Statistics Norway

Upper secondary education

1 Pupils, apprentices, trainees in upper secondary education, students and participants in upper secondary education, by age, type of school/institution and gender. 1 October 2011
Type of school/institution and gender Total Age
-15 16-18 19-24 25-29 30-34 -35
Total  262 834  281  179 012 59 831 8 030 5 007 10 673
Upper secondary education              
Upper secondary schools, pupils1  195 653  242  168 552 20 250 2 496 1 536 2 577
Apprenticeship training, apprentices 35 358 - 8 707 23 132 1 764  794  961
Apprenticeship training, trainees 1 505 -  416  988 57 15 29
               
Tertiary vocational education2 11 744 - 17 5 569 2 121 1 170 2 867
Public 6 095 - 2 2 261 1 246  713 1 873
Private 5 649 - 15 3 308  875  457  994
               
Folk high schools, pupils 7 206 -  625 6 466 66 7 42
               
Employment training, participants 7 433 - 19 1 074 1 149 1 290 3 901
               
Other upper secondary educational programmes, pupils 3 935 39  676 2 352  377  195  296
               
               
Men              
Upper secondary education  138 787  103 91 867 35 388 4 341 2 401 4 687
Upper secondary schools, pupils1 97 020 85 84 402 10 182  999  562  790
Apprenticeship training, apprentices 25 096 - 6 504 16 576 1 076  462  478
Apprenticeship training, trainees 1 026 -  304  660 34 9 19
               
Tertiary vocational education2 7 395 - 10 3 429 1 547  802 1 607
Public 5 162 - 2 2 085 1 127  604 1 344
Private 2 233 - 8 1 344  420  198  263
               
Folk high schools, pupils 3 142 -  295 2 788 34 3 22
               
Employment training, participants 3 176 - 10  553  463  486 1 664
               
Other upper secondary educational programmes, pupils 1 932 18  342 1 200  188 77  107
               
Women              
Upper secondary education  124 047  179 87 145 24 443 3 689 2 606 5 986
Upper secondary schools, pupils1 98 633  157 84 150 10 068 1 497  974 1 787
Apprenticeship training, apprentices 10 262 - 2 203 6 556  688  332  483
Apprenticeship training, trainees  479 -  112  328 23 6 10
               
Tertiary vocational education2 4 349 - 7 2 140  574  368 1 260
Public  933 - -  176  119  109  529
Private 3 416 - 7 1 963  455  259  731
        1 964      
Folk high schools, pupils 4 064 -  330 3 678 32 4 20
               
Employment training, participants 4 257 - 9  521  686  804 2 237
               
Other upper secondary educational programmes, pupils 2 003 21  334 1 152  189  118  189
1  Pupils in education leading to basic competence, and pupils in vocational training in schools are included.
2  Internet-based teaching are not include in tertiary vocational education and employment training in 2011.

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