Statistics Norway

Credit point production at universities and colleges

9 Average credit point production per ordinary1 full-time student with completed credits in tertiary education, by type of institution, gender and age. 2009/10 academic year. Absolute figures
Gender and age at 31 December 2009 Total number
of students
Total Universities Spesialised university
institutions
The state university
colleges2
Military colleges Other university
colleges3
Total  132 108 51.9 51.9 49.8 51.8 57.3 56.9
Under 20 years 8 971 50.0 51.0 48.8 48.7 41.5 53.5
20-24 years 76 779 53.8 53.4 51.4 54.5 53.5 57.6
25-29 years 25 483 51.3 50.8 47.4 51.6 80.4 58.3
30-34 years 7 921 48.9 48.3 44.4 49.0 72.5 55.4
35-39 years 5 071 47.4 47.5 42.4 47.4 28.8 53.3
40-44 years 3 753 46.0 46.6 40.6 45.7 14.0 52.1
45-49 years 2 349 44.6 46.0 39.2 44.0 - 46.5
50 years and over 1 781 40.3 43.2 32.1 38.6 - 45.3
               
Men 54 050 51.4 51.2 49.5 51.1 57.7 58.4
Under 20 years 3 115 48.7 49.4 47.3 48.0 41.6 52.4
20-24 years 31 829 52.8 52.6 50.9 53.3 53.8 57.8
25-29 years 11 760 51.0 50.5 47.1 51.2 82.8 61.0
30-34 years 3 247 48.8 47.5 44.4 48.8 77.7 62.3
35-39 years 1 732 46.3 44.9 45.6 46.9 28.8 55.9
40-44 years 1 110 45.4 45.2 44.0 45.6 14.0 51.1
45-49 years  677 43.7 45.7 40.0 42.9 - 44.0
50 years and over  580 41.3 43.8 36.3 39.7 - 49.1
               
Women 78 058 52.3 52.4 50.1 52.1 52.9 56.1
Under 20 years 5 856 50.6 52.0 50.0 49.0 40.0 54.1
20-24 years 44 950 54.5 53.9 51.9 55.2 49.9 57.6
25-29 years 13 723 51.5 51.1 47.8 52.0 63.8 56.4
30-34 years 4 674 49.0 48.9 44.3 49.1 39.0 51.9
35-39 years 3 339 48.0 49.1 40.0 47.6 - 52.4
40-44 years 2 643 46.3 47.2 39.0 45.7 - 52.3
45-49 years 1 672 44.9 46.1 38.9 44.5 - 47.0
50 years and over 1 201 39.8 42.9 29.6 38.1 - 44.5
1  Ordinary students are students who are not on continuing education. Students on distance education and part-time students are not in these figures either.
2  The state university colleges is a term for type of university college which is a result from a reform in 1994.
3  Other university colleges includes: Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Norwegian Police University College and private university colleges.

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