Statistics Norway

Credit point production at universities and colleges

9 Average credit point production per ordinary1 full-time student with completed credits in tertiary education, by type of institution, gender and age. Absolute figures. 2008/2009 academic year
Gender and age at 31. December 2008 Total number of students Total Universities Spesialised university institutions The state university colleges2 Military colleges Other university colleges3
Total  120 186 51.6 51.9 48.8 51.5 59.8 54.8
Under 20 years 8 282 50.5 51.3 47.7 49.8 49.8 54.1
20-24 years 68 613 53.4 53.4 50.5 54.1 53.8 55.0
25-29 years 23 629 51.2 51.4 46.4 51.0 82.4 56.3
30-34 years 7 435 48.3 47.8 43.6 48.4 71.1 54.7
35-39 years 4 890 47.3 47.5 41.3 47.2 43.3 53.2
40-44 years 3 597 46.3 47.8 35.9 46.0 51.3 50.1
45-49 years 2 149 43.8 43.3 40.3 43.9 46.7 48.0
50 years and over 1 591 39.1 40.8 31.9 37.8 - 45.1
               
Men 48 570 50.7 51.2 48.9 50.2 60.9 53.9
Under 20 years 2 588 48.7 49.6 47.1 47.9 49.5 49.1
20-24 years 28 136 52.1 52.5 50.1 52.5 54.0 52.3
25-29 years 10 850 50.9 50.8 47.3 50.3 85.5 57.9
30-34 years 3 101 48.1 47.4 45.9 47.2 71.1 57.5
35-39 years 1 680 46.3 47.1 41.6 45.7 44.1 53.2
40-44 years 1 068 45.1 46.8 42.8 43.8 52.4 48.8
45-49 years  616 42.1 41.1 41.3 42.5 46.7 46.2
50 years and over  531 37.5 41.3 32.5 34.8 - 42.9
               
Women 71 616 52.2 52.4 48.7 52.2 48.1 55.3
Under 20 years 5 694 51.3 52.2 48.1 50.5 55.0 55.7
20-24 years 40 477 54.2 54.0 51.0 55.1 51.0 56.3
25-29 years 12 779 51.4 52.0 45.4 51.5 51.3 55.2
30-34 years 4 334 48.6 48.1 40.9 49.2 - 53.0
35-39 years 3 210 47.8 47.7 41.1 47.9 38.0 53.1
40-44 years 2 529 46.9 48.3 33.2 46.8 45.7 50.4
45-49 years 1 533 44.4 44.1 39.5 44.4 - 48.2
50 years and over 1 060 39.8 40.5 31.5 39.3 - 45.8
1  Ordinary students are students who are not on continuing education. Students on distance education and part-time students are not in these figures either.
2  The state university colleges is a term for type of university college which is a result from a reform in 1994.
3  Other university colleges includes: Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Norwegian Police University College and private university colleges.

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