32,675 students were enrolled in post-secondary and tertiary levels of education during the academic year 2023-24, this was an increase of 4.6% on the preceding academic year, the National Statistics Office said today.
The NSO noted that the majority of students enrolled in post-secondary and tertiary levels education comprised of female students (53.2%).
Foreign students accounted for 30.8% of the total students enrolled at post-secondary and tertiary levels.
The NSO noted that foreign students enrolled in post-secondary institutions amounted to 1,808, accounting for 17.4% of the total students enrolled at post-secondary level.
While foreign students enrolled at the tertiary level totalled 8,252, equivalent to 37.0% of all tertiary enrolments, where 21.9% were non-EU nationals and 15.1% were other EU nationals.
The NSO said that this resulted in an increase of 27.0% of foreign students over the previous academic year
Slightly more than half of all students in post-secondary levels were enrolled in courses or programmes of vocational study orientation (55.7%).
The largest share of tertiary enrolments was composed of students aged between 20 and 24 years (39.1%).
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