Statistics Norway

Students in universities and colleges

2 Students in tertiary education in Norway and Norwegian students abroad, by gender, age and type of college. Absolute figures and per cent. 1 October 2007
Age Total Universities and spesialised university institutions State university colleges1 Other university colleges2 Norwegian students abroad Total Universities and spesialised university institutions State university colleges1 Other university colleges2 Norwegian students abroad
  Absolut figures Per cent
Total  219 464 91 146 85 415 31 702 11 201  100.0 41.5 38.9 14.4 5.1
Below 19 years  257  122 75 35 25  100.0 47.5 29.2 13.6 9.7
19 years 10 015 4 371 3 901 1 205  538  100.0 43.6 39.0 12.0 5.4
20 " 17 911 8 196 6 284 2 401 1 030  100.0 45.8 35.1 13.4 5.8
21 " 21 312 9 302 7 607 3 030 1 373  100.0 43.6 35.7 14.2 6.4
22 " 21 158 9 309 7 468 2 842 1 539  100.0 44.0 35.3 13.4 7.3
23 " 19 380 9 410 6 150 2 401 1 419  100.0 48.6 31.7 12.4 7.3
24 " 16 602 8 322 4 959 1 971 1 350  100.0 50.1 29.9 11.9 8.1
25 " 13 839 7 064 3 987 1 640 1 148  100.0 51.0 28.8 11.9 8.3
26 " 10 674 5 415 3 136 1 290  833  100.0 50.7 29.4 12.1 7.8
27 " 8 681 4 181 2 770 1 098  632  100.0 48.2 31.9 12.6 7.3
28 " 6 797 3 132 2 387  889  389  100.0 46.1 35.1 13.1 5.7
29 " 5 638 2 466 2 105  841  226  100.0 43.7 37.3 14.9 4.0
30-34 years 20 229 7 409 8 993 3 348  479  100.0 36.6 44.5 16.6 2.4
35-39 years 16 120 4 540 8 503 2 958  119  100.0 28.2 52.7 18.3 0.7
40-44 years 12 871 3 058 7 162 2 590 61  100.0 23.8 55.6 20.1 0.5
45-49 years 9 282 2 282 5 176 1 793 31  100.0 24.6 55.8 19.3 0.3
50 years and above 8 698 2 567 4 752 1 370 9  100.0 29.5 54.6 15.8 0.1
                     
Men 86 165 39 296 29 085 13 093 4 691  100.0 45.6 33.8 15.2 5.4
Below 19 years  115 55 38 10 12  100.0 47.8 33.0 8.7 10.4
19 years 3 299 1 514 1 121  483  181  100.0 45.9 34.0 14.6 5.5
20 " 6 330 3 119 1 938  939  334  100.0 49.3 30.6 14.8 5.3
21 " 8 320 3 952 2 546 1 306  516  100.0 47.5 30.6 15.7 6.2
22 " 8 898 4 144 2 844 1 290  620  100.0 46.6 32.0 14.5 7.0
23 " 8 533 4 276 2 524 1 137  596  100.0 50.1 29.6 13.3 7.0
24 " 7 706 4 029 2 092 1 027  558  100.0 52.3 27.1 13.3 7.2
25 " 6 297 3 329 1 664  779  525  100.0 52.9 26.4 12.4 8.3
26 " 4 733 2 530 1 243  576  384  100.0 53.5 26.3 12.2 8.1
27 " 3 866 1 971 1 081  516  298  100.0 51.0 28.0 13.3 7.7
28 " 2 886 1 446  885  370  185  100.0 50.1 30.7 12.8 6.4
29 " 2 431 1 168  772  375  116  100.0 48.0 31.8 15.4 4.8
30-34 years 7 967 3 279 3 048 1 387  253  100.0 41.2 38.3 17.4 3.2
35-39 years 5 526 1 828 2 492 1 134 72  100.0 33.1 45.1 20.5 1.3
40-44 years 3 806 1 038 1 922  818 28  100.0 27.3 50.5 21.5 0.7
45-49 years 2 641  733 1 364  534 10  100.0 27.8 51.6 20.2 0.4
50 years and above 2 811  885 1 511  412 3  100.0 31.5 53.8 14.7 0.1
                     
Women  133 299 51 850 56 330 18 609 6 510  100.0 38.9 42.3 14.0 4.9
Below 19 years  142 67 37 25 13  100.0 47.2 26.1 17.6 9.2
19 years 6 716 2 857 2 780  722  357  100.0 42.5 41.4 10.8 5.3
20 " 11 581 5 077 4 346 1 462  696  100.0 43.8 37.5 12.6 6.0
21 " 12 992 5 350 5 061 1 724  857  100.0 41.2 39.0 13.3 6.6
22 " 12 260 5 165 4 624 1 552  919  100.0 42.1 37.7 12.7 7.5
23 " 10 847 5 134 3 626 1 264  823  100.0 47.3 33.4 11.7 7.6
24 " 8 896 4 293 2 867  944  792  100.0 48.3 32.2 10.6 8.9
25 " 7 542 3 735 2 323  861  623  100.0 49.5 30.8 11.4 8.3
26 " 5 941 2 885 1 893  714  449  100.0 48.6 31.9 12.0 7.6
27 " 4 815 2 210 1 689  582  334  100.0 45.9 35.1 12.1 6.9
28 " 3 911 1 686 1 502  519  204  100.0 43.1 38.4 13.3 5.2
29 " 3 207 1 298 1 333  466  110  100.0 40.5 41.6 14.5 3.4
30-34 years 12 262 4 130 5 945 1 961  226  100.0 33.7 48.5 16.0 1.8
35-39 years 10 594 2 712 6 011 1 824 47  100.0 25.6 56.7 17.2 0.4
40-44 years 9 065 2 020 5 240 1 772 33  100.0 22.3 57.8 19.5 0.4
45-49 years 6 641 1 549 3 812 1 259 21  100.0 23.3 57.4 19.0 0.3
50 years and above 5 887 1 682 3 241  958 6  100.0 28.6 55.1 16.3 0.1
1  The state university colleges is a term for type of university college which is a result from a reform in 1994 .
2  Other university colleges includes Military colleges, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, Kunsthøgskolen i Bergen, Politihøgskolen and private university colleges.

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