First-time net entry rates into postsecondary (tertiary) education for selected OECD countries, by program type and sex: 1998 and 2001

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International Comparison of Transition to Postsecondary Education

Table 17-1. First-time net entry rates into postsecondary (tertiary) education for selected OECD countries, by program type and sex: 1998 and 2001

	1998						2001
	Tertiary-type A¹			Tertiary-type B²			Tertiary-type A¹			Tertiary-type B²
OECD country	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female

Country average	40	37	43	19	16	22	47	41	51	15	13	16
Australia	53	45	61	—	—	—	65	58	72	—	—	—
Austria	28	25	31	8	7	9	34	31	37	—	—	—
Belgium	28	28	28	27	22	33	32	32	33	36	29	43
Czech Republic	22	26	18	13	10	17	30	26	35	7	5	10
Denmark	30	29	32	32	23	42	44	33	56	9	12	7
Finland	58	49	67	12	9	15	72	62	83	†	†	†
France	—	—	—	—	—	—	37	30	43	22	22	21
Germany³	28	28	28	14	10	17	32	32	33	14	10	19
Hungary	45	41	49	—	—	—	56	50	63	3	3	4
Iceland	38	29	48	16	13	19	61	42	80	10	11	9
Ireland	28	27	30	25	23	26	38	33	43	18	18	19
Italy³	42	37	47	1	1	1	44	38	50	1	1	2
Japan⁴	36	45	27	33	22	45	41	48	33	31	22	41
Korea⁴	43	48	37	46	49	43	49	52	45	55	56	54
Mexico	21	22	21	—	—	—	26	26	25	1	2	1
Netherlands	52	50	54	1	1	1	54	51	58	2	1	2
New Zealand	68	56	79	36	28	44	76	62	89	41	34	47
Norway	56	45	68	6	6	6	62	48	76	6	7	5
Poland	—	—	—	—	—	—	67	—	—	1	#	1
Slovak Republic³	—	—	—	—	—	—	40	40	39	3	2	5
Spain	41	36	46	9	9	9	48	42	54	19	19	19
Sweden⁵	59	50	69	—	—	—	69	55	84	6	6	6
Switzerland	—	—	—	—	—	—	33	37	29	13	15	12
Turkey	20	25	15	11	12	10	20	23	18	10	11	9
United Kingdom	48	45	51	27	25	30	45	41	49	29	25	33
United States	44	40	48	14	13	15	42	36	49	13	12	15

—Not available.
†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
¹Tertiary-type A programs provide an education that is largely theoretical and is intended to provide sufficient qualifications for gaining entry into advanced research programs and professions with high-skill requirements. Entry into these programs normally requires the successful completion of an upper secondary education (i.e., high school); admission is competitive in most cases. The minimum cumulative theoretical duration at this level is 3 years of full-time enrollment.
²Tertiary-type B programs are typically shorter than tertiary-type A programs and focus on practical, technical, or occupational skills for direct entry into the labor market, although they may cover some theoretical foundations in the respective programs. They have a minimum duration of 2 years of full-time enrollment at the tertiary level.
³Entry rates for tertiary-type B programs are calculated as gross entry rates. In Italy, only the 2001 entry rate for tertiary-type B programs is calculated as a gross entry rate.
⁴Entry rates for tertiary-type A and B programs are calculated as gross entry rates.
⁵The 1998 entry rates for tertiary-type B programs are included in the entry rates for tertiary-type A programs.
NOTE: The OECD calculates net entry rates by adding the net entry rates for each single year of age from 15 to 29 and for older students in 5-year age groups. Entry rates for tertiary-type A and B programs cannot be combined to obtain the total tertiary-level entry rate because entrants into both types of programs would be double counted. For further details on the international classification of postsecondary education programs used in this indicator, see supplemental note 7.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Center for Educational Research and Innovation. (2000). Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators, 2000, table C3.1, and (2003) Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators, 2003, table C2.1. Data from OECD Education Database.

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