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In Germany, the number of students has increased, and with it the number of students without a high school diploma. How did the numbers evolve? How many students are there without a high school diploma?
Record value in 2017
That CHE Center for University Development It has The results of his current calculations on students without Abitur in 2017 released According to this, around 60,000 people without a high school diploma studied in Germany in 2017, which is a record number. In percentage terms, this number means 2.1 percent of students do not have a high school diploma in possession. The option of studying without a high school diploma has existed since 2007. Since then, the number of students without a high school diploma with this value has quadrupled as of 2017. Currently, there are more of them than nationwide 8000 study offers for future students without a high school diploma.
Also count First-year students without a high school diploma was a record in 2017. Accordingly was their share 2.9 percentmeaning 14,600 people entered college without a high school diploma.
Graduate numbers
Also count University graduates without a high school diploma stood up In 2017, 8,100 people without a high school diploma received higher education, which corresponds to the share 1.6 percent is equivalent. This number has quadrupled compared to 2007. Here there were only 1,900 people without a high school diploma who received a university education. CHE university research leader Sigrun Nickel concludes from this development that The ability to study does not depend only on the Abitura.
differences between states
According to the CHE, there were sometimes large differences in development between the federal states. Share most first-year students without a high school diploma submit it Hamburg with 5 percent. 2nd place follows Bremen with 4.5 percent and is in third place North Rhine-Westphalia with 4 percent.
and development in Bremen be there according to Nickel especially positive. Here, the university landscape has become much more attractive for people without a high school diploma. There is also above-average growth, as the number of students without a high school diploma has more than doubled since 2016.
Also North Rhine-Westphalia should be particularly emphasized. It is the only federal state which, as a non-city state, always holds one of the leading positions for several years. Nickel says it’s mostly thanks to the locals FernUniversität Hagen lie. Here is nationwide, the most first-year students without a high school diploma specifically 1467.
and tail lights in the share of 1st-year students without Abitur Schleswig-Holstein with 1.4 percent, Saxony-Anhalt with also 1.4 percent and that Saarland with 0.5 percent. It is the only federal state with a share of less than one percent.
distribution to universities
Related to college types so be it the most first-year students without a high school diploma at the College of Applied Sciences or one college of applied sciences would start studying. In 2017, this concerned two thirds of beginners without a high school diploma.
Related to sponsorship universities is said to have a quota of first-year students without a high school diploma private universities the highest was just under 11 percent. At state universities, on the other hand, the rate is only 2 percent.
Popular subjects
In 2017, the most popular subject group for beginners without a high school diploma was der Law, economics and social sciences was with 56 percent. They are in second place engineering sciences followed with nearly 21 percent to take third place Medicine/Health Sciences with 11.5 percent. At 90 percent, almost all students without a high school diploma are in one Bachelor’s degree written down.
Conclusion
So there is more and more students without a high school diploma and more and more students without a high school diploma. Also The number of graduates without a high school diploma is increasing continues to grow, which is seen as confirmation that the ability to study does not depend only on the high school diploma. According to this, in 2017, the highest proportion of first-year students did not have a high school diploma Hamburgfollowed Bremen, where the development would be most obvious. University with the most first-year students FernUniversität Hagen. Proportionately, it has the fewest first-year students without an Abitur Saarland given. Here are Colleges of Applied Sciences or Colleges of Applied Sciences especially popular with this group. Also mention that private universities the highest shares of first-year students without a high school diploma. The most popular subject group is Law, economics and social sciences was. In this article, you will learn how exactly you can study without a high school diploma, what paths there are, and what you should know.
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