Statistics Norway

Upper secondary education

1 Pupils, apprentices, trainees in upper secondary education, students and participants in upper secondary education, by age, type of school/institution and gender. 1 October 2012. Preliminary figures
Type of school/institution and gender Total Age
-15 16-18 19-24 25-29 30-34 -35
Total  257 389  256  180 979 54 646 7 339 4 715 9 454
Upper secondary education              
Upper secondary schools, pupils1  199 554  256  171 629 20 165 2 853 1 757 2 894
Apprenticeship training, apprentices 35 729 - 8 345 23 842 1 881  787  874
Apprenticeship training, trainees 1 537 -  319 1 107 58 17 36
               
Tertiary vocational education 6 134 - - 2 205 1 293  856 1 780
Public 6 134 - - 2 205 1 293  856 1 780
Private ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
               
Folk high schools, pupils 7 040 -  673 6 249 63 13 42
               
Employment training, participants 7 395 - 13 1 078 1 191 1 285 3 828
               
Other upper secondary educational programmes, pupils ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
               
               
Men              
Upper secondary education  137 197 94 93 127 33 569 3 995 2 261 4 151
Upper secondary schools, pupils1 99 262 94 86 299 10 233 1 143  637  856
Apprenticeship training, apprentices 25 587 - 6 222 17 290 1 181  460  434
Apprenticeship training, trainees 1 052 -  238  749 36 8 21
               
Tertiary vocational education 5 151 - - 2 048 1 151  723 1 229
Public 5 151 - - 2 048 1 151  723 1 229
Private ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
               
Folk high schools, pupils 3 126 -  360 2 697 38 7 24
               
Employment training, participants 3 019 - 8  552  446  426 1 587
               
Other upper secondary educational programmes, pupils ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
               
Women              
Upper secondary education  120 192  162 87 852 21 077 3 344 2 454 5 303
Upper secondary schools, pupils1  100 292  162 85 330 9 932 1 710 1 120 2 038
Apprenticeship training, apprentices 10 142 - 2 123 6 552  700  327  440
Apprenticeship training, trainees  485 - 81  358 22 9 15
               
Tertiary vocational education  983 - -  157  142  133  551
Public  983 - -  157  142  133  551
Private2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
               
Folk high schools, pupils 3 914 -  313 3 552 25 6 18
               
Employment training, participants 4 376 - 5  526  745  859 2 241
               
Other upper secondary educational programmes, pupils2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1  Pupils in education leading to basic competence, and pupils in vocational training in schools are included.
2  Private tertiary vocational education and other upper secondary educational programmes,not published in the preliminary figures.

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