Students in universities and colleges

3   Students, by gender and field of education. Preliminary figures. 1st October 2002
Fields of education Total Males Females
Total  212 421 85 339  127 082
General Programmes  141  110 31
Humanities and Arts 31 450 11 489 19 961
Education 32 108 7 157 24 951
Social Sciences and Law 26 855 10 402 16 453
Business and administration 42 037 20 055 21 982
Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects 36 751 25 755 10 996
Health, welfare and sport 38 573 7 495 31 078
Primary industries 1 651  892  759
Transport and communications, safety and security and other services 2 329 1 763  566
Unspecified field of study  526  221  305

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