Statistics Norway

Throughput of students in tertiary education

2   Selection of completed postgraduate courses in 2003/04, by number of graduates and number of years1 since the student was first registered in tertiary education. Absolute figures and per cent
Course of study, duration Absolute figures Per cent
Number of graduates Total -5 years 6 years 7 years 8 years 9 years 10 years 11 years 12 years 13 years and over
Total 6 731  100 21 14 14 13 9 6 4 3 16
                       
5 year degrees                      
Cand.agric. (Agriculture) 53  100 9 23 32 21 2 6 4 0 4
Cand.oecon. (Social Economics) 51  100 12 18 39 16 4 2 2 0 8
Master of odontology/Cand.odont. 98  100 27 20 17 17 7 6 2 1 2
Master of Business and Economics  297  100 58 15 10 4 4 2 1 2 5
Master of Technology/Graduate engineering degree 1 576  100 42 28 14 7 2 2 1 1 3
Master of Science  139  100 71 5 6 3 2 0 1 1 9
Master of Philosophy  158  100 87 1 2 2 2 3 0 1 3
Master of International Business 23  100 74 4 4 9 0 0 4 0 4
Master of Business Administration  118  100 3 0 0 1 2 5 7 5 78
Master of Management  148  100 1 1 1 0 1 3 1 6 86
Other Master degrees 66  100 45 8 11 8 0 5 2 0 23
Master of Humanities and Arts 59  100 17 3 10 7 8 2 8 5 39
Master of Social Sciences/Legal Studies 24  100 21 17 4 21 4 17 8 0 8
Master of Business and Administration 60  100 55 28 5 7 3 0 0 0 2
Master of Natural Sciences/Vocational and Technical subjects  129  100 37 23 13 5 6 6 4 1 4
Master of Primary Industries 32  100 59 22 0 9 3 3 0 0 3
Master of Transport and Communications/Safety and Security/Other Services 46  100 0 4 2 2 7 13 15 13 43
Cand.scient./cand.real. (Science)  592  100 9 18 18 19 12 7 4 3 9
                       
6 year degrees                      
Cand.philol.  602  100 2 4 13 14 14 10 10 4 27
Cand.polit.  671  100 1 4 12 21 12 10 6 5 29
Master of Law/Cand.jur.  538  100 1 9 30 25 15 6 3 3 7
Cand.med. (Medicine)  465  100 1 12 18 22 23 12 5 2 6
Cand.musicae. (Music) 35  100 17 17 20 14 11 3 0 0 17
Cand.theol. 73  100 7 10 14 18 19 8 7 3 15
Cand.san. (Health Services) 85  100 4 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 84
Cand.psychol.  219  100 1 5 16 19 20 12 7 7 13
Master of pharmacy/Cand.pharm. 84  100 19 23 17 25 7 4 1 2 2
Cand.med.vet. (Vetinary Science) 54  100 4 54 15 11 6 6 0 4 2
Cand.merc. degree (Business Administration) 73  100 21 14 11 11 5 8 3 1 26
Cand.ed./cand.paed. (Pedagogy) 85  100 0 5 6 7 6 9 7 4 56
Other postgraduate degree 78  100 0 3 3 6 4 4 5 8 68
1  Calculation of "number of years": -3years = 40 months, 4 years = 41-52 months, 5 years = 53-64 months, 6 years = 65-76 months, 7 years = 77-88 months, 8 years and over = 89 months and over.

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