| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| 5G university entrants, graduates and student awards |
| Table 5G1 Number of full-time first degree entrants to higher education: |
| by age, sex and subject, 1996/97 |
Subject |
All |
Male |
Female |
||||||
Total |
<21 |
21-24 |
25+ |
Total |
<21 |
21-24 |
25+ |
||
| Total | 33,182 |
15,683 |
11,035 |
2,460 |
2,188 |
17,499 |
13,073 |
2,049 |
2,377 |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 1,036 |
455 |
400 |
50 |
5 |
581 |
527 |
45 |
9 |
| Allied Medicine | 2,528 |
517 |
304 |
78 |
135 |
2,011 |
1,366 |
241 |
404 |
| Biological Sciences | 2,587 |
991 |
805 |
101 |
85 |
1,596 |
1,337 |
134 |
125 |
| Agriculture | 469 |
228 |
135 |
47 |
46 |
241 |
179 |
39 |
23 |
| Physical Sciences | 1,575 |
1,003 |
833 |
98 |
72 |
572 |
490 |
51 |
31 |
| Maths and Computing | 1,649 |
1,316 |
968 |
186 |
162 |
333 |
225 |
45 |
63 |
| Engineering and Technology | 3,494 |
2,977 |
1,937 |
618 |
422 |
517 |
399 |
72 |
46 |
| Architecture | 1,401 |
1,060 |
672 |
239 |
149 |
341 |
240 |
72 |
29 |
| Social Studies | 2,813 |
1,063 |
767 |
117 |
179 |
1,750 |
1,201 |
191 |
358 |
| Business Administration | 5,742 |
2,328 |
1,550 |
465 |
313 |
3,414 |
2,392 |
552 |
470 |
| Mass Communication | 585 |
220 |
121 |
57 |
42 |
365 |
258 |
71 |
36 |
| Languages | 1,189 |
340 |
250 |
32 |
58 |
849 |
725 |
47 |
77 |
| Humanities | 765 |
359 |
255 |
26 |
78 |
406 |
301 |
32 |
73 |
| Creative Arts | 1,518 |
557 |
371 |
84 |
102 |
961 |
684 |
158 |
119 |
| Education | 1,471 |
335 |
219 |
50 |
66 |
1,136 |
859 |
87 |
190 |
| Multi-Disciplinary Studies | 4,360 |
1,934 |
1,448 |
212 |
274 |
2,426 |
1,890 |
212 |
324 |
Source: SOEID Education Statistics |
| Chart 5G1 Number of full-time first degree entrants to higher education: by sex and subject, 1996/97 |
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Source: SOEID Education Statistics |