Table 4 Graduations in tertiary education in Norway, by sex, level and age 2000/01, 2009/10 and 2010/11

4 Graduations in tertiary education in Norway, by sex, level and age 2000/01, 2009/10 and 2010/11
Level and age	2000/01		2009/10		2010/11

Level and age	Total	Percentage women	Total	Percentage women	Total	Percentage women

Total	32 015	58.7	38 004	60.9	40 568	61.0
Tertiary education, short and medium¹	23 997	62.8	25 986	64.3	27 224	64.4
19-24 years	10 794	65.3	13 036	67.1	14 005	66.6
25-29 years	7 617	56.6	6 638	57.1	6 757	57.7
30-34 years	2 338	60.6	2 270	62.3	2 323	61.7
35-39 years	1 398	67.1	1 558	68.5	1 612	68.2
40-44 years	1 018	75.6	1 235	71.3	1 269	72.7
45-44 years	551	72.1	753	68.3	768	69.8
50-54 years	219	70.8	360	61.4	360	65.3
55-59 years	53	60.4	105	52.4	104	55.8
60 years and above	9	77.8	31	41.9	26	53.8
Tertiary education, long²	7 250	47.4	10 816	54.4	12 046	55.0
19-24 years	1 000	41.3	2 041	51.2	2 414	54.8
25-29 years	4 050	48.2	5 392	51.7	5 913	52.2
30-34 years	1 045	46.1	1 240	54.4	1 404	50.9
35-39 years	452	43.8	681	56.5	769	59.2
40-44 years	298	52.3	527	63.9	570	62.5
45-44 years	222	59.9	441	70.3	453	70.2
50-54 years	119	55.5	302	71.2	321	72.3
55-59 years	43	65.1	137	70.1	153	68.6
60 years and above	21	52.4	55	52.7	49	65.3
Second stage of tertiary education³	768	34.4	1 202	44.8	1 298	45.9
25-29 years	121	33.1	176	32.4	202	38.6
30-34 years	266	28.2	372	44.1	436	39.7
35-39 years	150	41.3	276	44.6	278	48.2
40-44 years	99	25.3	146	47.9	170	53.5
45-44 years	60	45.0	96	52.1	86	52.3
50-54 years	41	51.2	75	54.7	59	64.4
55-59 years	20	35.0	36	66.7	45	60.0
60 years and above	11	63.6	25	36.0	22	45.5

¹	Including graduations from programmes 4 years or less but also 2 years or longer.
²	Including graduations from programmes longer than 4 years.
³	Doctoral degrees.