Statistics Norway

Throughput of students in tertiary education

1 Undergraduate courses1 by number of graduates in 2009/10 and number of years2 since the student was first registered in tertiary education, by gender and duration of study. Absolute figures and per cent
Gender, duration and course of study Absolute figures Per cent
Number of graduates Total -3 years 4 years 5 years 6 years 7 years 8 years and over
Both sexes, total 25 089  100 37 21 12 8 5 18
                 
Teacher training programme, one-year 1 851  100 10 4 7 8 7 63
                 
2 year degrees  334  100 26 11 7 6 5 44
Of these:                
College degree, driving instructor 94  100 53 13 7 3 5 18
College degree, business and administration 69  100 12 6 10 12 9 52
Gestalt therapy 70  100 6 6 1 1 4 81
                 
Bachelor degrees, 3 years degrees 21 397  100 42 21 12 7 4 13
Of these:                
Pre-school teacher, foundation programme 1 677  100 48 23 10 5 3 11
Specific subject and vocational teacher, foundation programme  385  100 57 14 8 6 2 13
Engineering, foundation programme 1 988  100 54 17 9 5 3 11
Nursing, foundation programme 3 200  100 48 21 9 5 3 13
Health care, foundation programme (not nursing) 1 667  100 39 25 10 7 5 14
Health, Welfare and Sport 1 842  100 46 20 11 6 3 13
Humanities and Arts 2 037  100 32 21 13 10 6 18
Social Sciences and Law Studies 2 429  100 34 26 16 8 4 12
Business and Administration subjects 4 058  100 38 22 14 8 5 14
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects 1 343  100 37 24 13 9 5 12
Primary Industries  116  100 32 20 17 9 5 16
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security and Other Services  655  100 33 11 16 12 11 17
                 
4 year degrees 1 507  100 1 33 23 13 8 23
Of these:                
General teacher training programme 1 507  100 1 33 23 13 8 23
                 
Men, total 8 961  100 36 18 12 9 6 19
Of these:                
                 
Teacher training programme, one-year  761  100 17 5 7 9 6 56
                 
2 year degrees  137  100 37 9 7 5 4 37
Of these:                
College degree, driving instructor 72  100 56 10 7 4 4 19
College degree, business and administration 19  100 16 - 5 16 5 58
Gestalt therapy 12  100 17 8 - - - 75
                 
Bachelor degrees, 3 years degrees 7 691  100 39 20 13 9 5 14
Of these:                
Pre-school teacher, foundation programme  166  100 44 17 13 9 5 11
Vocational teacher, foundation programme  146  100 58 13 6 5 1 16
Engineering, foundation programme 1 549  100 56 17 9 5 3 10
Nursing, foundation programme  308  100 32 17 10 9 7 24
Health care, foundation programme (not nursing)  338  100 31 19 12 9 7 22
Health, Welfare and Sport  425  100 42 20 13 7 3 15
Humanities and Arts  743  100 29 20 14 11 7 19
Social Sciences and Law Studies  900  100 32 23 16 10 6 13
Business and Administration subjects 1 801  100 36 23 14 9 5 13
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects  803  100 36 21 13 10 7 14
Primary Industries 59  100 41 19 14 3 5 19
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security and Other Services  453  100 36 11 13 12 10 17
                 
                 
4 year degrees  372  100 0 26 22 16 10 25
Of these:                
General teacher training programme  372  100 0 26 22 16 10 25
                 
Women, total 16 128  100 37 22 12 7 4 18
                 
Teacher training programme, one-year 1 090  100 5 4 8 7 8 67
                 
2 year degrees  197  100 18 13 7 7 7 48
Of these:                
College degree, driving instructor 22  100 45 23 9 - 9 14
College degree, business and administration 50  100 10 8 12 10 10 50
Gestalt therapy 58  100 3 5 2 2 5 83
                 
Bachelor degrees, 3 years degrees 13 706  100 43 23 11 6 4 13
Of these:                
Pre-school teacher, foundation programme 1 511  100 49 24 10 4 2 11
Vocational teacher, foundation programme  239  100 56 15 9 6 3 11
Engineering, foundation programme  439  100 50 20 10 5 3 12
Nursing, foundation programme 2 892  100 49 21 9 5 3 12
Health care, foundation programme (not nursing) 1 329  100 41 26 10 7 4 12
Health, Welfare and Sport 1 417  100 47 21 10 6 3 12
Humanities and Arts 1 294  100 34 21 12 9 6 18
Social Sciences and Law Studies 1 529  100 35 28 15 7 4 11
Business and Administration subjects 2 257  100 39 20 13 7 5 15
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects  540  100 39 28 12 9 3 9
Primary Industries 57  100 23 21 21 16 5 14
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security and Other Services  202  100 25 11 21 12 14 16
                 
4 year degrees 1 135  100 1 36 23 12 7 22
Of these:                
General teacher training programme 1 135  100 1 36 23 12 7 22
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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