Table 2 Pupils and students, by age, gender and type of college. 1 October 2002

Education statistics. Pupils and students

2	Pupils and students, by age, gender and type of college. 1 October 2002

Gender and type of college	Total¹	Age

Gender and type of college	Total¹	-15	16-18	19-24	25-29	30-34	-35

Pupils and students, total	429 595	585	146 309	140 891	55 425	28 420	57 965
Folk high schools	5 713	-	1 104	4 305	126	58	120
Upper secondary schools	211 462	581	144 986	42 920	7 316	5 231	10 428
Colleges	131 861	3	95	55 458	24 479	15 472	36 354
Universities	80 559	1	124	38 208	23 504	7 659	11 063

Males	196 904	195	74 530	65 735	25 807	11 574	19 063
Folk high schools	2 018	-	445	1 386	79	33	75
Upper secondary schools	109 548	193	74 006	25 465	3 649	2 272	3 963
Colleges	49 577	1	42	22 336	10 586	5 671	10 941
Universities	35 761	1	37	16 548	11 493	3 598	4 084

Females	232 691	390	71 779	75 156	29 618	16 846	38 902
Folk high schools	3 695	-	659	2 919	47	25	45
Upper secondary schools	101 914	388	70 980	17 455	3 667	2 959	6 465
Colleges	82 284	2	53	33 122	13 893	9 801	25 413
Universities	44 798	-	87	21 660	12 011	4 061	6 979

¹	Part of the increase in the number of students in higher education is due to the inclusion of about 8 000 students registered at so called ' business courses' at the Norwegian School of Management.

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