Statistics Norway

Throughput of students in tertiary education

2 Postgraduate courses1, by number of graduates in 2010/11 and number of years2 since the student was first registered in tertiary education, by gender and duration of study. Absolute figures and 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
    Per cent
Both genders, total 10 823  100 27 19 14 9 6 4 21
                   
5 year's degrees: 9 939  100 29 19 13 8 6 3 22
Of these:                  
Master of Law  871  100 17 30 19 13 8 3 12
Master of Pharmacy  106  100 42 15 15 8 2 4 14
Master of Odontology  134  100 28 14 10 12 14 7 15
Master of Science in Business and Economics  826  100 33 30 18 8 3 2 5
Master of Technology, Graduate engineering degree 1 527  100 54 25 10 4 2 2 3
Master of Science  234  100 80 7 4 3 1 - 4
Master of Philosophy 12  100 83 - 8 - - - 8
                   
Master degrees in the following fields of study:                  
Master of Humanities and Arts 1 336  100 20 14 14 9 8 6 28
Master degrees in Teaching and Pedagogy  825  100 19 16 12 7 4 4 39
Master degrees in Social Sciences and Law Studies 1 133  100 21 19 16 9 8 4 24
Master of Business and Administration  800  100 18 14 13 12 7 5 32
Master degrees in Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 1 137  100 36 21 13 9 5 3 12
Master degrees in Health, Welfare and Sport  881  100 15 8 5 6 5 3 58
Primary Industries 74  100 51 18 14 5 4 - 8
Transport, Communication, Safetey Security 43  100 30 - 2 2 7 7 51
                   
6 year degrees  884  100 1 20 22 20 14 7 16
Cand.med. (Medicine)  536  100 0 23 22 19 15 7 13
Cand.theol. 44  100 5 32 11 18 14 2 18
Cand.psychol.  240  100 2 10 27 20 11 7 23
Cand.med.vet. (Vetinary Science) 64  100 2 23 13 20 11 11 20
                   
Men, total 4 864  100 32 21 13 9 6 3 16
                   
5 year's degrees: 4 544  100 34 21 13 8 5 3 16
Of these:                  
Master of Law  321  100 14 30 16 13 8 4 15
Master of Pharmacy 25  100 24 20 8 8 8 - 32
Master of Odontology 32  100 34 9 13 6 9 3 25
Master of Science in Business and Economics  512  100 29 32 19 8 3 3 5
Master of Technology, Graduate engineering degree 1 124  100 53 25 9 4 2 2 4
Master of Science  159  100 84 6 3 4 1 - 2
Master of Philosophy 2  100 50 - - - - - 50
                   
Master degrees in the following fields of study:                  
Master of Humanities and Arts  495  100 21 17 15 8 8 6 26
Master degrees in Teaching and Pedagogy  196  100 23 15 14 8 5 3 33
Master degrees in Social Sciences and Law Studies  456  100 22 17 16 9 7 4 26
Master of Business and Administration  379  100 17 15 14 13 6 6 30
Master degrees in Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  571  100 37 20 13 9 6 2 11
Master degrees in Health, Welfare and Sport  200  100 22 12 7 5 8 2 46
Primary Industries 31  100 61 16 16 6 - - -
Transport, Communication, Safetey Security 41  100 32 - - 2 7 7 51
                   
6 year degrees  320  100 2 20 20 22 13 8 16
Cand.med. (Medicine)  205  100 - 22 19 24 13 8 14
Cand.theol. 30  100 7 37 3 17 13 3 20
Cand.psychol. 70  100 4 10 29 19 11 7 20
Cand.med.vet. (Vetinary Science) 15  100 - 7 20 27 13 13 20
                   
Women, total 5 959  100 23 18 14 9 7 4 25
                   
5 year's degrees: 5 395  100 25 17 13 8 6 4 26
Of these:                  
Master of Law  550  100 18 29 20 13 7 3 10
Master of Pharmacy 81  100 47 14 17 9 - 5 9
Master of Odontology  102  100 25 16 10 14 16 8 12
Master of Science in Business and Economics  314  100 40 26 17 7 3 1 6
Master of Technology, Graduate engineering degree  403  100 55 24 12 3 2 2 2
Master of Science 75  100 71 9 7 3 1 - 9
Master of Philosophy 10  100 90 - 10 - - - -
                   
Master degrees in the following fields of study:                  
Master of Humanities and Arts  841  100 20 12 14 10 8 6 30
Master degrees in Teaching and Pedagogy  629  100 17 16 11 7 4 4 41
Master degrees in Social Sciences and Law Studies  677  100 20 20 16 9 9 5 22
Master of Business and Administration  421  100 18 12 13 10 8 5 34
Master degrees in Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  566  100 35 22 14 8 4 3 14
Master degrees in Health, Welfare and Sport  681  100 13 6 5 6 4 3 62
Primary Industries 43  100 44 19 12 5 7 - 14
Transport, Communication, Safetey Security 2  100 - - 50 - - - 50
                   
6 year degrees  564  100 1 20 23 18 14 7 16
Cand.med. (Medicine)  331  100 1 24 24 16 17 7 12
Cand.theol. 14  100 - 21 29 21 14 - 14
Cand.psychol.  170  100 1 9 26 21 11 7 25
Cand.med.vet. (Vetinary Science) 49  100 2 29 10 18 10 10 20
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.

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