Statistics Norway

Degrees from universities and colleges

2 Graduations in tertiary education, by gender, level of degree and field of education. 1999/00, 2008/09, 2009/10
Field of education 1999/00 2008/09 2009/10
Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women
Tertiary education, short and medium1 23 632 8 551 15 081 24 264 8 719 15 545 25 986 9 274 16 712
Humanities and Arts 1 312  419  893 2 039  784 1 255 2 255  832 1 423
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 6 222 1 390 4 832 5 383 1 448 3 935 5 956 1 581 4 375
Social Sciences and Law 1 144  466  678 2 020  797 1 223 2 444  906 1 538
Business and Administration 4 217 2 141 2 076 3 993 1 835 2 158 4 309 1 955 2 354
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects 3 267 2 382  885 2 971 2 162  809 3 297 2 334  963
Health, Welfare and Sport 5 991  875 5 116 7 080 1 159 5 921 6 843 1 089 5 754
Primary Industries 54 36 18 92 38 54  116 59 57
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and Other Services  777  618  159  631  473  158  709  490  219
Unspecified Field of Education  648  224  424 55 23 32 57 28 29
Tertiary education, long2 7 325 3 933 3 392 9 855 4 331 5 524 10 816 4 935 5 881
Humanities and Arts  917  357  560 1 292  500  792 1 303  515  788
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  238 52  186  701  127  574  734  142  592
Social Sciences and Law 2 009  885 1 124 2 118  807 1 311 2 242  910 1 332
Business and Administration  350  263 87 1 721  903  818 2 008 1 114  894
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects 2 132 1 455  677 2 216 1 430  786 2 630 1 678  952
Health, Welfare and Sport 1 133  490  643 1 579  439 1 140 1 734  491 1 243
Primary Industries  198  108 90  135 65 70 95 39 56
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and Other Services  347  322 25 93 60 33 70 46 24
Unspecified Field of Education 1 1 - - - - - - -
Second stage of tertiary education3  659  440  219 1 084  588  496 1 202  664  538
Humanities and Arts 58 36 22  110 53 57 85 43 42
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 5 2 3 15 5 10 1 1 -
Social Sciences and Law 91 57 34  136 73 63 87 50 37
Business and Administration 5 4 1 17 10 7 22 14 8
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects  306  224 82  455  272  183  444  301  143
Health, Welfare and Sport  158 90 68  324  159  165  471  207  264
Primary Industries 36 27 9 9 6 3 - - -
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and Other Services - - - 5 3 2 - - -
Unspecified Field of Education - - - 13 7 6 92 48 44
1  Including graduations from programmes 4 years or less but also 2 years or longer.
2  Including graduations from programmes longer than 4 years.
3  Doctoral degrees.

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