Table

New students, by gender and age.¹
	Total			Males			Females
	2002	2011	2012	2002	2011	2012	2002	2011	2012
¹New students include students who are registered for the first time in tertiary education in the period 1 October-30 September, different from SSB student statistics which include registered students per 1 October.
Age
Total	44 102	49 983	50 971	18 244	21 365	21 527	25 858	28 618	29 444
Below 19 years	291	167	264	108	80	137	183	87	127
19 years	7 696	11 803	11 867	2 169	4 290	4 131	5 527	7 513	7 736
20 years	10 463	12 537	12 705	4 525	5 023	5 039	5 938	7 514	7 666
21 years	5 401	6 165	6 349	2 680	2 917	3 044	2 721	3 248	3 305
22 years	2 724	3 165	3 364	1 469	1 599	1 741	1 255	1 566	1 623
23 years	1 804	2 313	2 377	924	1 224	1 242	880	1 089	1 135
24 years	1 250	1 563	1 688	646	797	807	604	766	881
25 years	1 011	1 275	1 381	486	626	657	525	649	724
26 years	859	1 088	1 068	377	526	501	482	562	567
27 years	773	920	902	354	444	412	419	476	490
28 years	687	757	724	308	332	354	379	425	370
29 years	610	666	572	271	295	271	339	371	301
30-34 years	2 890	2 353	2 166	1 197	1 029	957	1 693	1 324	1 209
35 years and above	7 643	5 211	5 544	2 730	2 183	2 234	4 913	3 028	3 310