Statistics Norway

Students in universities and colleges

2 Students, by type of institution, gender and age. Absolute figures and per cent. Preliminary figures. 1 October 2008
Age Total Universities and specialised university colleges Public university colleges Other university colleges1 Total Universities and specialised university colleges Public university colleges Other university colleges1
  Absolute figures Per cent
Total  214 490  111 763 88 574 14 153  100.0 52.1 41.3 6.6
under 19 years  217  125 73 19  100.0 57.6 33.6 8.8
19 år 10 142 5 470 4 131  541  100.0 53.9 40.7 5.3
20 år 18 065 10 162 6 816 1 087  100.0 56.3 37.7 6.0
21 år 20 611 11 359 7 957 1 295  100.0 55.1 38.6 6.3
22 år 20 240 11 345 7 616 1 279  100.0 56.1 37.6 6.3
23 år 18 113 10 498 6 489 1 126  100.0 58.0 35.8 6.2
24 år 15 730 9 882 4 921  927  100.0 62.8 31.3 5.9
25 år 12 326 7 629 4 003  694  100.0 61.9 32.5 5.6
26 år 9 954 6 108 3 251  595  100.0 61.4 32.7 6.0
27 år 7 787 4 594 2 699  494  100.0 59.0 34.7 6.3
28 år 6 597 3 688 2 475  434  100.0 55.9 37.5 6.6
29 år 5 567 2 994 2 204  369  100.0 53.8 39.6 6.6
30 - 34 år 20 035 9 517 9 098 1 420  100.0 47.5 45.4 7.1
35 år og over 48 985 18 374 26 781 3 830  100.0 37.5 54.7 7.8
Uoppgitt  121 18 60 43  100.0 14.9 49.6 35.5
                 
Men 83 469 48 992 29 687 4 790  100.0 58.7 35.6 5.7
Under 19 years 99 52 41 6  100.0 52.5 41.4 6.1
19 years 3 295 1 958 1 137  200  100.0 59.4 34.5 6.1
20 " 6 671 4 143 2 160  368  100.0 62.1 32.4 5.5
21 " 7 932 4 808 2 715  409  100.0 60.6 34.2 5.2
22 " 8 415 5 184 2 775  456  100.0 61.6 33.0 5.4
23 " 8 012 4 944 2 628  440  100.0 61.7 32.8 5.5
24 " 7 124 4 702 2 042  380  100.0 66.0 28.7 5.3
25 " 5 717 3 715 1 691  311  100.0 65.0 29.6 5.4
26 " 4 511 2 913 1 333  265  100.0 64.6 29.5 5.9
27 " 3 314 2 133  998  183  100.0 64.4 30.1 5.5
28 " 2 851 1 755  922  174  100.0 61.6 32.3 6.1
29 " 2 245 1 332  809  104  100.0 59.3 36.0 4.6
30-34 years 7 990 4 438 3 057  495  100.0 55.5 38.3 6.2
35 years and above 15 224 6 906 7 337  981  100.0 45.4 48.2 6.4
Age unknown 69 9 42 18  100.0 13.0 60.9 26.1
                 
Women  131 021 62 771 58 887 9 363  100.0 47.9 44.9 7.1
Under 19 years  118 73 32 13  100.0 61.9 27.1 11.0
19 years 6 847 3 512 2 994  341  100.0 51.3 43.7 5.0
20 " 11 394 6 019 4 656  719  100.0 52.8 40.9 6.3
21 " 12 679 6 551 5 242  886  100.0 51.7 41.3 7.0
22 " 11 825 6 161 4 841  823  100.0 52.1 40.9 7.0
23 " 10 101 5 554 3 861  686  100.0 55.0 38.2 6.8
24 " 8 606 5 180 2 879  547  100.0 60.2 33.5 6.4
25 " 6 609 3 914 2 312  383  100.0 59.2 35.0 5.8
26 " 5 443 3 195 1 918  330  100.0 58.7 35.2 6.1
27 " 4 473 2 461 1 701  311  100.0 55.0 38.0 7.0
28 " 3 746 1 933 1 553  260  100.0 51.6 41.5 6.9
29 " 3 322 1 662 1 395  265  100.0 50.0 42.0 8.0
30-34 years 12 045 5 079 6 041  925  100.0 42.2 50.2 7.7
35 years and above 33 761 11 468 19 444 2 849  100.0 34.0 57.6 8.4
Age unknown 52 9 18 25  100.0 17.3 34.6 48.1
1  Other university colleges includes military colleges, Kunsthøgskolen i Bergen, Politihøgskolen and private university colleges.

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