Statistics Norway

Throughput of students in tertiary education

2 Postgraduate courses1 by number of graduates in 2008/09 and number of years2 since the student was first registered in tertiary education, by gender and duration of study. Absolute figures and per cent
Course of study, duration Absolute figures Per cent
Number of graduates Total -5 years 6 years 7 years 8 years 9 years 10 years 11 years and over
Both genders, total 9 686  100 25 18 14 9 6 4 23
Of these                  
5 year's degrees 8 815  100 27 18 13 8 6 4 23
Of these                  
Master of Law  762  100 14 32 23 14 5 2 9
Master of Pharmacy  185  100 58 20 9 3 5 1 5
Master of Odontology  130  100 31 12 23 14 8 4 9
Master of Science in Business and Economics  536  100 43 22 16 7 2 1 8
Master of Technology, Graduate engineering degree  998  100 56 23 10 4 2 1 4
Master of Science  380  100 53 22 13 5 3 1 4
Master of Philosophy 45  100 82 2 2 2 4 - 7
                   
Master degrees in the following fields of study                  
Master of Humanities and Arts 1 211  100 17 16 15 11 7 6 28
Master degrees in Teaching and Pedagogy  694  100 17 10 9 6 4 4 49
Master degrees in Social Sciences and Law Studies  993  100 19 18 16 11 8 6 21
Master of Business and Administration  614  100 11 20 16 10 8 6 29
Master degrees in Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 1 069  100 32 21 13 10 7 5 13
Master degrees in Health, Welfare and Sport  644  100 14 8 6 5 5 5 57
Primary Industries  103  100 53 20 11 2 5 - 9
Transport, Communication, Safetey Security 33  100 9 9 6 3 - - 73
Other Master degrees3 97  100 65 7 4 3 3 3 14
                   
6 year degrees  871  100 2 16 23 20 13 8 18
Of these                  
Cand.med. (Medicine)  514  100 0 17 22 21 15 8 16
Cand.theol. 41  100 7 27 17 15 5 5 24
Cand.psychol.  230  100 0 6 23 22 13 10 26
Cand.med.vet. (Vetinary Science) 86  100 16 28 24 7 7 9 8
                   
Men, total 4 214  100 31 20 13 8 6 4 18
Of these                  
5 year's degrees: 3 928  100 34 20 13 7 5 3 18
Of these                  
Master of Law  308  100 13 32 21 15 5 3 12
Master of Pharmacy 44  100 57 27 11 - 2 2 -
Master of Odontology 47  100 23 13 30 11 4 4 15
Master of Science in Business and Economics  328  100 45 20 16 6 2 2 9
Master of Technology, Graduate engineering degree  760  100 58 21 9 4 2 1 4
Master of Science  231  100 56 25 13 1 2 - 3
Master of Philosophy 20  100  100 - - - - - -
                   
Master degrees in the following fields of study:                  
Master of Humanities and Arts  466  100 18 17 15 12 8 5 25
Master degrees in Teaching and Pedagogy  127  100 24 9 8 8 6 5 41
Master degrees in Social Sciences and Law Studies  381  100 19 19 16 7 9 6 23
Master of Business and Administration  272  100 10 22 17 8 11 8 24
Master degrees in Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  559  100 35 22 11 8 6 5 13
Master degrees in Health, Welfare and Sport  162  100 17 12 9 6 7 4 44
Primary Industries 48  100 54 15 8 4 6 - 13
Transport, Communication, Safetey Security 25  100 12 12 4 - - - 72
Other Master degrees3 50  100 70 8 6 - 6 2 8
                   
6 year degrees  286  100 2 20 19 17 13 9 20
Of these                  
Cand.med. (Medicine)  191  100 - 24 18 19 12 8 18
Cand.theol. 17  100 6 41 12 - 12 12 18
Cand.psychol. 58  100 2 2 19 21 19 7 31
Cand.med.vet. (Vetinary Science) 20  100 25 10 30 10 5 15 5
                   
Women, total 5 472  100 20 17 15 10 6 5 27
Of these                  
5 year's degrees 4 887  100 23 17 13 9 6 4 28
Of these:                  
Master of Law  454  100 15 32 24 14 5 2 8
Master of Pharmacy  141  100 58 18 8 4 6 - 6
Master of Odontology 83  100 35 11 19 16 10 4 6
Master of Science in Business and Economics  208  100 40 25 18 9 2 1 5
Master of Technology, Graduate engineering degree  238  100 48 30 11 5 2 1 3
Master of Science  149  100 49 18 13 10 4 2 4
Master of Philosophy 25  100 68 4 4 4 8 - 12
                   
Master degrees in the following fields of study:                  
Master of Humanities and Arts  745  100 17 15 15 10 7 7 30
Master degrees in Teaching and Pedagogy  567  100 15 11 9 6 4 4 51
Master degrees in Social Sciences and Law Studies  612  100 19 18 16 13 8 7 19
Master of Business and Administration  342  100 11 19 15 12 7 4 32
Master degrees in Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  510  100 29 20 15 11 8 5 12
Master degrees in Health, Welfare and Sport  482  100 13 6 5 5 5 5 61
Primary Industries 55  100 53 25 13 - 4 - 5
Transport, Communication, Safetey Security 8  100 - - 13 13 - - 75
Other Master degrees3 47  100 60 6 2 6 - 4 21
                   
6 year degrees  585  100 2 14 24 21 13 8 17
Of these                  
Cand.med. (Medicine)  323  100 0 13 25 23 16 8 15
Cand.theol. 24  100 8 17 21 25 - - 29
Cand.psychol.  172  100 - 7 25 23 11 10 24
Cand.med.vet. (Vetinary Science) 66  100 14 33 23 6 8 8 9
1  The table consists of a selection of completed graduate courses. Some courses (primarily supplementary courses) are not included in the table.
2  Calculation of "number of years": -5 years = -64 months, 6 years = 65-76 months, 7 years = 77-88 months, 8 years = 89-100 months, 9 years = 101-112 months, 10 years = 113-124 months, 11 years = 125-136 months, 12 years = 137-148 months, 13 year and over = 149 months and over.
3  Masterdegrees prior to the Quality Reform in 2003.

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