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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

Bar Chart

Source: SOEID Education Statistics

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