Statistics Norway

Throughput of students in tertiary education

1 Undergraduate courses1, by number of graduates in 2010/11 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 Number of graduates Total -3 years 4 years 5 years 6 years 7 years 8 years and over
    Per cent
Both sexes, total 26 310  100 38 20 11 8 5 18
                 
Teacher training programme, one-year 2 060  100 9 5 6 8 7 64
                 
2 year degrees  326  100 33 11 6 3 4 42
Of these:                
College degree, driving instructor 93  100 62 9 4 - 2 23
College degree, business and administration 67  100 10 1 12 9 9 58
Gestalt therapy 63  100 - 10 - 2 - 89
                 
Bachelor degrees, 3 years degrees 22 490  100 43 21 11 7 4 13
Pre-school teacher, foundation programme 1 745  100 46 25 9 5 3 11
Vocational teacher, foundation programme  420  100 52 14 8 5 4 18
Engineering, foundation programme 2 103  100 58 16 7 6 3 10
Nursing, foundation programme 3 294  100 50 21 8 5 3 13
Health care, foundation programme (not nursing) 1 670  100 46 21 10 7 4 12
Health, Welfare and Sport 2 045  100 45 21 11 6 3 14
Humanities and Arts 1 991  100 32 21 14 10 6 17
Social Sciences and Law Studies 2 540  100 37 24 13 9 5 11
Business and Administration subjects 4 463  100 37 22 13 8 5 15
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects 1 379  100 38 23 13 9 4 14
Primary Industries  111  100 41 18 14 7 5 15
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security and Other Services  729  100 39 14 10 12 7 17
                 
4 year degrees 1 621  100 3 33 21 13 7 23
Of these:                
General teacher training programme 1 434  100 1 32 22 13 7 24
                 
Men, total 9 345  100 39 17 11 9 5 19
                 
Teacher training programme, one-year  787  100 15 6 6 9 8 56
                 
2 year degrees  149  100 47 12 3 3 3 32
Of these:                
College degree, driving instructor 68  100 66 7 3 - 1 22
College degree, business and administration 13  100 23 - 8 15 8 46
Gestalt therapy 17  100 - - - 6 - 94
                 
Bachelor degrees, 3 years degrees 8 070  100 42 18 11 9 5 15
Pre-school teacher, foundation programme  156  100 37 22 12 10 6 13
Vocational teacher, foundation programme  153  100 52 10 5 7 6 20
Engineering, foundation programme 1 657  100 60 15 7 6 3 9
Nursing, foundation programme  300  100 36 19 11 7 4 24
Health care, foundation programme (not nursing)  335  100 38 18 11 10 6 16
Health, Welfare and Sport  458  100 47 20 11 7 4 12
Humanities and Arts  737  100 33 18 13 12 7 17
Social Sciences and Law Studies  860  100 37 22 14 8 5 13
Business and Administration subjects 1 955  100 37 20 12 10 6 16
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects  887  100 37 21 12 10 4 15
Primary Industries 61  100 44 18 5 10 7 16
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security and Other Services  511  100 41 12 9 12 8 18
                 
4 year degrees  414  100 5 29 19 15 7 25
Of these:                
General teacher training programme  339  100 0 27 21 16 7 28
                 
Women, total 16 965  100 38 22 11 7 4 18
                 
Teacher training programme, one-year 1 273  100 5 5 6 8 7 70
                 
2 year degrees  177  100 22 10 9 4 5 50
Of these:                
College degree, driving instructor 25  100 52 12 8 - 4 24
College degree, business and administration 54  100 7 2 13 7 9 61
Gestalt therapy 46  100 - 13 - - - 87
                 
Bachelor degrees, 3 years degrees 14 420  100 43 23 11 6 4 13
Pre-school teacher, foundation programme 1 589  100 47 25 8 5 3 11
Vocational teacher, foundation programme  267  100 52 15 10 3 3 16
Engineering, foundation programme  446  100 50 20 9 6 4 12
Nursing, foundation programme 2 994  100 52 22 8 5 3 12
Health care, foundation programme (not nursing) 1 335  100 48 22 9 6 3 11
Health, Welfare and Sport 1 587  100 45 21 11 6 3 14
Humanities and Arts 1 254  100 32 23 14 8 6 17
Social Sciences and Law Studies 1 680  100 37 26 13 9 5 10
Business and Administration subjects 2 508  100 38 24 13 8 4 14
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects  492  100 39 26 13 6 5 10
Primary Industries 50  100 36 18 24 4 4 14
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security and Other Services  218  100 33 19 14 12 6 16
                 
4 year degrees 1 207  100 2 34 22 12 7 22
Of these:                
General teacher training programme 1 095  100 1 34 22 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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