OECD (2000)

ACCESS TO AND PARTICIPATION
IN TERTIARY EDUCATION
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• Today, four out of ten school leavers are likely to attend tertiary programmes which lead to the
equivalent of a bachelor’s degree or higher (tertiary-type A) during the course of their lives. In
some countries this is as high as every second school leaver.
• A significant proportion of persons will also start tertiary education aiming for occupational skills
(tertiary-type B).
• The number of students enrolled in tertiary programmes grew by more than 20 per cent
between 1990 and 1997 in all except five OECD countries, and in eight countries by more than
50 per cent.
• On average across OECD countries, a 17-year-old can now expect to receive 2.3 years of tertiary
education, of which 2.0 years will be full-time.
Chart C3.1. Net entry rates for tertiary education (1998)
Chart C3.1. Net entry rates for tertiary education (1998)
Tertiary-type A (ISCED 5A) Tertiary-type B (ISCED 5B)
% %
70
70
60
60
50
50
40
40
30
30
20
20
10
10
0
New Zealand
Sweden
Finland
Norway
Australia
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Hungary
United States
Korea 1 Italy
Spain
Iceland
Japan 1
Denmark
Ireland
Austria
Belgium (Fl.)
Germany 2
Czech Republic
Mexico
Turkey
0
Note:
Net entry rates for ISCED 5A and ISCED 5B can not be added because of double counting.
1. Entry rate for type A and B programmes calculated as gross entry rate.
2. Entry rate for type B programmes calculated as gross entry rate.
Countries are ranked in descending order of the total net entry rates for tertiary-type A education.
Source:
OECD.
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