Education in States and Nations: 1991

(ESN) Indicator 24: Note on university completion

Notes on Figure and Tables

Denmark

Data include graduates from colleges and other non-university tertiary institutions (for example, school teachers, nurses, journalists, graduates from general programs in business and administration, etc.) but exclude university graduates obtaining master's degrees.

France

See notes to Indicator 11:

• Note on levels of education
• Note on enrollment reference groups and graduation and entry reference ages
• Note on entry ratio to higher education, and university and non-university higher education enrollment

Germany

The theoretical graduation age is 25 years for the former territory of the Federal Republic but is 23 years for the Eastern Länder and Berlin-East. Because the number of students is larger in the former territory of the Federal Republic than in the eastern Lnder and Berlin-East, the weighted average of the theoretical age of graduation is 25 years, after rounding.

Ireland

The number of graduates is exclusive of post-graduate certificate and diploma graduates who previously obtained a primary (bachelor's) degree at the university level.

Spain, United Kingdom

Estimates.

United States

Due to the presence of several large, private universities in the District of Columbia that draw students primarily from outside the District, the completion ratio for the District may be misleading. Many of the graduated students either live outside the District and are not counted in the age-range population, or moved to the District solely for the purpose of attending school.

Note on graduation reference age

See note on enrollment reference groups and graduation and entry reference ages: indicators 8, 11, 23, 24, and 29.

Secondary school completion

Mathematics proficiency