Table 2 Students in tertiary education in Norway and Norwegian students abroad, by age and type of college. Absolute figures and per cent. 1 October 2005

2	Students in tertiary education in Norway and Norwegian students abroad, by age and type of college. Absolute figures and per cent. 1 October 2005

Age	Absolute figures					Per cent

Age	Total	Universities and spesialised university institutions	State university colleges	Other university colleges¹	Norwegian students abroad	Total	Universities and spesialised university institutions	State university colleges	Other university colleges	Norwegian students abroad

Total	223 607	88 105	92 443	30 716	12 343	100.0	39.4	41.3	13.7	5.5
Below 19 years	324	118	116	48	42	100.0	36.4	35.8	14.8	13.0
19 years	9 039	3 839	3 660	1 047	493	100.0	42.5	40.5	11.6	5.5
20 "	17 820	7 619	6 871	2 393	937	100.0	42.8	38.6	13.4	5.3
21 "	21 024	8 531	8 447	2 806	1 240	100.0	40.6	40.2	13.3	5.9
22 "	20 796	8 341	8 068	2 815	1 572	100.0	40.1	38.8	13.5	7.6
23 "	19 958	8 570	7 136	2 497	1 755	100.0	42.9	35.8	12.5	8.8
24 "	17 179	7 967	5 673	1 906	1 633	100.0	46.4	33.0	11.1	9.5
25 "	14 415	6 978	4 579	1 498	1 360	100.0	48.4	31.8	10.4	9.4
26 "	11 334	5 500	3 623	1 194	1 017	100.0	48.5	32.0	10.5	9.0
27 "	9 195	4 438	3 050	1 011	696	100.0	48.3	33.2	11.0	7.6
28 "	7 330	3 411	2 568	892	459	100.0	46.5	35.0	12.2	6.3
29 "	6 123	2 685	2 291	858	289	100.0	43.9	37.4	14.0	4.7
30-34 years	22 194	8 218	10 028	3 350	598	100.0	37.0	45.2	15.1	2.7
35-39 years	16 564	4 380	9 121	2 915	148	100.0	26.4	55.1	17.6	0.9
40-44 years	12 706	2 900	7 245	2 509	52	100.0	22.8	57.0	19.7	0.4
45-49 years	9 199	2 106	5 382	1 682	29	100.0	22.9	58.5	18.3	0.3
50 years and above	8 407	2 504	4 585	1 295	23	100.0	29.8	54.5	15.4	0.3

Men	90 196	38 955	32 998	13 014	5 229	100.0	43.2	36.6	14.4	5.8
Below 19 years	134	36	71	17	10	100.0	26.9	53.0	12.7	7.5
19 years	3 002	1 399	1 047	402	154	100.0	46.6	34.9	13.4	5.1
20 "	6 928	3 160	2 445	989	334	100.0	45.6	35.3	14.3	4.8
21 "	8 475	3 724	3 080	1 225	446	100.0	43.9	36.3	14.5	5.3
22 "	8 921	3 815	3 128	1 389	589	100.0	42.8	35.1	15.6	6.6
23 "	8 826	4 041	2 893	1 174	718	100.0	45.8	32.8	13.3	8.1
24 "	7 749	3 712	2 363	930	744	100.0	47.9	30.5	12.0	9.6
25 "	6 667	3 330	1 976	738	623	100.0	49.9	29.6	11.1	9.3
26 "	5 185	2 584	1 583	552	466	100.0	49.8	30.5	10.6	9.0
27 "	4 221	2 145	1 273	484	319	100.0	50.8	30.2	11.5	7.6
28 "	3 307	1 621	1 048	409	229	100.0	49.0	31.7	12.4	6.9
29 "	2 717	1 286	892	389	150	100.0	47.3	32.8	14.3	5.5
30-34 years	8 952	3 753	3 469	1 408	322	100.0	41.9	38.8	15.7	3.6
35-39 years	5 637	1 746	2 722	1 090	79	100.0	31.0	48.3	19.3	1.4
40-44 years	3 860	1 022	1 970	842	26	100.0	26.5	51.0	21.8	0.7
45-49 years	2 637	660	1 454	509	14	100.0	25.0	55.1	19.3	0.5
50 years and above	2 978	921	1 584	467	6	100.0	30.9	53.2	15.7	0.2

Women	133 411	49 150	59 445	17 702	7 114	100.0	36.8	44.6	13.3	5.3
Below 19 years	190	82	45	31	32	100.0	43.2	23.7	16.3	16.8
19 years	6 037	2 440	2 613	645	339	100.0	40.4	43.3	10.7	5.6
20 "	10 892	4 459	4 426	1 404	603	100.0	40.9	40.6	12.9	5.5
21 "	12 549	4 807	5 367	1 581	794	100.0	38.3	42.8	12.6	6.3
22 "	11 875	4 526	4 940	1 426	983	100.0	38.1	41.6	12.0	8.3
23 "	11 132	4 529	4 243	1 323	1 037	100.0	40.7	38.1	11.9	9.3
24 "	9 430	4 255	3 310	976	889	100.0	45.1	35.1	10.3	9.4
25 "	7 748	3 648	2 603	760	737	100.0	47.1	33.6	9.8	9.5
26 "	6 149	2 916	2 040	642	551	100.0	47.4	33.2	10.4	9.0
27 "	4 974	2 293	1 777	527	377	100.0	46.1	35.7	10.6	7.6
28 "	4 023	1 790	1 520	483	230	100.0	44.5	37.8	12.0	5.7
29 "	3 406	1 399	1 399	469	139	100.0	41.1	41.1	13.8	4.1
30-34 years	13 242	4 465	6 559	1 942	276	100.0	33.7	49.5	14.7	2.1
35-39 years	10 927	2 634	6 399	1 825	69	100.0	24.1	58.6	16.7	0.6
40-44 years	8 846	1 878	5 275	1 667	26	100.0	21.2	59.6	18.8	0.3
45-49 years	6 562	1 446	3 928	1 173	15	100.0	22.0	59.9	17.9	0.2
50 years and above	5 429	1 583	3 001	828	17	100.0	29.2	55.3	15.3	0.3

¹	Other university colleges includes military colleges, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, Kunsthøgskolen i Bergen, Politihøgskolen and private university colleges.

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