Statistics Norway

Students in universities and colleges

2 Students in tertiary education in Norway and Norwegian students abroad, by gender, age and type of college. 1 October 2010. Absolute figures and per cent
Age and gender Total Universities and spesialised
university institutions		 State university colleges1 Other university colleges2 Norwegian students abroad Total Universities and spesialised
university institutions		 State university colleges1 Other university colleges2 Norwegian students abroad
  Absolute figures Per cent
Total  241 302  122 276 90 013 15 458 13 555  100.0 50.7 37.3 6.4 5.6
Below 19 years  225 83 89 20 33  100.0 36.9 39.6 8.9 14.7
19 years 11 869 5 736 4 888  525  720  100.0 48.3 41.2 4.4 6.1
20 " 22 166 11 595 7 714 1 318 1 539  100.0 52.3 34.8 5.9 6.9
21 " 25 908 12 887 9 316 1 680 2 025  100.0 49.7 36.0 6.5 7.8
22 " 25 019 12 918 8 362 1 724 2 015  100.0 51.6 33.4 6.9 8.1
23 " 21 866 12 215 6 466 1 410 1 775  100.0 55.9 29.6 6.4 8.1
24 " 18 435 10 758 5 060 1 079 1 538  100.0 58.4 27.4 5.9 8.3
25 " 14 720 8 472 4 123  892 1 233  100.0 57.6 28.0 6.1 8.4
26 " 11 682 6 879 3 244  715  844  100.0 58.9 27.8 6.1 7.2
27 " 8 900 5 054 2 747  538  561  100.0 56.8 30.9 6.0 6.3
28 " 7 224 3 960 2 439  443  382  100.0 54.8 33.8 6.1 5.3
29 " 5 782 3 077 2 078  368  259  100.0 53.2 35.9 6.4 4.5
30-34 years 20 132 9 818 8 593 1 300  421  100.0 48.8 42.7 6.5 2.1
35-39 years 15 745 6 447 8 069 1 109  120  100.0 40.9 51.2 7.0 0.8
40-44 years 13 048 5 026 7 055  923 44  100.0 38.5 54.1 7.1 0.3
45-49 years 9 336 3 568 5 026  712 30  100.0 38.2 53.8 7.6 0.3
50 years and above 9 245 3 783 4 744  702 16  100.0 40.9 51.3 7.6 0.2
                     
Men 96 033 54 131 31 267 5 211 5 424  100.0 56.4 32.6 5.4 5.6
Below 19 years  111 48 45 3 15  100.0 43.2 40.5 2.7 13.5
19 years 4 176 2 287 1 491  176  222  100.0 54.8 35.7 4.2 5.3
20 " 8 456 4 849 2 634  455  518  100.0 57.3 31.1 5.4 6.1
21 " 10 324 5 713 3 289  571  751  100.0 55.3 31.9 5.5 7.3
22 " 10 529 5 929 3 183  652  765  100.0 56.3 30.2 6.2 7.3
23 " 9 462 5 575 2 620  564  703  100.0 58.9 27.7 6.0 7.4
24 " 8 432 5 132 2 180  482  638  100.0 60.9 25.9 5.7 7.6
25 " 6 732 4 027 1 777  413  515  100.0 59.8 26.4 6.1 7.7
26 " 5 206 3 194 1 344  288  380  100.0 61.4 25.8 5.5 7.3
27 " 4 010 2 415 1 120  200  275  100.0 60.2 27.9 5.0 6.9
28 " 3 183 1 878  945  171  189  100.0 59.0 29.7 5.4 5.9
29 " 2 451 1 467  734  113  137  100.0 59.9 29.9 4.6 5.6
30-34 years 8 084 4 493 2 968  406  217  100.0 55.6 36.7 5.0 2.7
35-39 years 5 305 2 629 2 341  272 63  100.0 49.6 44.1 5.1 1.2
40-44 years 3 960 1 828 1 918  196 18  100.0 46.2 48.4 4.9 0.5
45-49 years 2 664 1 240 1 298  115 11  100.0 46.5 48.7 4.3 0.4
50 years and above 2 948 1 427 1 380  134 7  100.0 48.4 46.8 4.5 0.2
                     
Women  145 269 68 145 58 746 10 247 8 131  100.0 46.9 40.4 7.1 5.6
Below 19 years  114 35 44 17 18  100.0 30.7 38.6 14.9 15.8
19 years 7 693 3 449 3 397  349  498  100.0 44.8 44.2 4.5 6.5
20 " 13 710 6 746 5 080  863 1 021  100.0 49.2 37.1 6.3 7.4
21 " 15 584 7 174 6 027 1 109 1 274  100.0 46.0 38.7 7.1 8.2
22 " 14 490 6 989 5 179 1 072 1 250  100.0 48.2 35.7 7.4 8.6
23 " 12 404 6 640 3 846  846 1 072  100.0 53.5 31.0 6.8 8.6
24 " 10 003 5 626 2 880  597  900  100.0 56.2 28.8 6.0 9.0
25 " 7 988 4 445 2 346  479  718  100.0 55.6 29.4 6.0 9.0
26 " 6 476 3 685 1 900  427  464  100.0 56.9 29.3 6.6 7.2
27 " 4 890 2 639 1 627  338  286  100.0 54.0 33.3 6.9 5.8
28 " 4 041 2 082 1 494  272  193  100.0 51.5 37.0 6.7 4.8
29 " 3 331 1 610 1 344  255  122  100.0 48.3 40.3 7.7 3.7
30-34 years 12 048 5 325 5 625  894  204  100.0 44.2 46.7 7.4 1.7
35-39 years 10 440 3 818 5 728  837 57  100.0 36.6 54.9 8.0 0.5
40-44 years 9 088 3 198 5 137  727 26  100.0 35.2 56.5 8.0 0.3
45-49 years 6 672 2 328 3 728  597 19  100.0 34.9 55.9 8.9 0.3
50 years and above 6 297 2 356 3 364  568 9  100.0 37.4 53.4 9.0 0.1
1  The state university colleges is a term for type of university college which is a result from a reform in 1994.
2  Other university colleges includes Military colleges, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, Kunsthøgskolen i Bergen, Politihøgskolen and private university colleges.

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