Statistics Norway

Throughput of students in tertiary education

2 Postgraduate 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
  Absolute figures Per cent              
Course of study, duration Number of graduates Total -5 years 6 years 7 years 8 years 9 years 10 years 11 years and over
Both genders, total 9 356  100 24 19 14 9 6 4 24
Of these:                  
5 year's degrees: 8 517  100 26 19 13 9 6 3 24
Of these:                  
Master of Law  795  100 15 29 23 11 6 3 14
Master of Pharmacy  157  100 22 36 15 7 9 2 9
Master of Odontology  107  100 21 21 14 14 11 5 13
Master of Science in Business and Economics  341  100 42 26 11 8 4 2 7
Master of Technology, Graduate engineering degree 1 118  100 50 25 12 6 3 1 3
Master of Science  219  100 55 23 8 6 3 1 3
Master of Philosophy 54  100 76 9 4 - - - 11
                   
Master degrees in the following fields of study:                  
Master of Humanities and Arts 1 173  100 20 16 14 12 8 5 25
Master degrees in Teaching and Pedagogy  665  100 19 9 7 5 5 4 51
Master degrees in Social Sciences and Law Studies 1 050  100 19 20 16 12 9 5 19
Master of Business and Administration  606  100 10 20 12 11 5 4 38
Master degrees in Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 1 143  100 32 22 14 9 6 4 12
Master degrees in Health, Welfare and Sport  531  100 16 7 7 5 5 5 56
Primary Industries 91  100 51 20 15 7 2 2 3
Transport, Communication, Safetey Security 43  100 12 9 2 5 5 - 67
Other Master degrees3  113  100 60 8 7 6 4 2 13
                   
6 year degrees  839  100 1 15 24 19 12 7 21
Of these:                  
Cand.med. (Medicine)  496  100 2 18 25 20 11 7 18
Cand.theol. 40  100 - 20 23 13 8 8 30
Cand.psychol.  243  100 0 5 27 19 14 7 26
Cand.med.vet. (Vetinary Science) 56  100 5 34 14 11 13 5 18
                   
Men, total 4 175  100 30 20 13 9 6 3 18
Of these:                  
5 year's degrees: 3 886  100 33 20 13 8 6 3 18
Of these:                  
Master of Law  338  100 17 28 23 10 6 3 12
Master of Pharmacy 28  100 29 32 18 4 7 - 11
Master of Odontology 34  100 15 24 18 6 18 3 18
Master of Science in Business and Economics  204  100 43 25 12 8 5 2 6
Master of Technology, Graduate engineering degree  844  100 52 23 11 5 3 1 4
Master of Science  144  100 57 22 8 6 3 1 4
Master of Philosophy 26  100  100 - - - - - -
                   
Master degrees in the following fields of study:                  
Master of Humanities and Arts  439  100 22 16 14 13 7 5 23
Master degrees in Teaching and Pedagogy  118  100 37 9 5 4 3 8 34
Master degrees in Social Sciences and Law Studies  422  100 23 19 15 13 9 4 18
Master of Business and Administration  296  100 11 23 12 9 7 6 32
Master degrees in Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  598  100 34 22 14 8 6 4 13
Master degrees in Health, Welfare and Sport  144  100 15 11 14 8 7 5 41
Primary Industries 32  100 59 19 9 3 - 3 6
Transport, Communication, Safetey Security 38  100 13 11 - 5 5 - 66
Other Master degrees3 60  100 63 7 10 3 7 3 7
                   
6 year degrees  289  100 2 13 22 20 11 7 24
Of these:                  
Cand.med. (Medicine)  195  100 2 16 23 21 11 7 21
Cand.theol. 24  100 - 13 29 13 8 8 29
Cand.psychol. 60  100 - 5 22 25 13 7 28
Cand.med.vet. (Vetinary Science) 6  100 33 33 - - - - 33
                   
Women, total 5 181  100 19 18 14 10 7 4 28
Of these:                  
5 year's degrees: 4 631  100 21 18 13 9 6 4 29
Of these:                  
Master of Law  457  100 13 29 23 12 6 2 15
Master of Pharmacy  129  100 21 36 15 8 9 2 9
Master of Odontology 73  100 25 21 12 18 8 5 11
Master of Science in Business and Economics  137  100 41 27 9 8 4 2 9
Master of Technology, Graduate engineering degree  274  100 43 31 12 7 3 1 3
Master of Science 75  100 52 25 8 8 4 1 1
Master of Philosophy 28  100 54 18 7 - - - 21
                   
Master degrees in the following fields of study:                  
Master of Humanities and Arts  734  100 19 16 14 11 9 5 27
Master degrees in Teaching and Pedagogy  547  100 16 9 8 5 6 3 54
Master degrees in Social Sciences and Law Studies  628  100 17 20 18 12 8 5 20
Master of Business and Administration  310  100 9 17 13 12 4 2 43
Master degrees in Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  545  100 31 22 14 10 6 5 12
Master degrees in Health, Welfare and Sport  387  100 17 5 5 4 4 4 61
Primary Industries 59  100 46 20 19 8 3 2 2
Transport, Communication, Safetey Security 5  100 - - 20 - - - 80
Other Master degrees3 53  100 57 9 4 9 - - 21
                   
6 year degrees  550  100 1 16 26 18 13 7 19
Of these:                  
Cand.med. (Medicine)  301  100 1 19 26 19 12 7 16
Cand.theol. 16  100 - 31 13 13 6 6 31
Cand.psychol.  183  100 1 5 28 17 15 8 26
Cand.med.vet. (Vetinary Science) 50  100 2 34 16 12 14 6 16
1  The table consists of a selection of completed graduate 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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