 255 12.1
             
25-29 years            
Total  340 745 11.4  295 070 16.5  318 111 15.1
Mother or father has long tertiary education 17 786 33.7 22 900 36.4 26 364 32.1
Mother or father has short tertiary education 44 106 21.9 58 885 25.5 70 899 23.6
Mother or father has upper secondary education  178 734 9.9  150 918 13.3  127 465 12.3
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education 78 696 4.2 35 730 7.2 33 536 8.2
Unknown 21 423 9.5 26 637 9.7 59 847 7.6
             
Men  174 987 11.6  148 523 15.3  162 144 13.4
Mother or father has long tertiary education 9 016 34.9 11 736 36.7 13 708 31.1
Mother or father has short tertiary education 22 633 22.6 30 283 24.2 36 429 21.5
Mother or father has upper secondary education 91 360 10.0 76 733 11.7 65 551 10.0
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education 40 554 4.0 18 153 5.9 17 239 6.2
Unknown 11 424 11.1 11 618 9.1 29 217 6.7
             
Women  165 758 11.2  146 547 17.6  155 967 17.0
Mother or father has long tertiary education 8 770 32.6 11 164 36.1 12 656 33.1
Mother or father has short tertiary education 21 473 21.2 28 602 26.8 34 470 25.7
Mother or father has upper secondary education 87 374 9.8 74 185 15.0 61 914 14.7
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education 38 142 4.5 17 577 8.5 16 297 10.3
Unknown 9 999 7.7 15 019 10.1 30 630 8.5
1  Students include only students registered as residents in Norway.

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