
| 2008-2009 | 2018-2019 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Percentage women | Total | Percentage women | |
| 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 | 35 203 | 61.3 | 53 974 | 60.0 |
| Tertiary education, short and medium1 | 24 264 | 64.1 | 36 284 | 61.4 |
| Humanities and arts | 2 039 | 61.5 | 2 569 | 60.5 |
| Education | 5 383 | 73.1 | 8 037 | 71.2 |
| Social sciences and law | 2 020 | 60.5 | 3 742 | 63.8 |
| Business and administration | 3 993 | 54.0 | 6 021 | 52.7 |
| Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects | 2 971 | 27.2 | 5 182 | 28.1 |
| Health, welfare and sport | 7 080 | 83.6 | 9 007 | 81.2 |
| Primary industries | 92 | 58.7 | 228 | 51.3 |
| Transport and communications, safety and security and other services | 631 | 25.0 | 1 405 | 36.8 |
| Unspecified field of study | 55 | 58.2 | 93 | 58.1 |
| Tertiary education, long2 | 9 855 | 56.1 | 16 095 | 57.7 |
| Humanities and arts | 1 292 | 61.3 | 1 426 | 62.0 |
| Education | 701 | 81.9 | 1 706 | 76.3 |
| Social sciences and law | 2 118 | 61.9 | 2 664 | 66.4 |
| Business and administration | 1 721 | 47.5 | 2 981 | 52.0 |
| Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects | 2 216 | 35.5 | 4 298 | 38.6 |
| Health, welfare and sport | 1 579 | 72.2 | 2 585 | 76.4 |
| Primary industries | 135 | 51.9 | 127 | 48.0 |
| Transport and communications, safety and security and other services | 93 | 35.5 | 308 | 30.2 |
| Unspecified field of study | - | . | - | . |
| Doctoral studies3 | 1 084 | 45.8 | 1 595 | 49.3 |
| Humanities and arts | 110 | 51.8 | 136 | 58.8 |
| Education | 15 | 66.7 | 59 | 67.8 |
| Social sciences and law | 136 | 46.3 | 174 | 59.8 |
| Business and administration | 17 | 41.2 | 46 | 39.1 |
| Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects | 455 | 40.2 | 644 | 36.3 |
| Health, welfare and sport | 324 | 50.9 | 515 | 59.6 |
| Primary industries | 9 | 33.3 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Transport and communications, safety and security and other services | 5 | 40.0 | 16 | 18.8 |
| Unspecified field of study | 13 | 46.2 | - | . |