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Table 6 - Entrants to higher education by level, subject and gender: 2005-06

All levels

Postgraduate

First degree

Other HE

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

142,190

43%

57%

32,195

46%

54%

44,025

43%

57%

65,980

40%

60%

Medicine and Dentistry

1,780

39%

62%

435

33%

67%

1,220

40%

60%

125

40%

56%

Allied Medicine

15,040

15%

85%

2,885

22%

78%

5,670

15%

85%

6,485

12%

88%

Biological Sciences

5,600

37%

63%

1,155

38%

62%

3,955

36%

64%

490

39%

62%

Veterinary Studies

630

21%

79%

145

34%

66%

285

23%

75%

200

8%

90%

Agriculture

995

56%

44%

200

58%

43%

215

47%

53%

580

59%

41%

Physical Sciences

3,135

56%

44%

1,080

55%

45%

1,910

56%

44%

150

63%

37%

Maths

1,030

61%

39%

300

70%

32%

655

60%

40%

75

40%

60%

Information Technology

8,725

73%

27%

1,650

76%

24%

2,195

85%

15%

4,880

67%

33%

Engineering & Technology

10,420

87%

13%

2,085

82%

18%

3,305

85%

15%

5,030

91%

9%

Architecture

4,680

72%

28%

1,075

61%

39%

1,890

68%

32%

1,715

85%

15%

Social Studies

12,425

26%

74%

1,955

40%

60%

3,075

33%

67%

7,400

20%

80%

Law

4,060

42%

58%

1,725

48%

52%

1,700

37%

62%

635

39%

61%

Business Administration

27,650

43%

57%

7,610

55%

45%

6,840

43%

57%

13,200

35%

65%

Education

10,820

29%

71%

6,680

27%

73%

1,560

19%

81%

2,580

37%

63%

Mass Communication

2,185

44%

56%

495

34%

66%

715

43%

57%

975

50%

50%

Languages

4,190

33%

67%

785

32%

68%

1,510

28%

72%

1,900

37%

63%

Humanities

2,115

48%

52%

725

52%

48%

1,155

47%

53%

235

40%

60%

Creative Arts

8,930

36%

64%

620

41%

59%

2,140

38%

62%

6,170

34%

66%

Combined

17,780

40%

60%

590

51%

49%

4,030

40%

60%

13,155

39%

61%

Sources: Higher Education Statistics Agency ( HESA) & Scottish Funding Council ( SFC).
In this table 0, 1, 2 are rounded to 0. All other numbers are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. Numbers may not sum to totals exactly due to rounding.
Percentages have been calculated from rounded values.

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