Statistical Yearbook of Norway 2013, Table 174: Graduations in tertiary education, by level of degree, sex and field of education. 2011/12

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174 Graduations in tertiary education, by level of degree, sex and field of education. 2011/12
Field of education	Total	Men	Women


Tertiary education, short and medium¹	27 281	9 979	17 302
General subjects	-	-	-
Humanities and arts	2 216	858	1 358
Teacher training and pedagogy	6 127	1 670	4 457
Social sciences and law	2 324	842	1 482
Business and administration	4 198	1 933	2 265
Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects	3 651	2 688	963
Health, welfare and sport	7 525	1 208	6 317
Primary industries	105	38	67
Transport and communications, safety and security and other services	999	683	316
Unspecified field of education	136	59	77

Tertiary education, long²	11 797	5 091	6 706
General subjects	-	-	-
Humanities and arts	1 342	531	811
Teacher training and pedagogy	870	191	679
Social sciences and law	2 355	851	1 504
Business and administration	1 913	972	941
Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects	2 974	1 833	1 141
Health, welfare and sport	2 070	567	1 503
Primary industries	147	69	78
Transport and communications, safety and security and other services	126	77	49
Unspecified field of education	-	-	-

Second stage of tertiary education³	1 408	731	677
General subjects	-	-	-
Humanities and arts	126	75	51
Teacher training and pedagogy	14	4	10
Social sciences and law	128	50	78
Business and administration	26	15	11
Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects	586	382	204
Health, welfare and sport	486	187	299
Primary industries	-	-	-
Transport and communications, safety and security and other services	2	2	-
Unspecified field of education	40	16	24

¹	Graduations from 2 years including 4 years.
²	Graduations from second degree programmes (=cumulative duration longer than 4 years).
³	Doctoral degrees.
Source: Education statistics, Statistics Norway.
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