| Total | 29 871 | 29 344 | 29 376 | 12 558 | 11 688 | 11 653 | 17 313 | 17 656 | 17 723 | 
 | Arts and aesthetic subjects | 2 686 | 2 256 | 2 352 | 927 | 804 | 863 | 1 759 | 1 452 | 1 489 | 
 | Education and teacher training | 6 062 | 5 517 | 5 007 | 1 545 | 1 290 | 1 201 | 4 517 | 4 227 | 3 806 | 
 | Social sciences and law | 2 797 | 2 594 | 2 898 | 1 206 | 1 114 | 1 148 | 1 591 | 1 480 | 1 750 | 
 | Commercial and business subjects | 5 839 | 4 885 | 4 383 | 3 153 | 2 543 | 2 127 | 2 686 | 2 342 | 2 256 | 
 | Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes | 5 232 | 5 095 | 5 091 | 3 860 | 3 643 | 3 704 | 1 372 | 1 452 | 1 387 | 
 | Health, social and physical education | 6 134 | 7 299 | 7 474 | 1 221 | 1 232 | 1 273 | 4 913 | 6 067 | 6 201 | 
 | Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes | 318 | 185 | 176 | 185 | 117 | 122 | 133 | 68 | 54 | 
 | Transport and communication programmes | 388 | 940 | 972 | 297 | 763 | 807 | 91 | 177 | 165 | 
 | Other areas of study | 415 | 573 | 1 023 | 164 | 182 | 408 | 251 | 391 | 615 | 
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