EDUCATION INDICATORS: An International Perspective

Indicator 4: Nonuniversity Enrollment

Nonuniversity higher education enrollment rates for 18- to 21-year-olds were clustered into two groups in the G_7 countries for which data were available. The United States had relatively high full-time enrollment rates in 1992 (13.8 percent), as did France and Canada, with 8.8 and 8.1 percent, respectively. The former West Germany and the United Kingdom had comparatively low enrollment rates (between 2 and 4 percent). In two other countries, Australia and Belgium, nonuniversity full-time enrollment among 18- to 21-year-olds exceeded 10 percent.
In most countries, nonuniversity enrollment rates declined to less than 5 percent as students progressed into their late twenties. The highest full-time rate among 26- to 29-year-olds11 percentwas found in Australia, which is known for its system of continuing education and training. In Canada, France, Belgium, Greece, Hungary, and Turkey, enrollment rates for this age cohort were less than
1 percent.

Table 4: Percentage of young adults enrolled1 in public and private
nonuniversity higher education, by age group and country: 1992

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                               Age
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Country			18-21	22-25	26-29
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G-72		
Canada3			8.1	2.7	0.8
France			8.8	2.3	0.3
West Germany (former)	2.3	1.7	1.4
United Kingdom		3.9	2.0	1.1
United States          13.8     6.5     4.1
Other		
Australia              22.9     9.2    11.4
Belgium                14.0     2.5     0.1
Czech Republic          0.8     -       -
Denmark                 0.7     2.7     1.4
Finland                 4.6     5.9     2.0
			
Greece			8.2	3.3	0.5
Hungary			4.7	1.4	0.5
New Zealand		4.2	4.2	3.0
Norway			5.7	5.1	2.5
Poland			3.5	1.2	-
			
Russia			9.5	4.6	-
Spain			0.3	-	-
Sweden			6.3	4.6	2.7
Switzerland		2.4	5.4	3.0
Turkey			1.1	0.3	0.1
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-Not available.
1/ Head counts.
2/ No data available for Italy and Japan. 31991 data.

NOTE: See supplemental note to Indicator 4 for details on indicator calculation for Australia, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Poland, and Russia and for information on the calculation of enrollment rates and full-time equivalents.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Center for Educational Research and Innovation, International Indicators Project, 1995.

Figure 4: Percentage enrolled in nonuniversity higher education, by age group and G-7 country:1,2 1992

1/ No data available for Italy and Japan
2/ Countries are sorted in descending order by the percentage of 18- to 21-year-olds enrolled in nonuniversity higher education.
3/ 1991 data.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Center for Educational Research and Innovation, International Indicators Project, 1995.

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