Statistics Norway

Throughput of students in tertiary education

1 Undergraduate courses1, by number of graduates in the 2007/2008 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 Per cent
Number of graduates Total -3 years 4 years 5 years 6 years 7 years 8 years and over
Both genders, total 24 319  100 35 21 12 8 5 20
Teacher training programme, one-year 1 732  100 9 5 7 8 8 63
                 
2 year degrees  543  100 39 11 8 7 4 31
Of these:                
College degree, business and administration  169  100 21 10 11 10 5 44
College degree, engineering 51  100 55 29 4 - 6 6
                 
Bachelor degrees, 3 years degrees 19 707  100 41 22 11 7 4 14
Of these:                
Pre-school teacher, foundation programme 1 369  100 51 22 10 5 3 10
Vocational teacher, foundation programme  450  100 39 20 14 7 4 17
Engineering, foundation programme 1 605  100 55 18 9 5 2 11
Nursing, foundation programme 3 282  100 46 21 9 5 3 15
Health care, foundation programme (not nursing) 1 805  100 42 23 10 7 5 13
Health, Welfare and Sport 1 751  100 46 21 9 6 4 14
Humanities and Arts 1 902  100 32 22 12 9 6 19
Social Sciences and Law Studies 1 966  100 31 26 14 10 4 13
Business and Administration subjects 3 551  100 37 24 13 9 4 14
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects 1 100  100 39 26 13 7 4 12
Primary Industries  122  100 28 20 17 11 3 20
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security and Other Services  567  100 27 14 17 15 7 20
                 
4 year degrees 2 337  100 1 28 19 15 8 28
Of these:                
Business and Economics Degree  448  100 2 - 6 16 13 64
General teacher, foundation programme 1 730  100 1 35 22 15 7 20
                 
Men, total 8 842  100 36 19 11 8 5 21
Of these:                
Teacher training programme, one-year  708  100 15 6 7 7 7 57
                 
2 year degrees  218  100 46 12 6 6 4 27
Of these:                
College degree, business and administration 41  100 22 12 2 10 2 51
College degree, engineering 44  100 55 30 5 - 5 7
                 
Bachelor degrees, 3 years degrees 7 111  100 41 21 11 8 4 15
Of these:                
Pre-school teacher, foundation programme  150  100 49 19 12 5 3 11
Vocational teacher, foundation programme  135  100 43 24 11 4 1 16
Engineering, foundation programme 1 358  100 58 17 8 5 2 10
Nursing, foundation programme  382  100 37 16 9 6 5 28
Health care, foundation programme (not nursing)  367  100 37 18 12 8 5 20
Health, Welfare and Sport  371  100 47 16 9 5 5 18
Humanities and Arts  635  100 31 23 11 10 5 20
Social Sciences and Law Studies  832  100 34 25 13 10 5 14
Business and Administration subjects 1 714  100 37 25 13 9 4 12
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects  640  100 41 25 12 6 4 12
Primary Industries 63  100 38 19 11 6 2 24
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security and Other Services  417  100 32 13 18 11 6 20
                 
4 year degrees  805  100 2 19 15 16 10 39
Of these:                
Business and Economics Degree  292  100 2 - 5 15 12 66
General teacher, foundation programme  464  100 1 29 21 16 9 25
                 
Women, total 15 477  100 35 22 12 8 5 19
Of these:                
Teacher training programme, one-year 1 024  100 5 5 7 8 8 67
                 
2 year degrees  325  100 34 10 9 7 4 34
Of these:                
College degree, business and administration  128  100 20 9 13 10 5 41
College degree, engineering 7  100 57 29 - - 14 -
                 
Bachelor degrees, 3 years degrees 12 596  100 41 23 11 7 4 14
Of these:                
Pre-school teacher, foundation programme 1 219  100 51 22 9 5 3 10
Vocational teacher, foundation programme  315  100 37 18 15 8 4 17
Engineering, foundation programme  247  100 39 21 13 8 4 15
Nursing, foundation programme 2 900  100 48 21 9 5 3 14
Health care, foundation programme (not nursing) 1 438  100 43 24 10 7 5 12
Health, Welfare and Sport 1 380  100 45 22 10 6 3 13
Humanities and Arts 1 267  100 33 21 13 8 7 19
Social Sciences and Law Studies 1 134  100 30 28 14 10 4 13
Business and Administration subjects 1 837  100 37 23 13 9 4 15
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects  460  100 35 26 15 8 4 12
Primary Industries 59  100 17 22 24 15 5 17
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security and Other Services  150  100 13 15 15 25 11 20
                 
4 year degrees 1 532  100 1 33 21 15 7 23
Of these:                
Business and Economics Degree  156  100 1 - 8 17 15 60
General teacher, foundation programme 1 266  100 1 37 22 15 6 19
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": -3years = 40 months, 4 years = 41-52 months, 5 years = 53-64 months, 6 years = 65-76 months, 7 years = 77-88 months, 8 years and over = 89 months and over.

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