Statistics Norway

Degrees from universities and colleges

2 Graduations in tertiary education, by gender, level of degree and field of education. 1998/99, 2007/08, 2008/09
Field of education 1998/99 2007/08 2008/09
Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women
Tertiary education, short and medium1 22 360 8 291 14 069 24 660 9 027 15 633 24 264 8 719 15 545
Humanities and Arts 1 392  458  934 2 062  703 1 359 2 039  784 1 255
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 5 530 1 259 4 271 5 638 1 568 4 070 5 383 1 448 3 935
Social Sciences and Law 1 068  445  623 2 023  855 1 168 2 020  797 1 223
Business and Administration 4 243 2 170 2 073 4 448 2 225 2 223 3 993 1 835 2 158
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects 2 899 2 185  714 2 721 2 017  704 2 971 2 162  809
Health, Welfare and Sport 5 821  908 4 913 6 999 1 136 5 863 7 080 1 159 5 921
Primary Industries  105 82 23  122 63 59 92 38 54
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and Other Services  765  603  162  605  445  160  631  473  158
Unspecified Field of Education  537  181  356 42 15 27 55 23 32
Tertiary education, long2 7 062 3 975 3 087 9 439 4 214 5 225 9 855 4 331 5 524
Humanities and Arts  920  373  547 1 236  480  756 1 292  500  792
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  245 61  184  665  118  547  701  127  574
Social Sciences and Law 1 882  897  985 2 211  878 1 333 2 118  807 1 311
Business and Administration  398  288  110 1 323  708  615 1 721  903  818
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects 2 195 1 524  671 2 328 1 498  830 2 216 1 430  786
Health, Welfare and Sport  801  330  471 1 461  414 1 047 1 579  439 1 140
Primary Industries  193  107 86  105 40 65  135 65 70
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and Other Services  428  395 33  110 78 32 93 60 33
Unspecified Field of Education - - - - - - - - -
Second stage of tertiary education3  696  444  252 1 231  679  552 1 084  588  496
Humanities and Arts 67 29 38  124 59 65  110 53 57
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 14 6 8 9 4 5 15 5 10
Social Sciences and Law 89 51 38  157 72 85  136 73 63
Business and Administration 22 18 4 23 15 8 17 10 7
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects  289  207 82  542  359  183  455  272  183
Health, Welfare and Sport  176  108 68  333  145  188  324  159  165
Primary Industries 39 25 14 31 18 13 9 6 3
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and Other Services - - - - - - 5 3 2
Unspecified Field of Education - - - 12 7 5 13 7 6
1  Including graduations from programmes 4 years or less but also 2 years or longer.
2  Including graduations from programmes longer than 4 years.
3  Doctoral degrees.

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