Table

New students, by gender and age.¹
	Total			Males			Females
	2003	2012	2013	2003	2012	2013	2003	2012	2013
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	43 214	50 971	52 372	18 290	21 527	23 162	24 924	29 444	29 210
Below 19 years	274	264	313	103	137	154	171	127	159
19 years	7 450	11 867	13 186	2 041	4 131	4 820	5 409	7 736	8 366
20 years	10 006	12 705	13 370	4 615	5 039	5 514	5 391	7 666	7 856
21 years	5 139	6 349	6 772	2 641	3 044	3 542	2 498	3 305	3 230
22 years	2 639	3 364	3 749	1 375	1 741	2 132	1 264	1 623	1 617
23 years	1 906	2 377	2 535	969	1 242	1 367	937	1 135	1 168
24 years	1 365	1 688	1 686	703	807	840	662	881	846
25 years	1 093	1 381	1 413	537	657	710	556	724	703
26 years	955	1 068	1 106	435	501	564	520	567	542
27 years	732	902	859	363	412	386	369	490	473
28 years	659	724	704	321	354	325	338	370	379
29 years	676	572	593	305	271	258	371	301	335
30-34 years	2 826	2 166	1 946	1 151	957	834	1 675	1 209	1 112
35 years and above	7 494	5 544	4 140	2 731	2 234	1 716	4 763	3 310	2 424