Table
| 2005-2006 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | |
| 1As some university colleges were merged in 2016, there was a decrease in the number of students in university colleges, as well as a corresponding increase in the number of students in universities and in specialized universities. | |||||||||
| 2Includes Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Norwegian Police University College and private university colleges | |||||||||
| 3Including graduations from programmes 4 years or less but also 2 years or longer | |||||||||
| 4Including graduations from programmes longer than 4 years | |||||||||
| 5Doctoral degrees | |||||||||
| Level of degree and type of institution | |||||||||
| Total | 33 650 | 13 008 | 20 642 | 45 800 | 17 843 | 27 957 | 46 681 | 18 125 | 28 556 |
| Universities | 11 750 | 5 006 | 6 744 | 19 622 | 7 915 | 11 707 | 24 280 | 9 811 | 14 469 |
| Specialised university institutions | 1 730 | 973 | 757 | 4 860 | 2 432 | 2 428 | 5 171 | 2 360 | 2 811 |
| State university colleges | 15 992 | 5 339 | 10 653 | 17 055 | 5 943 | 11 112 | 13 454 | 4 399 | 9 055 |
| Military university colleges | 52 | 46 | 6 | 205 | 189 | 16 | 210 | 183 | 27 |
| Other university colleges2 | 4 126 | 1 644 | 2 482 | 4 058 | 1 364 | 2 694 | 3 566 | 1 372 | 2 194 |
| Tertiary education, short and medium3 | 24 356 | 8 613 | 15 743 | 31 074 | 11 408 | 19 666 | 31 628 | 11 747 | 19 881 |
| Universities | 4 252 | 1 526 | 2 726 | 8 899 | 3 226 | 5 673 | 13 115 | 5 051 | 8 064 |
| Specialised university institutions | 1 116 | 647 | 469 | 3 090 | 1 470 | 1 620 | 3 076 | 1 278 | 1 798 |
| State university colleges | 15 247 | 4 972 | 10 275 | 15 209 | 5 307 | 9 902 | 11 913 | 3 963 | 7 950 |
| Military university colleges | 52 | 46 | 6 | 182 | 172 | 10 | 197 | 172 | 25 |
| Other university colleges2 | 3 689 | 1 422 | 2 267 | 3 694 | 1 233 | 2 461 | 3 327 | 1 283 | 2 044 |
| Tertiary education, long4 | 8 412 | 3 870 | 4 542 | 13 319 | 5 759 | 7 560 | 13 685 | 5 696 | 7 989 |
| Universities | 6 671 | 2 990 | 3 681 | 9 402 | 4 061 | 5 341 | 9 880 | 4 114 | 5 766 |
| Specialised university institutions | 578 | 305 | 273 | 1 707 | 925 | 782 | 2 034 | 1 053 | 981 |
| State university colleges | 736 | 360 | 376 | 1 823 | 625 | 1 198 | 1 519 | 429 | 1 090 |
| Military university colleges | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 2 |
| Other university colleges2 | 427 | 215 | 212 | 364 | 131 | 233 | 239 | 89 | 150 |
| Second stage of tertiary education5 | 882 | 525 | 357 | 1 407 | 676 | 731 | 1 368 | 682 | 686 |
| Universities | 827 | 490 | 337 | 1 321 | 628 | 693 | 1 285 | 646 | 639 |
| Specialised university institutions | 36 | 21 | 15 | 63 | 37 | 26 | 61 | 29 | 32 |
| State university colleges | 9 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 15 |
| Military university colleges | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other university colleges2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |