Higher education plans of upper secondary school pupils. Academic year 2019/20:
Three in four pupils in higher education preparatory programmes intend to continue studies
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2020-03-06 9.30
In autumn 2019, around 75 percent of pupils in upper secondary school year 3 in higher education preparatory programmes intended to continue their studies. The corresponding percentage among pupils in vocational programmes was around 30 percent. There were no differences between the sexes who attended higher education preparatory programmes and vocational programmes.
Among all pupils, regardless of programme, around 70 percent of the women and just over 50 percent of the men wished to study at a university within three years. More women in total wish to undertake further studies, which to a large extent is because more women attend higher education preparatory programmes, in which it is more common to want to continue studying.
Pupils in upper-secondary school year 3, autumn term 2019, by sex and type of programme
As in previous years, around 60 percent of the pupils wish to continue their studies.
Major differences between women and men concerning subjects of study
There are major differences concerning the subjects that women and men wish to study at university. Social and behavioural science was the most common first choice among women, while among men, engineering was the most common first choice. The following subject areas were more common among women than among men:
- Law
- Social sciences
- Doctor/veterinarian/dentist
- Healthcare.
The following subject areas were more common among men than among women:
- Computing
- Engineering.
Substantially larger share among foreign born pupils wish to study further
Just under 80 percent of all foreign born pupils intended to study at a university within three years. The corresponding figure among Swedish born pupils was just under 60 percent. These figures were unchanged from previous years.
The difference is mainly due to the fact that a larger percentage of foreign born pupils wish to continue their studies regardless of the type of programme.
Pupils in upper-secondary school year 3, autumn term 2019, by sex and type of programme
Differences are generally minor between Swedish born pupils and foreign born pupils with regard to the subject they wish to study at university. There was a distinguishable difference was that a higher percentage of foreign born pupils wanted to become doctors.
Definitions and explanations
The report focuses on examining the level of interest in higher education studies among pupils in upper secondary school year 3 and reasons why pupils intend to or do not intend to continue their studies. The results are based on a questionnaire survey conducted among around 5 800 pupils, with a response rate of 39 percent. The results have been recalculated using statistical methods so that the statistics refer to all pupils in year 3.
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