Key figures: Students and graduates of higher vocational education 2007-2025

  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Number of admitted students 14 652 15 298 16 572 16 792 16 855 15 801 17 697 18 442 18 334 19 600 20 642 23 052 28 561 36 162 33 282 33 493 35 309 35 900 34 503
of which women, percent 55 56 52 51 51 52 52 52 51 54 55 56 55 53 53 53 51 50 51
of which men, percent 45 44 48 49 49 48 48 48 49 46 45 44 45 47 47 47 49 50 49
Number of students 33 684 36 657 39 417 41 597 42 484 40 754 42 596 44 929 46 633 47 983 50 373 52 741 61 393 75 371 82 753 84 870 84 413 87 103 87 349
of which women, percent 55 55 54 52 51 51 52 52 52 52 53 55 55 54 53 53 52 51 51
of which men, percent 45 45 46 48 49 49 48 48 48 48 47 45 45 46 47 47 48 49 49
Number of graduates 7 830 8 968 9 907 10 510 12 081 10 885 11 393 11 597 13 129 12 920 13 279 13 603 14 628 17 236 19 944 23 947 22 342 23 038 ..
of which women, percent 58 61 58 58 54 55 54 55 57 56 56 57 59 60 58 57 57 55 ..
of which men, percent 42 39 42 42 46 45 46 45 43 44 44 43 41 40 42 43 43 45 ..
Graduation rate 62.8 64.7 67.0 66.9 69.0 70.5 70.8 72.1 73.7 74.1 73.0 72.7 71.6 72.3 70.3 67.6 67.8 68.4 ..
Graduation rate, women 67.9 69.6 71.9 71.2 73.3 76.0 75.8 77.6 78.5 79.9 78.8 78.6 76.8 76.4 74.9 72.4 72.8 72.0 ..
Graduation rate, men 57.0 58.5 61.2 61.8 64.4 64.8 65.8 66.3 68.2 67.6 66.6 66.0 65.3 67.0 64.9 62.1 61.9 64.4 ..

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Last updated
2026-03-20

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