Table
| Numbers | Per cent | Per cent | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Males | Females | |||||||
| 2009 | 2018 | 2019 | 2009 | 2018 | 2019 | 2009 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| 1Includes preparatory courses for university or university college education. Includes not preparatory course for engineering education as of 2014. | |||||||||
| 2Students who take a whole degree abroad. | |||||||||
| Fields of Education | |||||||||
| Students in Norway | 222 920 | 278 334 | 281 702 | 39.3 | 40.5 | 40.3 | 60.6 | 59.5 | 59.7 |
| General programmes1 | 1 750 | 387 | 371 | 80.9 | 77.3 | 68.5 | 19.1 | 22.7 | 31.5 |
| Humanities and arts | 26 604 | 28 120 | 28 491 | 36.9 | 39.8 | 40.2 | 63.5 | 60.2 | 59.8 |
| Education | 31 948 | 47 769 | 48 266 | 23.8 | 28.0 | 27.6 | 76.2 | 72.0 | 72.4 |
| Social sciences and law | 30 721 | 35 455 | 36 467 | 38.3 | 36.0 | 36.4 | 62.0 | 64.0 | 63.6 |
| Business and administration | 40 570 | 51 606 | 52 383 | 45.6 | 47.1 | 47.0 | 54.1 | 52.9 | 53.0 |
| Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects | 35 711 | 49 898 | 49 764 | 67.6 | 65.9 | 65.9 | 32.9 | 34.1 | 34.1 |
| Health, welfare and sport | 48 325 | 54 828 | 55 543 | 20.8 | 22.6 | 21.6 | 77.7 | 77.4 | 78.4 |
| Primary industries | 1 097 | 1 552 | 1 562 | 51.0 | 49.8 | 48.8 | 50.4 | 50.2 | 51.2 |
| Transport and communications, safety and security and other services | 4 587 | 7 024 | 6 971 | 67.6 | 62.6 | 62.1 | 33.2 | 37.4 | 37.9 |
| Unspecified field of study | 1 607 | 1 695 | 1 884 | 41.0 | 37.0 | 42.8 | 59.0 | 63.0 | 57.2 |
| Norwegian students abroad2 | 12 380 | 14 953 | 14 480 | 40.7 | 38.5 | 38.1 | 59.3 | 61.5 | 61.9 |
| General programmes1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 1 841 | 1 867 | 1 768 | 30.7 | 33.3 | 31.7 | 69.3 | 66.7 | 68.3 |
| Education | 183 | 101 | 91 | 30.1 | 30.7 | 28.6 | 69.9 | 69.3 | 71.4 |
| Social sciences and law | 2 139 | 2 870 | 2 845 | 32.8 | 24.5 | 25.0 | 67.2 | 75.5 | 75.0 |
| Business and administration | 2 433 | 3 025 | 2 827 | 51.0 | 50.1 | 51.4 | 49.0 | 49.9 | 48.6 |
| Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects | 1 347 | 2 130 | 2 086 | 53.7 | 54.1 | 53.3 | 46.3 | 45.9 | 46.7 |
| Health, welfare and sport | 4 265 | 4 625 | 4 598 | 39.6 | 35.6 | 34.9 | 60.4 | 64.4 | 65.1 |
| Primary industries | 42 | 39 | 43 | 14.3 | 17.9 | 14.0 | 85.7 | 82.1 | 86.0 |
| Transport and communications, safety and security and other services | 128 | 15 | 20 | 39.1 | 53.3 | 75.0 | 60.9 | 46.7 | 25.0 |
| Unspecified field of study | 2 | 281 | 202 | 0.0 | 27.0 | 16.8 | 100.0 | 73.0 | 83.2 |