Statistics Norway

Throughput of students in tertiary education

2 Postgraduate courses1, by number of graduates in the 2005/2006 study year 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 8 125  100 21 16 15 11 8 6 4 2 17
Of these:                      
5 year degrees 6 026  100 28 18 14 9 6 4 3 2 16
Of these:                      
Cand.scient. (Science)  235  100 3 6 17 16 12 11 10 6 19
Cand.agric. (Agriculture) 9  100 - - 11 11 11 - 22 11 33
Master, Pharmacy/Cand.pharm. (Pharmacy) 83  100 12 34 20 13 4 6 4 4 4
Master of odontology/Cand.odont.  112  100 21 36 15 10 7 3 4 2 4
Master of Business and Economics  227  100 41 30 14 6 5 3 0 1 0
Master of Technology/Graduate engineering degree 1 050  100 44 27 14 5 3 2 1 1 3
Master of Science  182  100 84 4 2 3 2 - 1 1 3
Master of Philosophy 65  100 94 - 3 - - - - 2 2
Master of Management  197  100 2 1 - 1 1 2 3 4 88
Other Master degrees3 98  100 47 8 11 3 1 4 1 4 20
Master degree, Humanities/Arts  816  100 17 13 18 13 8 5 3 3 20
Master degree, Teaching/ Pedagogy  357  100 18 8 5 6 7 4 6 2 44
Master degree, Social Sciences/Legal Studies  784  100 17 16 23 14 9 6 4 2 10
Master degree, Business and Administration  309  100 24 12 9 11 7 6 3 2 27
Master degree, Natural Sciences/Vocational and Technical subjects  964  100 30 25 16 8 5 4 3 2 7
Master degree, Health/Welfare/Sport  210  100 23 9 10 10 6 5 3 1 33
Master degree, Primary Industries 76  100 46 18 21 7 4 1 1 - 1
Master, Transport/Communications/Saftey/Security 31  100 45 16 3 3 6 - 6 - 19
                       
6 year degrees 2 099  100 2 9 16 15 14 11 8 4 21
Of these:                      
Cand.philol.  334  100 5 1 2 10 16 13 10 7 35
Cand.polit.  373  100 1 0 5 10 15 13 10 8 38
Master of Law/Cand.jur.  677  100 3 18 30 18 10 8 4 1 9
Cand.med. (Medicine)  461  100 1 16 19 19 16 11 8 4 7
Cand.musicae. (Music) 15  100 - - - 40 13 13 13 7 13
Cand.theol. 31  100 3 6 29 10 19 6 3 - 23
Cand.san. (Health Services) 38  100 - 3 3 - - - 3 5 87
Cand.psychol.  218  100 1 6 20 19 14 12 11 4 13
Cand.med.vet. (Vetinary Science) 45  100 2 40 18 13 9 7 4 - 7
Cand.merc. degree (Business Administration) 12  100 8 25 25 8 8 8 8 - 8
Cand.ed./cand.paed. (Pedagogy) 37  100 - 5 14 24 11 8 5 - 32
Other postgraduate degree 33  100 6 - - - 3 3 6 6 76
                       
Men, total 3 732  100 27 17 13 10 8 5 4 2 14
Of these:                      
5 year degrees 2 986  100 33 19 13 8 6 4 3 2 13
Of these:                      
Cand.scient.(Science)  120  100 2 6 15 16 13 12 8 3 25
Cand.agric. (Agriculture) 5  100 - - 20 - 20 - 20 - 40
Master, Pharmacy/Cand.pharm. (Pharmacy) 18  100 33 17 22 17 - 6 - - 6
Master of odontology/Cand.odont. 42  100 24 33 14 10 2 7 - 2 7
Master of Business and Economics  129  100 40 33 12 5 5 3 1 2 -
Master of Technology/Graduate engineering degree  811  100 46 26 13 5 3 2 1 1 3
Master of Science  115  100 85 2 1 3 3 - 2 - 5
Master of Philosophy 39  100 95 - - - - - - 3 3
Master of Management  111  100 1 - - - 2 1 4 5 88
Other Master degrees 52  100 46 6 12 6 - 4 2 6 19
Master degree, Humanities/Arts  295  100 21 12 13 14 8 5 4 3 21
Master degree, Teaching/ Pedagogy 64  100 30 6 6 3 6 5 8 2 34
Master degree, Social Sciences/Legal Studies  316  100 22 16 20 13 9 5 5 2 9
Master degree, Business and Administration  159  100 24 16 6 11 9 7 3 2 22
Master degree, Natural Sciences/Vocational and Technical subjects  504  100 29 24 15 10 6 4 3 2 7
Master degree, Health/Welfare/Sport 60  100 28 13 15 13 12 5 3 2 8
Master degree, Primary Industries 35  100 54 23 11 9 3 - - - -
Master, Transport/Communications/Saftey/Security 26  100 46 19 4 - 4 - 8 - 19
                       
6 year degrees  746  100 1 10 17 15 15 10 9 4 18
Of these:                      
Cand.philol.  111  100 1 1 2 10 14 11 16 11 34
Cand.polit.  104  100 2 - 2 10 19 13 10 6 38
Master of Law/Cand.jur.  319  100 3 19 26 15 12 9 5 1 9
Cand.med. (Medicine)  173  100 1 16 18 18 17 9 8 4 8
Cand.musicae. (Music) 7  100 - - - 71 - 14 14 - -
Cand.theol. 16  100 - 13 38 13 19 - - - 19
Cand.san. (Health Services) 6  100 - - 17 - - - - - 83
Cand.psychol. 63  100 - 6 19 19 16 6 17 5 11
Cand.med.vet. (Vetinary Science) 9  100 - 44 33 11 - - 11 - -
Cand.merc. degree (Business Administration) 6  100 - 33 33 - 17 - - - 17
Cand.ed./cand.paed. (Pedagogy) 7  100 - 14 14 29 - 14 - - 29
Other postgraduate degree 10  100 - - - - 10 10 - - 80
                       
Women, total 4 393  100 16 14 16 11 8 7 4 3 20
Of these:                      
5 year degrees 3 040  100 22 17 16 10 6 5 3 2 19
Of these:                      
Cand.scient.(Science)  115  100 5 7 18 17 11 10 11 8 13
Cand.agric. (Agriculture) 4  100 - - - 25 - - 25 25 25
Master, Pharmacy/Cand.pharm. (Pharmacy) 65  100 6 38 20 12 5 6 5 5 3
Master of odontology/Cand.odont. 70  100 19 37 16 10 10 - 6 1 1
Master of Business and Economics 98  100 41 28 16 6 6 2 - - 1
Master of Technology/Graduate engineering degree  239  100 38 33 16 5 2 2 2 - 4
Master of Science 67  100 81 9 3 4 1 - - 1 -
Master of Philosophy 26  100 92 - 8 - - - - - -
Master of Management 86  100 2 2 - 1 - 2 1 2 88
Other Master degrees 46  100 48 11 11 - 2 4 - 2 22
Master degree, Humanities/Arts  521  100 14 13 20 13 8 5 3 3 20
Master degree, Teaching/ Pedagogy  293  100 16 9 5 6 7 4 5 2 46
Master degree, Social Sciences/Legal Studies  468  100 14 15 25 15 9 6 3 1 12
Master degree, Business and Administration  150  100 25 7 11 10 5 5 2 3 32
Master degree, Natural Sciences/Vocational and Technical subjects  460  100 30 27 17 6 4 5 3 2 6
Master degree, Health/Welfare/Sport  150  100 21 7 7 9 4 5 3 1 43
Master degree, Primary Industries 41  100 39 15 29 5 5 2 2 - 2
Master, Transport/Communications/Saftey/Security 5  100 40 - - 20 20 - - - 20
                       
6 year degrees 1 353  100 2 8 16 15 13 12 7 4 23
Of these:                      
Cand.philol.  223  100 7 1 3 10 17 15 7 5 36
Cand.polit.  269  100 1 0 6 11 14 13 10 8 38
Master of Law/Cand.jur.  358  100 3 17 32 20 8 8 3 1 9
Cand.med. (Medicine)  288  100 1 16 20 19 16 12 7 3 6
Cand.musicae. (Music) 8  100 - - - 13 25 13 13 13 25
Cand.theol. 15  100 7 - 20 7 20 13 7 - 27
Cand.san. (Health Services) 32  100 - 3 - - - - 3 6 88
Cand.psychol.  155  100 1 6 20 19 13 14 8 3 14
Cand.med.vet. (Vetinary Science) 36  100 3 39 14 14 11 8 3 - 8
Cand.merc. degree (Business Administration) 6  100 17 17 17 17 - 17 17 - -
Cand.ed./cand.paed. (Pedagogy) 30  100 - 3 13 23 13 7 7 - 33
Other postgraduate degree 23  100 9 - - - - - 9 9 74
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.
3  Masterdegrees prior to the Quality Reform in 2003.

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