Statistics Norway

Degrees from universities and colleges

1 Graduations1 in tertiary education, by gender, level of degree and type of institution. 1999/00, 2008/09, 2009/10
Level and degree, type of institution 1999/00 2008/09 2009/10
Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women
Total 30 957 12 484 18 473 34 119 13 050 21 069 36 802 14 209 22 593
Universities 8 138 3 834 4 304 13 244 5 260 7 984 14 937 6 103 8 834
Specialised university institutions 1 230  711  519 4 266 2 255 2 011 4 548 2 421 2 127
State university colleges 17 008 5 639 11 369 14 048 4 624 9 424 14 614 4 776 9 838
Military colleges  594  552 42  161  149 12  164  147 17
Other university colleges2 3 987 1 748 2 239 2 400  762 1 638 2 539  762 1 777
Tertiary education, short and medium3 23 632 8 551 15 081 24 264 8 719 15 545 25 986 9 274 16 712
Universities 2 416  933 1 483 6 155 2 186 3 969 7 291 2 612 4 679
Specialised university institutions  552  377  175 2 663 1 396 1 267 2 752 1 438 1 314
State university colleges 16 708 5 444 11 264 13 132 4 321 8 811 13 480 4 410 9 070
Military colleges  257  240 17  135  128 7  143  130 13
Other university colleges2 3 699 1 557 2 142 2 179  688 1 491 2 320  684 1 636
Tertiary education, long4 7 325 3 933 3 392 9 855 4 331 5 524 10 816 4 935 5 881
Universities 5 722 2 901 2 821 7 089 3 074 4 015 7 646 3 491 4 155
Specialised university institutions  678  334  344 1 603  859  744 1 796  983  813
State colleges  300  195  105  916  303  613 1 134  366  768
Military colleges  337  312 25 26 21 5 21 17 4
Other university colleges2  288  191 97  221 74  147  219 78  141
1  Doctoral degrees are not included.
2  Includes Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Norwegian Police University College and private colleges.
3  Including graduations from programmes 4 years or less but also 2 years or longer.
4  Including graduations from programmes longer than 4 years.

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