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 2009
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  221 614  117 593 89 677 14 344  100.0 53.1 40.5 6.5
under 19 years  157 85 45 27  100.0 54.1 28.7 17.2
19 years 11 151 5 877 4 766  508  100.0 52.7 42.7 4.6
20 years 19 552 10 792 7 507 1 253  100.0 55.2 38.4 6.4
21 years 22 493 12 323 8 718 1 452  100.0 54.8 38.8 6.5
22 years 21 259 12 164 7 667 1 428  100.0 57.2 36.1 6.7
23 years 19 331 11 678 6 495 1 158  100.0 60.4 33.6 6.0
24 years 16 112 9 983 5 129 1 000  100.0 62.0 31.8 6.2
25 years 13 168 8 410 3 930  828  100.0 63.9 29.8 6.3
26 years 10 214 6 278 3 295  641  100.0 61.5 32.3 6.3
27 years 8 306 4 949 2 836  521  100.0 59.6 34.1 6.3
28 years 6 507 3 720 2 361  426  100.0 57.2 36.3 6.5
29 years 5 564 3 065 2 135  364  100.0 55.1 38.4 6.5
30-34 years 19 827 9 584 8 886 1 357  100.0 48.3 44.8 6.8
35 years and above 47 940 18 672 25 898 3 370  100.0 38.9 54.0 7.0
Age unknown 33 13 9 11  100.0 39.4 27.3 33.3
                 
Men 87 033 51 451 30 805 4 777  100.0 59.1 35.4 5.5
under 19 years 73 36 26 11  100.0 49.3 35.6 15.1
19 years 4 020 2 342 1 484  194  100.0 58.3 36.9 4.8
20 years 7 279 4 387 2 455  437  100.0 60.3 33.7 6.0
21 years 8 933 5 390 3 054  489  100.0 60.3 34.2 5.5
22 years 8 668 5 316 2 854  498  100.0 61.3 32.9 5.7
23 years 8 608 5 512 2 635  461  100.0 64.0 30.6 5.4
24 years 7 390 4 786 2 173  431  100.0 64.8 29.4 5.8
25 years 5 981 3 955 1 693  333  100.0 66.1 28.3 5.6
26 years 4 711 2 999 1 425  287  100.0 63.7 30.2 6.1
27 years 3 714 2 349 1 135  230  100.0 63.2 30.6 6.2
28 years 2 766 1 753  862  151  100.0 63.4 31.2 5.5
29 years 2 392 1 473  776  143  100.0 61.6 32.4 6.0
30-34 years 7 780 4 361 2 983  436  100.0 56.1 38.3 5.6
35 years and above 14 703 6 787 7 247  669  100.0 46.2 49.3 4.6
Age unknown 15 5 3 7  100.0 33.3 20.0 46.7
                 
Women  134 581 66 142 58 872 9 567  100.0 49.1 43.7 7.1
under 19 years 84 49 19 16  100.0 58.3 22.6 19.0
19 years 7 131 3 535 3 282  314  100.0 49.6 46.0 4.4
20 years 12 273 6 405 5 052  816  100.0 52.2 41.2 6.6
21 years 13 560 6 933 5 664  963  100.0 51.1 41.8 7.1
22 years 12 591 6 848 4 813  930  100.0 54.4 38.2 7.4
23 years 10 723 6 166 3 860  697  100.0 57.5 36.0 6.5
24 years 8 722 5 197 2 956  569  100.0 59.6 33.9 6.5
25 years 7 187 4 455 2 237  495  100.0 62.0 31.1 6.9
26 years 5 503 3 279 1 870  354  100.0 59.6 34.0 6.4
27 years 4 592 2 600 1 701  291  100.0 56.6 37.0 6.3
28 years 3 741 1 967 1 499  275  100.0 52.6 40.1 7.4
29 years 3 172 1 592 1 359  221  100.0 50.2 42.8 7.0
30-34 years 12 047 5 223 5 903  921  100.0 43.4 49.0 7.6
35 years and above 33 237 11 885 18 651 2 701  100.0 35.8 56.1 8.1
Age unknown 18 8 6 4  100.0 44.4 33.3 22.2
1  Other university colleges includes military colleges, Kunsthøgskolen i Bergen, Politihøgskolen and private university colleges.

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