Table
| 2007-2008 | 2017-2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Percentage woman | Total | Percentage woman | |
| 1Including graduations from programmes 4 years or less but also 2 years or longer. | ||||
| 2Including graduations from programmes longer than 4 years. Awarded doctoral degrees are not included. | ||||
| 3Doctoral degrees | ||||
| Level of degree and field of education | ||||
| Total | 35 330 | 60.6 | 52 094 | 60.4 |
| Tertiary education, short and medium1 | 24 660 | 63.4 | 35 156 | 62.3 |
| Humanities and arts | 2 062 | 65.9 | 2 591 | 61.4 |
| Education | 5 638 | 72.2 | 7 373 | 71.5 |
| Social sciences and law | 2 023 | 57.7 | 3 350 | 65.0 |
| Business and administration | 4 448 | 50.0 | 6 239 | 56.8 |
| Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects | 2 721 | 25.9 | 5 286 | 29.1 |
| Health, welfare and sport | 6 999 | 83.8 | 8 728 | 81.8 |
| Primary industries | 122 | 48.4 | 188 | 54.3 |
| Transport and communications, safety and security and other services | 605 | 26.4 | 1 305 | 37.2 |
| Unspecified field of study | 42 | 64.3 | 96 | 54.2 |
| Tertiary education, long2 | 9 439 | 55.4 | 15 438 | 57.1 |
| Humanities and arts | 1 236 | 61.2 | 1 383 | 61.4 |
| Education | 665 | 82.3 | 1 519 | 78.3 |
| Social sciences and law | 2 211 | 60.3 | 2 678 | 63.9 |
| Business and administration | 1 323 | 46.5 | 2 862 | 50.6 |
| Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects | 2 328 | 35.7 | 4 267 | 39.1 |
| Health, welfare and sport | 1 461 | 71.7 | 2 384 | 76.5 |
| Primary industries | 105 | 61.9 | 115 | 46.1 |
| Transport and communications, safety and security and other services | 110 | 29.1 | 230 | 31.7 |
| Unspecified field of study | - | . | - | . |
| Doctoral studies3 | 1 231 | 44.8 | 1 500 | 50.4 |
| Humanities and arts | 124 | 52.4 | 130 | 54.6 |
| Education | 9 | 55.6 | 49 | 81.6 |
| Social sciences and law | 157 | 54.1 | 171 | 59.6 |
| Business and administration | 23 | 34.8 | 47 | 38.3 |
| Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects | 542 | 33.8 | 586 | 36.2 |
| Health, welfare and sport | 333 | 56.5 | 509 | 61.3 |
| Primary industries | 31 | 41.9 | - | . |
| Transport and communications, safety and security and other services | - | . | 8 | 12.5 |
| Unspecified field of study | 12 | 41.7 | - | . |