Statistics Norway

Degrees from universities and colleges

1 Graduations in tertiary education in Norway, by sex, level of degree and type of institution. 2000/01, 2009/10 and 2010/11
Level and type of institution 2000/01 2009/10 2010/11
Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women
Total 32 015 13 231 18 784 38 004 14 873 23 131 40 568 15 825 24 743
Universities 8 593 4 165 4 428 16 061 6 722 9 339 18 105 7 472 10 633
Specialised university institutions 1 236  706  530 4 614 2 457 2 157 5 002 2 585 2 417
State university colleges 17 022 5 687 11 335 14 626 4 785 9 841 14 685 4 781 9 904
Military colleges  307  291 16  164  147 17  193  177 16
Other university colleges1 4 857 2 382 2 475 2 539  762 1 777 2 583  810 1 773
Tertiary education, short and medium2 23 997 8 917 15 080 25 986 9 274 16 712 27 224 9 698 17 526
Universities 2 274  871 1 403 7 291 2 612 4 679 8 077 2 843 5 234
Specialised university institutions  537  350  187 2 752 1 438 1 314 3 046 1 521 1 525
State university colleges 16 518 5 345 11 173 13 480 4 410 9 070 13 573 4 443 9 130
Military colleges  260  246 14  143  130 13  177  161 16
Other university colleges1 4 408 2 105 2 303 2 320  684 1 636 2 351  730 1 621
Tertiary education, long3 7 250 3 810 3 440 10 816 4 935 5 881 12 046 5 425 6 621
Universities 5 634 2 844 2 790 7 646 3 491 4 155 8 814 3 970 4 844
Specialised university institutions  620  305  315 1 796  983  813 1 886 1 027  859
State colleges  502  340  162 1 134  366  768 1 098  332  766
Military colleges 47 45 2 21 17 4 16 16 -
Other university colleges1  447  276  171  219 78  141  232 80  152
Second stage of tertiary education4  768  504  264 1 202  664  538 1 298  702  596
Universities  685  450  235 1 124  619  505 1 214  659  555
Specialised university institutions 79 51 28 66 36 30 70 37 33
State colleges 2 2 - 12 9 3 14 6 8
Military colleges - - - - - - - - -
Other university colleges1 2 1 1 - - - - - -
1  Includes Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Norwegian Police University College and private colleges.
2  Including graduations from programmes 4 years or less but also 2 years or longer.
3  Including graduations from programmes longer than 4 years.
4  Doctoral degrees.

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