Statistics Norway

Students in universities and colleges

8 New students1, by gender and age. 1999, 2008 and 2009
Age Total Men Women
1999 2008 2009 1999 2008 2009 1999 2008 2009
Total 39 328 43 364 48 305 16 307 17 628 20 361 23 021 25 736 27 944
Below 19 years  410  183  148  163 61 43  247  122  105
19 years 7 670 10 331 11 765 2 297 3 297 4 205 5 373 7 034 7 560
20 years 10 147 10 624 11 528 4 552 4 264 4 687 5 595 6 360 6 841
21 years 5 095 5 011 5 737 2 586 2 470 2 805 2 509 2 541 2 932
22 years 2 466 2 482 2 975 1 222 1 311 1 478 1 244 1 171 1 497
23 years 1 792 1 543 2 016  835  757 1 075  957  786  941
24 years 1 271 1 154 1 471  561  529  729  710  625  742
25 years 1 072  934 1 242  512  448  578  560  486  664
26 years  845  804  971  349  355  439  496  449  532
27 years  719  725  821  317  317  403  402  408  418
28 years  622  625  695  264  273  324  358  352  371
29 years  609  553  600  234  263  265  375  290  335
30-34 years 2 469 2 169 2 184  963  912  970 1 506 1 257 1 214
35 years and above 4 141 6 226 6 152 1 452 2 371 2 360 2 689 3 855 3 792
1  New students include students who are registered for the first time in tertiary education in the period 1 October-30 September, different from SSB's student statistics which include registered students per 1 October.

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