Statistics Norway

Students in universities and colleges

9 Students1 in tertiary education in per cent of registered cohort, by age group, gender and parents' educational attainment level. 1991, 2008 and 2009
Age, gender and parentsīlevel of education 1991 2001 2009
All residents Proportion registered in higher education All residents Proportion registered in higher education All residents Proportion registered in higher education
19-24 years            
Total  401 410 20.3  326 154 27.7  368 749 30.7
Mother or father has long tertiary education 25 691 55.0 29 929 55.1 36 005 58.4
Mother or father has short tertiary education 64 151 37.7 76 984 40.7  100 718 43.5
Mother or father has upper secondary education  222 947 16.8  164 472 22.3  162 111 24.3
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education 76 524 6.3 39 943 11.0 42 384 13.6
Unknown 12 097 8.4 14 826 8.9 27 531 12.2
Men  205 313 18.7  165 973 22.1  188 224 24.5
Mother or father has long tertiary education 13 084 53.6 15 445 49.8 18 478 53.4
Mother or father has short tertiary education 32 857 35.1 39 495 34.0 51 744 36.3
Mother or father has upper secondary education  113 860 15.0 84 351 16.2 83 284 16.9
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education 39 330 5.3 20 387 7.2 21 735 9.5
Unknown 6 182 9.0 6 295 7.4 12 983 10.9
Women  196 097 22.1  160 181 33.4  180 525 37.2
Mother or father has long tertiary education 12 607 56.4 14 484 60.7 17 527 63.7
Mother or father has short tertiary education 31 294 40.3 37 489 47.8 48 974 51.2
Mother or father has upper secondary education  109 087 18.7 80 121 28.8 78 827 32.0
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education 37 194 7.3 19 556 14.9 20 649 18.0
Unknown 5 915 7.7 8 531 9.9 14 548 13.5
25-29 years            
total  330 047 9.8  313 748 15.4  302 722 14.8
Mother or father has long tertiary education 16 080 31.4 22 946 34.9 24 830 31.5
Mother or father has short tertiary education 38 655 19.7 58 314 24.5 66 461 22.8
Mother or father has upper secondary education  169 028 8.6  165 923 12.8  129 331 11.8
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education 84 962 3.7 42 586 6.9 33 513 7.6
Unknown 21 322 8.7 23 979 8.3 48 587 8.3
Men  169 750 10.0  158 744 14.0  153 599 13.1
Mother or father has long tertiary education 8 217 33.0 11 762 34.1 12 894 31.0
Mother or father has short tertiary education 19 703 20.3 29 816 22.9 33 947 20.8
Mother or father has upper secondary education 86 362 8.8 84 508 11.0 66 477 9.5
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education 43 413 3.5 21 669 5.3 17 200 6.1
Unknown 12 055 10.0 10 989 8.2 23 081 7.1
women  160 297 9.5  155 004 16.9  149 123 16.6
Mother or father has long tertiary education 7 863 29.7 11 184 35.8 11 936 32.0
Mother or father has short tertiary education 18 952 19.1 28 498 26.2 32 514 24.9
Mother or father has upper secondary education 82 666 8.5 81 415 14.6 62 854 14.2
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education 41 549 3.9 20 917 8.5 16 313 9.2
Unknown 9 267 7.1 12 990 8.3 25 506 9.3
1  Students include only students registered as residents in Norway.

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