Statistics Norway

Students in universities and colleges

7 Students in tertiary education in per cent of registered cohort, by immigration category, gender and age. 1 October 2009
Age group Total Immigrants Norwegian-born to immigrant parents The rest of the population
Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women
  Number of students1
Total 74 060  103 935 6 177 8 448 1 804 2 158 66 079 93 329
19 years 4 172 7 443  184  323  199  299 3 789 6 821
20 years 7 522 12 770  362  485  290  402 6 870 11 883
21 years 9 260 13 988  456  620  311  388 8 493 12 980
22 years 8 932 12 966  547  723  223  301 8 162 11 942
23 years 8 771 10 996  608  752  188  202 7 975 10 042
24 years 7 546 8 976  583  760  155  156 6 808 8 060
25 years 6 142 7 384  556  773  127  120 5 459 6 491
26 years 4 858 5 631  479  673 85 67 4 294 4 891
27 years 3 829 4 693  454  612 53 63 3 322 4 018
28 years 2 823 3 791  403  502 52 34 2 368 3 255
29years 2 399 3 204  336  507 36 37 2 027 2 660
30-34 years 7 806 12 093 1 209 1 718 85 89 6 512 10 286
  Proportion registered in higher education
Total 14.8 21.5 8.1 10.7 23.7 30.3 15.8 23.4
19 years 12.5 23.4 8.3 14.7 20.2 32.0 12.6 23.8
20 years 23.1 41.2 15.2 19.5 32.6 47.1 23.5 42.9
21 years 29.1 45.8 17.0 21.0 38.8 52.2 30.0 48.4
22 years 29.5 43.9 17.6 21.0 38.1 47.7 30.8 46.9
23 years 28.9 38.1 16.5 19.3 35.5 39.4 30.5 41.1
24 years 25.2 31.1 13.8 16.8 30.4 36.5 27.0 33.8
25 years 20.5 25.4 11.8 15.2 26.8 28.6 22.1 27.6
26 years 16.0 19.3 9.1 11.8 19.0 17.4 17.4 21.1
27 years 12.3 15.6 8.4 10.3 13.9 15.8 13.1 16.9
28 years 9.2 12.5 7.2 8.4 13.1 9.8 9.6 13.6
29years 7.6 10.5 5.4 7.8 10.7 11.1 8.1 11.3
30-34 years 4.9 7.8 4.0 5.7 6.7 7.8 5.1 8.4
1  Students include only students registered as residents in Norway per 1 October 2009.

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