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Students in tertiary education in per cent of registered cohort, by age group, gender and parents' educational attainment level.¹
	1994		2004		2012
	All residents	Proportion registered in higher education	All residents	Proportion registered in higher education	All residents	Proportion registered in higher education
¹Students include only students registered as residents in Norway.
19-24 years
Total	381 416	24.2	327 783	30.7	402 619	32.4
Mother or father has long tertiary education	28 107	58.0	31 155	59.3	40 608	59.1
Mother or father has short tertiary education	70 126	40.9	82 559	44.5	116 320	44.8
Mother or father has upper secondary education	211 865	19.8	156 370	24.6	169 679	26.3
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	59 970	7.6	40 921	12.5	41 515	14.9
Not stated	11 348	7.7	16 778	11.3	34 497	10.7

Males	194 130	21.2	166 830	25.1	206 373	26.1
Mother or father has long tertiary education	14 393	53.8	16 167	54.6	20 963	54.6
Mother or father has short tertiary education	35 837	36.6	42 170	37.5	59 914	37.4
Mother or father has upper secondary education	108 113	16.7	80 379	18.2	87 427	18.7
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	30 740	6.1	20 989	8.8	21 256	10.4
Not stated	5 047	8.2	7 125	10.0	16 813	8.9

Females	187 286	27.3	160 953	36.5	196 246	39.1
Mother or father has long tertiary education	13 714	62.3	14 988	64.4	19 645	63.9
Mother or father has short tertiary education	34 289	45.4	40 389	51.7	56 406	52.6
Mother or father has upper secondary education	103 752	23.1	75 991	31.3	82 252	34.3
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	29 230	9.2	19 932	16.3	20 259	19.7
Not stated	6 301	7.3	9 653	12.3	17 684	12.5

25-29 years
Total	343 671	11.6	288 238	16.6	329 044	15.1
Mother or father has long tertiary education	18 524	33.4	23 008	35.7	27 453	31.3
Mother or father has short tertiary education	46 688	21.8	59 182	25.4	73 918	23.6
Mother or father has upper secondary education	182 799	10.0	144 746	13.4	127 592	12.7
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	74 824	4.4	33 788	7.7	34 014	8.5
Not stated	20 836	9.1	27 514	9.9	66 067	7.2

Males	176 005	11.7	144 957	15.4	167 683	13.2
Mother or father has long tertiary education	9 402	34.8	11 792	35.6	14 189	29.6
Mother or father has short tertiary education	23 972	22.5	30 508	23.8	37 885	21.3
Mother or father has upper secondary education	93 456	9.9	73 850	11.8	65 485	10.1
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	38 479	4.1	17 124	6.2	17 564	6.6
Not stated	10 696	10.4	11 683	9.2	32 560	6.3

Females	167 666	11.4	143 281	17.9	161 361	17.2
Mother or father has long tertiary education	9 122	32.0	11 216	35.8	13 264	33.0
Mother or father has short tertiary education	22 716	21.1	28 674	27.0	36 033	26.1
Mother or father has upper secondary education	89 343	10.0	70 896	15.1	62 107	15.3
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	36 345	4.6	16 664	9.1	16 450	10.6
Not stated	10 140	7.8	15 831	10.5	33 507	8.0

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