Statistics Norway

Throughput of students in tertiary education

2   Postgraduate courses1, by number of graduates in 2004/2005 and number of years2 since the student was first registered in tertiary education. Absolute figures and per cent
Course of study, duration Absolute figures.
Number of graduates		 Per cent
Total -5 years 6 years 7 years 8 years 9 years 10 years 11 years 12 years 13 years and over
Both sexes, total 7 085  100 21 14 14 12 9 6 4 3 18
Of these                      
5 year degrees 4 258  100 34 17 13 8 5 4 2 2 15
Of these                      
Cand.scient. (Science)  499  100 7 19 19 16 14 7 4 3 11
Cand.agric. (Agriculture) 19  100 - - 26 16 16 16 5 - 21
Master of odontology/Cand.odont. 94  100 31 21 20 16 4 2 1 1 3
Master of Business and Economics  301  100 48 17 13 9 3 3 1 1 6
Master of Technology/Graduate engineering degree  913  100 44 28 14 5 3 2 1 0 3
Master of Science  166  100 78 3 3 2 2 1 1 - 10
Master of Philosophy  139  100 87 1 4 1 - 1 1 1 4
Master of Management  281  100 18 0 0 - 2 2 1 4 72
Other Master degrees  108  100 39 17 6 12 - 2 2 3 19
Master degree, Humanities/Arts  337  100 19 18 16 11 7 5 2 2 19
Master degree, Teaching/ Pedagogy  213  100 25 6 7 6 6 2 3 4 42
Master degree, Social Sciences/Legal Studies  318  100 26 18 17 12 8 5 2 3 9
Master degree, Business and Administration  112  100 34 19 16 6 4 6 3 3 9
Master degree, Natural Sciences/Vocational and Technical subjects  520  100 34 21 14 9 6 4 3 2 7
Master degree, Health/Welfare/Sport  102  100 25 9 16 9 7 4 3 3 25
Master degree, Primary Industries 66  100 55 14 14 8 2 3 3 2 2
Master, Transport/Communications/Saftey/Security 16  100 - - - - 13 19 19 6 44
                       
6 year degrees 2 827  100 2 9 16 17 15 9 6 4 22
Of these                      
Cand.philol.  498  100 1 3 12 17 14 12 8 6 27
Cand.polit.  625  100 0 2 10 14 15 12 9 5 33
Master of Law/Cand.jur.  540  100 1 13 28 24 14 6 3 2 10
Cand.med. (Medicine)  467  100 0 16 18 20 22 10 5 3 6
Cand.musicae. (Music) 38  100 11 18 24 3 8 3 3 8 24
Cand.theol. 49  100 6 18 18 24 4 6 6 - 16
Cand.san. (Health Services) 79  100 1 1 - 3 - 5 4 3 84
Cand.psychol.  200  100 3 7 20 19 17 9 6 6 15
Master, Pharmacy/Cand.pharm. (Pharmacy) 71  100 14 34 20 11 8 3 3 - 7
Cand.med.vet. (Vetinary Science) 66  100 9 33 15 14 14 6 5 - 5
Cand.merc. degree (Business Administration) 83  100 11 20 19 10 7 8 2 1 20
Cand.ed./cand.paed. (Pedagogy) 65  100 - - 9 17 11 12 14 3 34
Other postgraduate degree 57  100 9 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 75
                       
Men, total 3 392  100 25 15 13 11 9 6 3 3 15
Of these                      
5 year degrees 2 327  100 35 17 12 8 6 4 2 2 13
Of these                      
Cand.scient.(Science)  276  100 5 16 18 16 13 9 6 5 13
Cand.agric. (Agriculture) 5  100 - - 40 20 - - - - 40
Master of odontology/Cand.odont. 26  100 35 12 12 19 8 4 4 4 4
Master of Business and Economics  183  100 42 19 13 11 4 3 1 1 7
Master of Technology/Graduate engineering degree  698  100 44 27 14 5 3 2 1 1 3
Master of Science  115  100 80 - 1 2 3 - 1 - 14
Master of Philosophy 61  100 87 2 2 2 - 2 2 2 3
Master of Management  165  100 18 1 1 - 2 2 - 5 72
Other Master degrees 70  100 43 19 9 10 - 3 - 3 14
Master degree, Humanities/Arts  128  100 28 18 14 9 11 5 1 2 11
Master degree, Teaching/ Pedagogy 46  100 33 4 2 2 7 2 2 2 46
Master degree, Social Sciences/Legal Studies  128  100 22 17 17 13 8 5 2 2 13
Master degree, Business and Administration 52  100 31 17 15 6 8 8 4 4 8
Master degree, Natural Sciences/Vocational and Technical subjects  285  100 31 20 12 9 7 5 2 4 8
Master degree, Health/Welfare/Sport 36  100 28 6 25 8 3 - 6 3 22
Master degree, Primary Industries 24  100 58 4 8 8 4 - 8 4 4
Master, Transport/Communications/Saftey/Security 14  100 - - - - 14 14 21 7 43
                       
6 year degrees 1 065  100 2 10 16 18 16 10 6 4 18
Of these                      
Cand.philol.  199  100 - 1 12 15 14 14 8 8 29
Cand.polit.  194  100 2 3 11 18 17 11 10 6 23
Master of Law/Cand.jur.  239  100 1 12 23 24 18 8 3 2 11
Cand.med. (Medicine)  211  100 0 17 15 25 22 11 4 1 5
Cand.musicae. (Music) 17  100 6 24 35 - - - 6 12 18
Cand.theol. 28  100 7 14 18 25 7 7 7 - 14
Cand.san. (Health Services) 7  100 - - - 14 - 14 - - 71
Cand.psychol. 56  100 7 9 13 16 13 11 7 2 23
Master, Pharmacy/Cand.pharm. (Pharmacy) 14  100 7 64 14 - 7 - 7 - -
Cand.med.vet. (Vetinary Science) 16  100 6 19 13 6 25 13 6 - 13
Cand.merc. degree (Business Administration) 61  100 10 20 20 10 8 11 3 2 16
Cand.ed./cand.paed. (Pedagogy) 4  100 - - 25 - 25 - 25 - 25
Other postgraduate degree 20  100 15 - 5 - - - - 5 75
                       
Women, total 3 693  100 17 13 15 12 9 6 4 3 20
Of these                      
5 year degrees 1 931  100 32 17 14 9 5 3 2 2 16
Of these                      
Cand.scient.(Science)  223  100 9 22 20 16 15 5 2 2 9
Cand.agric. (Agriculture) 14  100 - - 21 14 21 21 7 - 14
Master of odontology/Cand.odont. 68  100 29 25 24 15 3 1 - - 3
Master of Business and Economics  118  100 57 14 13 5 1 3 2 1 4
Master of Technology/Graduate engineering degree  215  100 43 29 14 7 2 0 1 - 3
Master of Science 51  100 75 10 8 2 - 4 - - 2
Master of Philosophy 78  100 87 1 5 - - 1 1 - 4
Master of Management  116  100 18 - - - 1 3 3 3 72
Other Master degrees 38  100 32 13 3 16 - - 5 3 29
Master degree, Humanities/Arts  209  100 13 19 17 12 4 5 3 2 23
Master degree, Teaching/ Pedagogy  167  100 23 6 8 7 5 2 4 5 41
Master degree, Social Sciences/Legal Studies  190  100 28 18 17 12 8 4 2 4 6
Master degree, Business and Administration 60  100 37 20 17 7 2 5 2 2 10
Master degree, Natural Sciences/Vocational and Technical subjects  235  100 38 21 15 9 6 2 3 - 6
Master degree, Health/Welfare/Sport 66  100 23 11 11 9 9 6 2 3 27
Master degree, Primary Industries 42  100 52 19 17 7 - 5 - - -
Master, Transport/Communications/Saftey/Security 2  100 - - - - - 50 - - 50
                       
6 year degrees 1 762  100 2 9 17 16 14 9 6 4 25
Of these                      
Cand.philol.  299  100 2 4 13 18 13 11 8 4 26
Cand.polit.  431  100 - 2 10 12 14 13 8 5 37
Master of Law/Cand.jur.  301  100 1 14 31 24 12 4 3 2 10
Cand.med. (Medicine)  256  100 0 15 20 16 23 9 7 4 7
Cand.musicae. (Music) 21  100 14 14 14 5 14 5 - 5 29
Cand.theol. 21  100 5 24 19 24 - 5 5 - 19
Cand.san. (Health Services) 72  100 1 1 - 1 - 4 4 3 85
Cand.psychol.  144  100 1 6 23 19 19 8 6 7 12
Master, Pharmacy/Cand.pharm. (Pharmacy) 57  100 16 26 21 14 9 4 2 - 9
Cand.med.vet. (Vetinary Science) 50  100 10 38 16 16 10 4 4 - 2
Cand.merc. degree (Business Administration) 22  100 14 23 18 9 5 - - - 32
Cand.ed./cand.paed. (Pedagogy) 61  100 - - 8 18 10 13 13 3 34
Other postgraduate degree 37  100 5 3 3 3 3 3 5 - 76
1  The table consists of a selection of completed undergraduate courses. Some courses (primarily supplementary courses) are not included in the table.
2  Calculation of "number of years": -5 years = -64 months, 6 years = 65-76 months, 7 years = 77-88 months, 8 years = 89-100 months, 9 years = 101-112 months, 10 years = 113-124 months, 11 years = 125-136 months, 12 years = 137-148 months, 13 year and over = 149 months and over.

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