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Table 6 - Entrants to higher education by level, subject and gender: 2005-06
| All levels | Postgraduate | First degree | Other HE |
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Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female |
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Total | 142,190 | 43% | 57% | 32,195 | 46% | 54% | 44,025 | 43% | 57% | 65,980 | 40% | 60% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 1,780 | 39% | 62% | 435 | 33% | 67% | 1,220 | 40% | 60% | 125 | 40% | 56% |
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Allied Medicine | 15,040 | 15% | 85% | 2,885 | 22% | 78% | 5,670 | 15% | 85% | 6,485 | 12% | 88% |
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Biological Sciences | 5,600 | 37% | 63% | 1,155 | 38% | 62% | 3,955 | 36% | 64% | 490 | 39% | 62% |
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Veterinary Studies | 630 | 21% | 79% | 145 | 34% | 66% | 285 | 23% | 75% | 200 | 8% | 90% |
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Agriculture | 995 | 56% | 44% | 200 | 58% | 43% | 215 | 47% | 53% | 580 | 59% | 41% |
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Physical Sciences | 3,135 | 56% | 44% | 1,080 | 55% | 45% | 1,910 | 56% | 44% | 150 | 63% | 37% |
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Maths | 1,030 | 61% | 39% | 300 | 70% | 32% | 655 | 60% | 40% | 75 | 40% | 60% |
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Information Technology | 8,725 | 73% | 27% | 1,650 | 76% | 24% | 2,195 | 85% | 15% | 4,880 | 67% | 33% |
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Engineering & Technology | 10,420 | 87% | 13% | 2,085 | 82% | 18% | 3,305 | 85% | 15% | 5,030 | 91% | 9% |
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Architecture | 4,680 | 72% | 28% | 1,075 | 61% | 39% | 1,890 | 68% | 32% | 1,715 | 85% | 15% |
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Social Studies | 12,425 | 26% | 74% | 1,955 | 40% | 60% | 3,075 | 33% | 67% | 7,400 | 20% | 80% |
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Law | 4,060 | 42% | 58% | 1,725 | 48% | 52% | 1,700 | 37% | 62% | 635 | 39% | 61% |
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Business Administration | 27,650 | 43% | 57% | 7,610 | 55% | 45% | 6,840 | 43% | 57% | 13,200 | 35% | 65% |
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Education | 10,820 | 29% | 71% | 6,680 | 27% | 73% | 1,560 | 19% | 81% | 2,580 | 37% | 63% |
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Mass Communication | 2,185 | 44% | 56% | 495 | 34% | 66% | 715 | 43% | 57% | 975 | 50% | 50% |
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Languages | 4,190 | 33% | 67% | 785 | 32% | 68% | 1,510 | 28% | 72% | 1,900 | 37% | 63% |
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Humanities | 2,115 | 48% | 52% | 725 | 52% | 48% | 1,155 | 47% | 53% | 235 | 40% | 60% |
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Creative Arts | 8,930 | 36% | 64% | 620 | 41% | 59% | 2,140 | 38% | 62% | 6,170 | 34% | 66% |
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Combined | 17,780 | 40% | 60% | 590 | 51% | 49% | 4,030 | 40% | 60% | 13,155 | 39% | 61% |
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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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