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Higher Education Graduates and Diplomates in Scotland: 2000-01
Table 2 - Graduates and diplomates from higher education courses by qualification achieved and sex, and the percentage of the total by age group: 2000-01
| Total =100% | 16-20 | 21-24 | 25-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50 and over |
Total Graduates & Diplomates | 55,444 | 14 | 45 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 2 |
Male | 23,793 | 13 | 46 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 |
Female | 31,651 | 15 | 44 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 2 |
Total Postgraduate | 12,165 | 0 | 20 | 29 | 31 | 16 | 4 |
Male | 5,921 | 0 | 17 | 28 | 35 | 16 | 4 |
Female | 6,244 | 0 | 22 | 29 | 28 | 17 | 4 |
Total First Degree | 26,255 | 5 | 73 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
Male | 11,250 | 4 | 75 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
Female | 15,005 | 5 | 71 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
Total Sub Degree | 17,024 | 39 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 2 |
Male | 6,622 | 41 | 24 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 |
Female | 10,402 | 38 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 2 |
Table 3 - Graduates and diplomates from higher education courses by subject of study and year: 1995-96 to 2000-01
Subject | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 |
All subjects | 49,714 | 52,196 | 55,151 | 52,662 | 56,560 | 55,444 |
Business Admin. | 10,869 | 11,828 | 11,552 | 10,605 | 11,635 | 11,514 |
Social Studies | 5,521 | 5,715 | 6,191 | 5,694 | 6,208 | 6,351 |
Allied Medicine | 2,825 | 4,030 | 5,671 | 5,326 | 5,554 | 5,551 |
Multi-Discipline | 3,791 | 3,646 | 3,976 | 4,226 | 4,227 | 4,401 |
Engineering & Tech | 5,321 | 5,089 | 5,059 | 4,920 | 4,924 | 4,367 |
Education | 3,664 | 3,522 | 3,631 | 3,065 | 4,346 | 3,663 |
Maths & Computing | 2,801 | 2,693 | 3,055 | 3,393 | 3,702 | 3,618 |
Creative Arts | 2,567 | 3,057 | 3,261 | 3,028 | 3,499 | 3,564 |
Biological Sciences | 2,367 | 2,667 | 2,667 | 2,467 | 2,455 | 2,754 |
Physical Sciences | 2,029 | 1,981 | 1,993 | 1,829 | 1,928 | 1,806 |
Architecture | 1,874 | 1,898 | 1,833 | 1,713 | 1,719 | 1,694 |
Languages | 1,544 | 1,517 | 1,546 | 1,482 | 1,581 | 1,685 |
Humanities | 1,334 | 1,233 | 1,231 | 1,315 | 1,288 | 1,233 |
Medicine & Dentistry | 1,038 | 1,073 | 1,102 | 1,180 | 1,146 | 1,097 |
Agriculture | 1,139 | 1,210 | 1,192 | 1,179 | 1,084 | 1,088 |
Mass Communication | 1,030 | 1,037 | 1,191 | 1,240 | 1,264 | 1,058 |
Notes:
Please note that data up to and including 1993/94 is not comparable with data after this point. Please see Annex, point 2 for a full explanation.
Due to an improvement in data quality, the information for 2000-01 is not fully comparable with previous years. Comparisons between 2000-01 data and that for earlier years should be regarded with caution.
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