Table
| 2006-2007 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Percentage woman | Total | Percentage woman | Total | Percentage woman | |
| 1Including graduations from programmes 4 years or less but also 2 years or longer. | ||||||
| 2Including graduations from programmes longer than 4 years. Awarded doctoral degrees are not included. | ||||||
| 3Doctoral degrees | ||||||
| Level of degree and field of education | ||||||
| Total | 35 487 | 61.8 | 46 681 | 61.2 | 51 000 | 59.8 |
| Tertiary education, short and medium1 | 24 082 | 65.1 | 31 628 | 62.9 | 34 176 | 61.7 |
| Humanities and arts | 2 014 | 63.1 | 2 378 | 59.4 | 2 406 | 59.6 |
| Education | 5 626 | 73.4 | 6 784 | 72.9 | 6 997 | 71.2 |
| Social sciences and law | 1 761 | 61.8 | 2 855 | 63.7 | 3 154 | 64.8 |
| Business and administration | 3 968 | 51.7 | 4 938 | 57.0 | 6 424 | 55.6 |
| Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects | 2 712 | 26.2 | 4 710 | 28.6 | 5 153 | 28.4 |
| Health, welfare and sport | 7 352 | 84.5 | 8 302 | 83.3 | 8 461 | 82.8 |
| Primary industries | 147 | 42.2 | 148 | 37.8 | 174 | 35.1 |
| Transport and communications, safety and security and other services | 447 | 25.5 | 1 378 | 35.6 | 1 318 | 35.4 |
| Unspecified field of study | 55 | 65.5 | 135 | 62.2 | 89 | 58.4 |
| Tertiary education, long2 | 10 425 | 56.1 | 13 685 | 58.4 | 15 335 | 56.5 |
| Humanities and arts | 1 737 | 61.9 | 1 361 | 61.1 | 1 396 | 63.3 |
| Education | 700 | 83.6 | 1 350 | 76.8 | 1 411 | 75.9 |
| Social sciences and law | 2 642 | 60.9 | 2 608 | 64.7 | 2 720 | 65.3 |
| Business and administration | 1 163 | 47.7 | 2 844 | 50.2 | 3 095 | 52.3 |
| Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects | 2 445 | 35.9 | 2 807 | 38.3 | 4 037 | 35.2 |
| Health, welfare and sport | 1 495 | 70.6 | 2 357 | 75.9 | 2 291 | 75.3 |
| Primary industries | 145 | 44.1 | 133 | 48.1 | 138 | 55.8 |
| Transport and communications, safety and security and other services | 98 | 25.5 | 225 | 34.7 | 247 | 35.2 |
| Unspecified field of study | - | . | - | . | - | . |
| Doctoral studies3 | 980 | 42.2 | 1 368 | 50.1 | 1 489 | 49.6 |
| Humanities and arts | 112 | 53.6 | 124 | 58.1 | 134 | 52.2 |
| Education | 20 | 70.0 | 45 | 64.4 | 43 | 62.8 |
| Social sciences and law | 100 | 47.0 | 174 | 62.6 | 176 | 59.1 |
| Business and administration | 26 | 50.0 | 37 | 54.1 | 49 | 42.9 |
| Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects | 445 | 28.3 | 543 | 35.5 | 575 | 36.7 |
| Health, welfare and sport | 246 | 55.3 | 428 | 60.5 | 501 | 60.3 |
| Primary industries | 27 | 63.0 | - | . | - | . |
| Transport and communications, safety and security and other services | - | . | 16 | 25.0 | 11 | 36.4 |
| Unspecified field of study | 4 | 25.0 | 1 | 0.0 | - | . |