Table

Graduations in higher education in Norway. Sex, level and age
	2006-2007		2015-2016		2016-2017
	Graduates	Percentage women	Graduates	Percentage women	Graduates	Percentage women
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 and age
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
19-24 years	11 019	67.1	17 386	65.3	19 190	63.9
25-29 years	6 342	58.9	7 812	56.9	8 316	55.4
30-34 years	2 351	63.0	2 536	58.8	2 748	60.1
35-39 years	1 766	68.6	1 574	65.4	1 485	63.6
40-44 years	1 360	73.5	1 110	67.8	1 142	68.0
45-49 years	797	71.4	728	69.8	764	66.8
50-54 years	330	66.7	345	67.2	374	67.4
55-59 years	102	57.8	107	47.7	122	54.9
60 years or older	15	53.3	30	53.3	35	51.4
Tertiary education, long²	10 425	56.1	13 685	58.4	15 335	56.5
19-24 years	1 418	52.7	2 859	58.0	3 204	59.1
25-29 years	4 937	53.9	6 548	55.8	7 538	51.9
30-34 years	1 713	54.6	1 718	55.2	1 754	55.3
35-39 years	843	58.1	885	61.0	886	59.3
40-44 years	514	64.6	660	70.3	739	68.7
45-49 years	458	70.3	522	68.8	593	68.3
50-54 years	337	69.4	303	75.2	395	74.4
55-59 years	151	62.3	140	77.9	168	73.2
60 years or older	54	55.6	50	58.0	58	51.7
Second stage of tertiary education³	980	42.2	1 368	50.1	1 489	49.6
25-29 years	130	32.3	191	37.2	242	43.8
30-34 years	364	38.7	490	47.6	483	44.3
35-39 years	190	45.3	267	52.8	310	51.3
40-44 years	110	44.5	165	55.2	196	56.1
45-49 years	75	54.7	104	57.7	126	60.3
50-54 years	67	53.7	79	59.5	45	51.1
55-59 years	28	46.4	44	65.9	50	70.0
60 years or older	16	37.5	28	50.0	37	43.2