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Higher Education in Israel: Enrollment in Universities, by Degree

(1969 - Present)

Grand Total:
1969/70
1979/80
1989/90
1999/00
2009/10
2012/13
First Degree
28,053
39,549
54,805
131,701
184,851
196,639
Second Degree
5,156
9,961
16,155
30,913
47,237
54,430
Third Degree
1,346
2,904
3,764
6,647
10,567
10,655
Diploma
819
941
763
1,692
1,203
1,214
TOTAL
35,374
53,355
75,487
170,953
243,858
262,938

Universities:
1969/70
1979/80
1989/90
1999/00
2009/10
2012/13
First Degree
28,053
39,549
46,519
74,194
75,271
74,000
Second Degree
5,156
9,961
16,155
30,454
36,923
39,189
Third Degree
1,346
2,904
3,764
6,647
10,567
10,655
Diploma
819
941
763
1,692
1,203
1,214
TOTAL
35,374
53,355
67,201
112,987
123,964
125,058

Academic Colleges:
1969/70
1979/80
1989/90
1999/00
2009/10
2012/13
First Degree
--
--
3,668
33,250
83,371
94,488
Second Degree
--
--
--
459
8,198
11,228
TOTAL
--
--
3,668
33,709
91,569
105,716

Colleges of Education:
1969/70
1979/80
1989/90
1999/00
2009/10
2012/13
First Degree
--
--
4,618
24,257
26,209
28,151
Second Degree
--
--
--
--
2,116
4,013
TOTAL
--
--
4,618
24,257
28,325
32,164

Sources: Central Bureau of Statistics