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Students in tertiary education in Norway and Norwegian students abroad, by gender and field of education. 1 October
	Absolute figures			Per cent			Per cent
	Total			Males			Females
	2002	2011	2012	2002	2011	2012	2002	2011	2012
¹Includes preparatory courses for university or university college education.
²A more detailed coding of education abroad makes the numbers less comparable in and between fields of education over time.
Fields of Education
Total	223 068	250 456	261 164	40.2	40.0	40.0	59.8	60.0	60.0
General programmes¹	141	1 851	1 894	78.0	80.3	77.9	22.0	19.7	22.1
Humanities and arts	33 890	29 554	29 426	36.4	37.1	37.7	63.6	62.9	62.3
Education	32 283	33 979	35 923	22.3	24.3	24.3	77.7	75.7	75.7
Social sciences and law²	26 811	34 134	35 331	38.7	37.2	36.7	61.3	62.8	63.3
Business and administration²	44 004	47 251	50 237	47.3	46.3	45.2	52.7	53.7	54.8
Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects	38 536	40 901	42 936	70.0	68.1	68.2	30.0	31.9	31.8
Health, welfare and sport	42 283	54 985	56 136	20.8	22.6	22.5	79.2	77.4	77.5
Primary industries	1 724	1 277	1 251	52.8	53.6	50.3	47.2	46.4	49.7
Transport and communications, safty and security and other services	2 809	4 944	6 478	67.9	66.5	67.4	32.1	33.5	32.6
Unspecified field of study	587	1 580	1 552	43.1	40.1	37.8	56.9	59.9	62.2

Students in Norway	208 693	235 840	245 572	39.9	40.0	40.1	59.8	60.0	59.9
General programmes¹	141	1 851	1 894	78.0	80.3	77.9	22.0	19.7	22.1
Humanities and arts	31 448	27 456	27 309	36.5	37.1	38.2	63.6	62.9	61.8
Education	32 107	33 787	35 725	22.3	24.3	24.2	77.7	75.7	75.8
Social sciences and law²	26 811	31 296	32 203	38.7	37.2	37.6	61.3	62.8	62.4
Business and administration²	38 348	44 230	46 948	47.2	46.3	45.1	52.7	53.7	54.9
Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects	36 693	39 403	41 367	70.1	68.1	68.8	30.0	31.9	31.2
Health, welfare and sport	38 642	50 240	51 156	19.4	22.6	20.9	79.2	77.4	79.1
Primary industries	1 651	1 232	1 206	54.0	53.6	51.4	47.2	46.4	48.6
Transport and communications, safty and security and other services	2 326	4 765	6 215	75.7	66.5	68.7	32.1	33.5	31.3
Unspecified field of study	526	1 580	1 549	42.0	40.1	37.6	56.9	59.9	62.4

Norwegian students abroad	14 375	14 616	15 592	44.4	39.6	38.5	55.6	60.4	61.5
General programmes¹	0	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Humanities and arts	2 442	2 098	2 117	35.1	30.3	30.8	64.9	69.7	69.2
Education	176	192	198	24.4	37.0	40.9	75.6	63.0	59.1
Social sciences and law²	0	2 838	3 128	.	30.0	28.1	.	70.0	71.9
Business and administration²	5 656	3 021	3 289	48.2	49.4	47.4	51.8	50.6	52.6
Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects	1 843	1 498	1 569	67.8	53.2	51.7	32.2	46.8	48.3
Health, welfare and sport	3 641	4 745	4 980	35.8	39.1	38.5	64.2	60.9	61.5
Primary industries	73	45	45	24.7	15.6	20.0	75.3	84.4	80.0
Transport and communications, safty and security and other services	483	179	263	30.6	43.6	38.8	69.4	56.4	61.2
Unspecified field of study	61	0	3	52.5	.	100.0	47.5	.	0.0