Statistics Norway

Throughput of students in tertiary education

2 Postgraduate courses1 by number of graduates in 2009/10 and number of years2 since the student was first registered in tertiary education, by gender and duration of study. Absolute figures and per cent
  Absolute figures Per cent              
Gender, duration and course of study Number of graduates Total -5 years 6 years 7 years 8 years 9 years 10 years 11 years and over
Both genders, total 10 104  100 28 19 13 10 6 4 21
Of these:                  
5 year's degrees: 9 252  100 30 19 13 9 5 3 22
Of these:                  
Master of Law  790  100 17 25 23 15 7 3 11
Master of Pharmacy 93  100 45 22 12 6 3 2 10
Master of Odontology  113  100 31 16 15 18 9 3 9
Master of Science in Business and Economics  805  100 35 30 14 9 3 3 6
Master of Technology, Graduate engineering degree 1 235  100 51 28 10 4 1 1 4
Master of Science  369  100 79 8 6 2 1 1 4
Master of Philosophy 51  100 76 8 2 4 2 2 6
                   
Master degrees in the following fields of study:                  
Master of Humanities and Arts 1 232  100 20 14 12 10 9 4 30
Master degrees in Teaching and Pedagogy  726  100 20 13 11 5 4 4 44
Master degrees in Social Sciences and Law Studies 1 066  100 21 18 16 12 7 4 23
Master of Business and Administration  635  100 16 12 15 13 9 6 29
Master degrees in Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 1 136  100 34 23 13 10 4 3 12
Master degrees in Health, Welfare and Sport  797  100 15 7 5 6 4 3 61
Primary Industries 75  100 43 20 12 7 5 1 12
Transport, Communication, Safetey Security 34  100 21 9 - 3 - - 68
Other Master degrees3 95  100 53 13 5 7 - 1 21
                   
6 year degrees  852  100 1 18 22 19 15 8 18
Of these:                  
Cand.med. (Medicine)  551  100 1 21 21 17 15 9 16
Cand.theol. 32  100 6 16 25 6 19 3 25
Cand.psychol.  219  100 - 6 26 25 16 6 22
Cand.med.vet. (Vetinary Science) 50  100 2 38 14 14 10 8 14
                   
Men, total 4 612  100 34 21 13 9 5 3 16
5 year's degrees: 4 299  100 36 20 12 8 4 3 16
Of these:                  
Master of Law  323  100 15 25 22 16 8 3 11
Master of Pharmacy 25  100 44 24 8 8 - 4 12
Master of Odontology 29  100 38 10 14 24 10 - 3
Master of Science in Business and Economics  506  100 36 29 15 9 2 3 6
Master of Technology, Graduate engineering degree  950  100 52 28 10 4 1 1 3
Master of Science  237  100 84 5 5 1 0 0 4
Master of Philosophy 20  100 95 - - - - - 5
                   
Master degrees in the following fields of study:                  
Master of Humanities and Arts  477  100 22 15 13 10 8 4 27
Master degrees in Teaching and Pedagogy  138  100 30 12 10 4 2 4 38
Master degrees in Social Sciences and Law Studies  448  100 26 16 11 10 7 3 26
Master of Business and Administration  309  100 14 13 17 14 8 6 29
Master degrees in Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  548  100 36 23 13 8 3 3 14
Master degrees in Health, Welfare and Sport  181  100 22 11 8 6 6 2 45
Primary Industries 30  100 40 20 17 3 3 - 17
Transport, Communication, Safetey Security 24  100 17 4 - - - - 79
Other Master degrees3 54  100 54 13 4 9 - 2 19
                   
6 year degrees  313  100 0 23 22 17 13 8 17
Of these:                  
Cand.med. (Medicine)  230  100 - 26 22 15 12 8 18
Cand.theol. 17  100 6 18 18 12 24 6 18
Cand.psychol. 52  100 - 6 25 31 15 8 15
Cand.med.vet. (Vetinary Science) 14  100 - 43 21 14 7 - 14
                   
Women, total 5 492  100 22 17 14 10 6 4 26
5 year's degrees: 4 953  100 25 17 13 9 5 4 27
Of these:                  
Master of Law  467  100 18 25 24 14 6 2 11
Master of Pharmacy 68  100 46 21 13 6 4 1 9
Master of Odontology 84  100 29 18 15 15 8 4 11
Master of Science in Business and Economics  299  100 35 31 13 8 4 4 5
Master of Technology, Graduate engineering degree  285  100 49 29 9 5 1 1 6
Master of Science  132  100 70 12 7 2 2 3 4
Master of Philosophy 31  100 65 13 3 6 3 3 6
                   
Master degrees in the following fields of study:                  
Master of Humanities and Arts  755  100 19 13 11 10 9 5 32
Master degrees in Teaching and Pedagogy  588  100 18 13 11 6 4 3 45
Master degrees in Social Sciences and Law Studies  618  100 18 19 19 12 6 5 21
Master of Business and Administration  326  100 17 12 14 12 9 6 29
Master degrees in Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  588  100 33 23 14 12 5 3 10
Master degrees in Health, Welfare and Sport  616  100 12 6 4 6 3 4 65
Primary Industries 45  100 44 20 9 9 7 2 9
Transport, Communication, Safetey Security 10  100 30 20 - 10 - - 40
Other Master degrees3 41  100 51 12 7 5 - - 24
                   
6 year degrees  539  100 1 16 22 19 16 8 18
Of these:                  
Cand.med. (Medicine)  321  100 1 18 21 19 17 9 15
Cand.theol. 15  100 7 13 33 - 13 - 33
Cand.psychol.  167  100 - 7 26 23 16 5 24
Cand.med.vet. (Vetinary Science) 36  100 3 36 11 14 11 11 14
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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