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 2009
Age and gender 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  235 300  118 093 89 311 15 516 12 380 100.0 50.2 38.0 6.6 5.3
                     
Below 19 years  200 92 50 27 31 100.0 46.0 25.0 13.5 15.5
19 years 11 799 5 889 4 763  509  638 100.0 49.9 40.4 4.3 5.4
20 " 20 974 10 811 7 473 1 281 1 409 100.0 51.5 35.6 6.1 6.7
21 " 24 366 12 366 8 671 1 586 1 743 100.0 50.8 35.6 6.5 7.2
22 " 23 099 12 185 7 642 1 538 1 734 100.0 52.8 33.1 6.7 7.5
23 " 21 013 11 701 6 461 1 252 1 599 100.0 55.7 30.7 6.0 7.6
24 " 17 579 10 009 5 101 1 012 1 457 100.0 56.9 29.0 5.8 8.3
25 " 14 302 8 442 3 901  827 1 132 100.0 59.0 27.3 5.8 7.9
26 " 11 001 6 302 3 276  606  817 100.0 57.3 29.8 5.5 7.4
27 " 8 882 4 965 2 829  497  591 100.0 55.9 31.9 5.6 6.7
28 " 6 872 3 728 2 345  416  383 100.0 54.2 34.1 6.1 5.6
29 " 5 799 3 078 2 119  365  237 100.0 53.1 36.5 6.3 4.1
30-34 years 20 382 9 629 8 846 1 479  428 100.0 47.2 43.4 7.3 2.1
35-39 years 16 356 6 541 8 327 1 371  117 100.0 40.0 50.9 8.4 0.7
40-44 years 13 355 4 987 7 247 1 084 37 100.0 37.3 54.3 8.1 0.3
45-49 years 9 580 3 436 5 273  854 17 100.0 35.9 55.0 8.9 0.2
50 years and above 9 741 3 932 4 987  812 10 100.0 40.4 51.2 8.3 0.1
                     
Men 92 656 51 618 30 590 5 415 5 033 100.0 55.7 33.0 5.8 5.4
Below 19 years 85 39 27 11 8 100.0 45.9 31.8 12.9 9.4
19 years 4 221 2 349 1 481  195  196 100.0 55.7 35.1 4.6 4.6
20 " 7 739 4 388 2 440  436  475 100.0 56.7 31.5 5.6 6.1
21 " 9 642 5 406 3 031  561  644 100.0 56.1 31.4 5.8 6.7
22 " 9 396 5 321 2 843  556  676 100.0 56.6 30.3 5.9 7.2
23 " 9 289 5 520 2 616  521  632 100.0 59.4 28.2 5.6 6.8
24 " 8 003 4 803 2 161  450  589 100.0 60.0 27.0 5.6 7.4
25 " 6 476 3 958 1 685  335  498 100.0 61.1 26.0 5.2 7.7
26 " 5 081 3 018 1 409  255  399 100.0 59.4 27.7 5.0 7.9
27 " 3 995 2 355 1 134  209  297 100.0 58.9 28.4 5.2 7.4
28 " 2 949 1 755  850  143  201 100.0 59.5 28.8 4.8 6.8
29 " 2 490 1 472  770  137  111 100.0 59.1 30.9 5.5 4.5
30-34 years 8 050 4 371 2 960  496  223 100.0 54.3 36.8 6.2 2.8
35-39 years 5 554 2 622 2 445  427 60 100.0 47.2 44.0 7.7 1.1
40-44 years 4 006 1 746 1 941  306 13 100.0 43.6 48.5 7.6 0.3
45-49 years 2 649 1 113 1 333  194 9 100.0 42.0 50.3 7.3 0.3
50 years and above 3 031 1 382 1 464  183 2 100.0 45.6 48.3 6.0 0.1
                     
Women  142 644 66 475 58 721 10 101 7 347 100.0 46.6 41.2 7.1 5.2
Below 19 years  115 53 23 16 23 100.0 46.1 20.0 13.9 20.0
19 years 7 578 3 540 3 282  314  442 100.0 46.7 43.3 4.1 5.8
20 " 13 235 6 423 5 033  845  934 100.0 48.5 38.0 6.4 7.1
21 " 14 724 6 960 5 640 1 025 1 099 100.0 47.3 38.3 7.0 7.5
22 " 13 703 6 864 4 799  982 1 058 100.0 50.1 35.0 7.2 7.7
23 " 11 724 6 181 3 845  731  967 100.0 52.7 32.8 6.2 8.2
24 " 9 576 5 206 2 940  562  868 100.0 54.4 30.7 5.9 9.1
25 " 7 826 4 484 2 216  492  634 100.0 57.3 28.3 6.3 8.1
26 " 5 920 3 284 1 867  351  418 100.0 55.5 31.5 5.9 7.1
27 " 4 887 2 610 1 695  288  294 100.0 53.4 34.7 5.9 6.0
28 " 3 923 1 973 1 495  273  182 100.0 50.3 38.1 7.0 4.6
29 " 3 309 1 606 1 349  228  126 100.0 48.5 40.8 6.9 3.8
30-34 years 12 332 5 258 5 886  983  205 100.0 42.6 47.7 8.0 1.7
35-39 years 10 802 3 919 5 882  944 57 100.0 36.3 54.5 8.7 0.5
40-44 years 9 349 3 241 5 306  778 24 100.0 34.7 56.8 8.3 0.3
45-49 years 6 931 2 323 3 940  660 8 100.0 33.5 56.8 9.5 0.1
50 years and above 6 710 2 550 3 523  629 8 100.0 38.0 52.5 9.4 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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