Students in universities, by degree, field of study, sex, age, group and origin

Per cents

1992/93

Engineering and architecture

Agriculture

Sciences and mathematics

Medicine a/

Law

Social sciences

Humanities

Total

1989/90

1984/85

1974/75

FIRST DEGREE – TOTAL

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

  Thereof: women

18.2

41.2

44.3

71.4

46.6

55.9

74.0

54.0

51.3

48.3

44.8

Age

  Up to 19

12.4

2.3

13.0

8.4

7.2

4.6

5.4

7.6

7.3

6.4

6.9

  20 – 21

17.4

7.5

24.3

20.4

19.6

17.4

18.7

19.0

17.6

16.6

23.5

  22 – 24

36.1

44.8

43.1

45.6

44.2

46.4

39.5

42.2

39.8

37.2

41.3

  25 – 29

30.4

39.5

17.3

17.5

23.7

22.0

20.9

22.2

24.5

24.7

18.2

  30 – 34

2.8

4.6

1.6

3.0

2.6

3.8

5.3

3.7

5.1

7.2

4.0

  35 +

0.8

1.3

0.7

5.0

2.4

5.9

10.1

5.3

5.7

7.9

6.0

Population group

 

  Jews

95.1

98.3

91.8

92.5

94.0

96.1

91.9

93.8

93.3

92.1

96.5

  Arabs & Others

4.9

1.7

8.2

7.5

8.0

3.9

8.1

6.2

6.7

7.9

3.5

  ORIGIN (OF JEWS) – TOTAL

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

    Israel

31.5

43.7

30.0

31.5

39.1

32.6

29.0

31.5

28.8

19.2

7.9

    Asia – Africa

23.0

17.4

20.7

20.1

19.5

28..4

31.8

26.3

27.9

27.1

18.3

    Europe – America

45.5

38.9

49.3

48.4

41.4

39.0

39.2

42.3

43.3

53.7

73.8

SECOND DEGREE – TOTAL

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

  Thereof: women

21.7

46.8

48.7

49.8

38.4

52.9

73.7

53.5

50.3

46.8

35.2

Age

  Up to 24

11.6

11.9

28.9

25.6

15.4

9.2

6.6

13.2

13.6

12.4

22.8

  25 – 29

51.7

51.3

53.2

46.5

46.8

48.2

28.6

44.1

44.1

       42.0

52.2

  30 – 34

22.3

16.4

12.5

13.9

21.4

19.6

17.1

17.7

19.4

21.8

11.2

  35 – 44

12.0

16.7

4.6

10.5

13.4

17.3

27.8

17.1

18.3

16.7

  45 +

2.3

3.8

0.8

3.5

3.0

5.6

19.9

7.9

4.6

7.1

13.8

Population group

  Jews

98.2

97.5

96.9

94.6

97.0

98.4

96.2

97.2

96.7

96.8

98.7

  Arabs & Others

1.8

2.5

3.1

5.4

3.0

1.6

3.8

2.8

3.3

3.2

1.3

      (continued)

1992/93

Engineering and architecture

Agriculture

Sciences and mathematics

Medicine  a/

Law

Social sciences

Humanities

Total

1989/90

1984/85

1974/75

  ORIGIN (OF JEWS) – TOTAL

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

    Israel

23.8

31.4

29.7

26.3

32.5

29.0

22.7

27.0

22.9

13.1

6.4

    Asia – Africa

20.5

20.4

18.3

18.9

18.1

24.4

25.2

22.3

19.9

16.5

11.2

    Europe – America

56.8

48.2

                52.0

56.8

49.4

46.6

52.1

50.8

57.2

70.4

82.4

THIRD DEGREE – TOTAL

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

  Thereof: women

21.0

42.9

41.3

65.4

46.1

54.4

43.8

41.3

39.7

25.9

Age

  Up to 29

23.2

25.0

40.9

29.6

13.0

7.0

26.6

25.6

21.6

48.2

  30 – 34

42.2

28.7

39.2

27.3

26.0

17.6

32.0

35.1

32.6

25.4

  35 – 44

29.6

26.7

16.2

30.1

43.1

40.5

28.0

29.0

31.8

  45 +

5.0

9.6

3.7

13.0

17.9

34.9

13.4

10.3

14.0

26.4

Population group

  Jews

97.2

94.1

96.2

88.6

98.2

97.0

96.3

96.1

97.3

99.7

  Arabs & Others

2.8

5.9

3.6

11.4

1.8

3.0

3.7

3.9

2.7

0.3

  ORIGIN (OF JEWS) – TOTAL

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

    Israel

16.2

21.4

25.7

19.8

18.7

16.3

21.7

17.1

9.1

4.6

    Asia – Africa

14.7

16.4

14.0

16.7

12.6

14.2

14.5

15.5

12.5

9.5

    Europe – America

69.1

62.2

60.3

61.5

68.6

69.5

63.9

67.4

78.4

85.9

      Source:  Central Bureau of Statistics.

      a/  Incl. paramedical courses.

635. The next table illustrates the increase over time in the percentage of Israelis with higher education.

Persons with higher education among the general population (13 years or more of schooling)