Statistics Norway

Students in universities and colleges

2 Students by type of institution, gender and age. 1 October 2011. Absolute figures and per cent. Preliminary figures
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  236 139  132 480 86 459 17 200  100 56.1 36.6 7.3
under 19 years  241  121 97 23  100 50.2 40.2 9.5
19 years 11 100 6 010 4 510  580  100 54.1 40.6 5.2
20 years 20 992 11 904 7 669 1 419  100 56.7 36.5 6.8
21 years 25 113 14 030 9 158 1 925  100 55.9 36.5 7.7
22 years 23 995 13 504 8 577 1 914  100 56.3 35.7 8.0
23 years 21 680 13 185 6 901 1 594  100 60.8 31.8 7.4
24 years 17 512 11 217 5 059 1 236  100 64.1 28.9 7.1
25 years 14 064 9 138 3 973  953  100 65.0 28.2 6.8
26 years 11 053 6 897 3 364  792  100 62.4 30.4 7.2
27 years 8 984 5 602 2 729  653  100 62.4 30.4 7.3
28 years 7 075 4 226 2 351  498  100 59.7 33.2 7.0
29 years 6 019 3 516 2 097  406  100 58.4 34.8 6.7
30-34 years 20 584 10 791 8 321 1 472  100 52.4 40.4 7.2
35 years and above 47 727 22 339 21 653 3 735  100 46.8 45.4 7.8
                 
Men 94 564 58 062 30 594 5 908  100 61.4 32.4 6.2
under 19 years  123 62 57 4  100 50.4 46.3 3.3
19 years 3 986 2 438 1 348  200  100 61.2 33.8 5.0
20 years 7 986 4 900 2 620  466  100 61.4 32.8 5.8
21 years 10 090 6 061 3 347  682  100 60.1 33.2 6.8
22 years 10 119 6 124 3 275  720  100 60.5 32.4 7.1
23 years 9 684 6 147 2 899  638  100 63.5 29.9 6.6
24 years 7 857 5 111 2 219  527  100 65.1 28.2 6.7
25 years 6 580 4 376 1 766  438  100 66.5 26.8 6.7
26 years 5 108 3 261 1 476  371  100 63.8 28.9 7.3
27 years 3 948 2 619 1 091  238  100 66.3 27.6 6.0
28 years 3 090 2 018  888  184  100 65.3 28.7 6.0
29 years 2 614 1 654  815  145  100 63.3 31.2 5.5
30-34 years 8 211 4 876 2 863  472  100 59.4 34.9 5.7
35 years and above 15 168 8 415 5 930  823  100 55.5 39.1 5.4
                 
Women  141 575 74 418 55 865 11 292  100 52.6 39.5 8.0
under 19 years  118 59 40 19  100 50.0 33.9 16.1
19 years 7 114 3 572 3 162  380  100 50.2 44.4 5.3
20 years 13 006 7 004 5 049  953  100 53.9 38.8 7.3
21 years 15 023 7 969 5 811 1 243  100 53.0 38.7 8.3
22 years 13 876 7 380 5 302 1 194  100 53.2 38.2 8.6
23 years 11 996 7 038 4 002  956  100 58.7 33.4 8.0
24 years 9 655 6 106 2 840  709  100 63.2 29.4 7.3
25 years 7 484 4 762 2 207  515  100 63.6 29.5 6.9
26 years 5 945 3 636 1 888  421  100 61.2 31.8 7.1
27 years 5 036 2 983 1 638  415  100 59.2 32.5 8.2
28 years 3 985 2 208 1 463  314  100 55.4 36.7 7.9
29 years 3 405 1 862 1 282  261  100 54.7 37.7 7.7
30-34 years 12 373 5 915 5 458 1 000  100 47.8 44.1 8.1
35 years and above 32 559 13 924 15 723 2 912  100 42.8 48.3 8.9
1  Other university colleges includes military colleges, Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, The Norwegian Police University College and private university colleges.

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