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Higher education status of adults

How many 25-45-year-old people are enrolled in higher education, and how many have none? This set of statistics shows the educational status of 25-45-year-old people using three categories: No higher education, enrolled in higher education, completed higher education programme. The statistics also show how the situation may be affected by the parents’ education, for example.

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Higher education is based on upper secondary education or vocational education. Higher education covers short, medium, bachelor and long cycle higher education as well as Ph.D. education.

Selected statistics on Higher education status of adults

This page shows selected popular statistics on the subject of Higher education status of adults. In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data and compile your own statistics.

Higher education status of 25-45-year-old people

Here you can see the share of 25-45-year-old people who have completed a higher education programme, who are undergoing higher education, or who have no higher education. Note that the category 'no higher education' covers both 25-45-year-olds who have no education and those who have other types of education than higher education, e.g. vocational education.
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Last update
16.5.2024
Next update
25.4.2025
Source data

The Student Register is based on annual reports from the Danish educational institutions.

Educational status of 25-45-year-old people over time

Here you can see how many 25-45-year-old people have completed a higher education, are undergoing a higher education, or have no higher education - over time.
More about the figure
Last update
16.5.2024
Next update
25.4.2025
Source data

The Student Register is based on annual reports from the Danish educational institutions.

Higher education status of 25-45-year-olds by parents' education

Here you can see how 25-45-year-old people and their higher education status relates to the educational attainment of their parents.
More about the figure
Last update
16.5.2024
Next update
25.4.2025
Source data

The Student Register is based on annual reports from the Danish educational institutions.

25-45-year-old men and women who have completed a higher education programme

The figure shows the number of 25-45-year-old men and women who each year hold a higher education degree.
More about the figure
Last update
16.5.2024
Next update
25.4.2025
Source data

The Student Register is based on annual reports from the Danish educational institutions.

On the statistics – documentation, sources and method

Gain an overview of the purpose, contents and quality of the statistics. Learn about the data sources of the statistics, the contents of the statistics and how often they are published.

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The Student Registre

The Students Register, which was established in the early 1970's, is a longitudinal register that allow you to follow the educational careers of students in the mainline education system. The purpose of The Student Register is to analyze entrance to, enrolment in and graduation from the mainline education system as well as transmissions of student within the system.

Need more data on Higher education status of adults?

You can go on searching on your own in Statbank Denmark. Find detailed figures on, e.g. type of upper secondary education and marks, ancestry as well as income and occupation of parents.

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