Table
| Numbers | Per cent | Per cent | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Males | Females | |||||||
| 2010 | 2019 | 2020 | 2010 | 2019 | 2020 | 2010 | 2019 | 2020 | |
| 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. | |||||||||
| Corrected 8 April 2021. | |||||||||
| Fields of Education | |||||||||
| Students in Norway | 227 747 | 281 702 | 292 834 | 39.8 | 40.2 | 40.0 | 60.2 | 59.8 | 60.0 |
| General programmes1 | 1 734 | 371 | 694 | 82.4 | 68.5 | 75.5 | 17.6 | 31.5 | 24.5 |
| Humanities and arts | 26 339 | 28 491 | 28 569 | 37.8 | 39.7 | 40.1 | 62.7 | 60.3 | 59.9 |
| Education | 33 342 | 48 266 | 49 275 | 24.1 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 75.8 | 72.4 | 72.4 |
| Social sciences and law | 31 150 | 36 467 | 37 983 | 37.8 | 35.6 | 35.3 | 62.7 | 64.4 | 64.7 |
| Business and administration | 42 000 | 52 383 | 57 872 | 46.0 | 47.2 | 46.3 | 53.7 | 52.8 | 53.7 |
| Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects | 37 712 | 49 764 | 50 757 | 68.4 | 65.4 | 65.8 | 32.1 | 34.6 | 34.2 |
| Health, welfare and sport | 48 648 | 55 543 | 57 378 | 20.9 | 22.7 | 21.4 | 77.6 | 77.3 | 78.6 |
| Primary industries | 1 178 | 1 562 | 1 656 | 55.1 | 47.9 | 43.0 | 46.2 | 52.1 | 57.0 |
| Transport and communications, safety and security and other services | 4 055 | 6 971 | 7 001 | 69.0 | 62.1 | 64.1 | 31.9 | 37.9 | 35.9 |
| Unspecified field of study | 1 589 | 1 884 | 1 649 | 38.9 | 40.3 | 37.9 | 61.1 | 59.7 | 62.1 |
| Norwegian students abroad2 | 13 555 | 14 480 | 13 533 | 40.0 | 38.1 | 38.7 | 60.0 | 61.9 | 61.3 |
| General programmes1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 2 028 | 1 768 | 1 606 | 30.6 | 31.7 | 33.1 | 69.4 | 68.3 | 66.9 |
| Education | 190 | 91 | 88 | 30.5 | 28.6 | 21.6 | 69.5 | 71.4 | 78.4 |
| Social sciences and law | 2 479 | 2 845 | 2 662 | 30.6 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 69.4 | 75.0 | 75.0 |
| Business and administration | 2 726 | 2 827 | 2 605 | 51.0 | 51.4 | 54.5 | 49.0 | 48.6 | 45.5 |
| Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects | 1 416 | 2 086 | 1 969 | 53.0 | 53.3 | 53.1 | 47.0 | 46.7 | 46.9 |
| Health, welfare and sport | 4 513 | 4 598 | 4 517 | 39.1 | 34.9 | 33.9 | 60.9 | 65.1 | 66.1 |
| Primary industries | 33 | 43 | 49 | 9.1 | 14.0 | 12.2 | 90.9 | 86.0 | 87.8 |
| Transport and communications, safety and security and other services | 169 | 20 | 18 | 46.2 | 75.0 | 72.2 | 53.8 | 25.0 | 27.8 |
| Unspecified field of study | 1 | 202 | 19 | 0.0 | 16.8 | 21.1 | 100.0 | 83.2 | 78.9 |