Persons Having Completed an Education

Overview 1 shows the highest level of education obtained. Note that a person may have completed a more than one qualifying education.

 

Overview 1

Highest Completed Education by Type of Education and Year of Completion

 

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Total

503

432

365

368

450

462

514

Vocational education, total

334

259

229

251

284

303

329

Metal work

41

35

28

38

69

61

59

Construction

17

40

23

32

36

25

52

Commerce and office education

111

27

34

51

65

67

53

Food

28

14

14

18

15

25

16

Navigation and fishing

21

23

30

35

24

25

33

Agriculture etc.

1

5

1

2

1

-

7

Social care and health work

106

106

93

68

67

92

107

Graphic arts

4

5

3

1

1

2

-

Service

5

4

3

6

6

6

2

Middle-range training, total

142

136

95

82

109

113

114

Teachers' training college

41

29

19

32

28

43

20

Educator educations

12

17

11

9

17

14

15

Social work

11

4

4

-

7

8

7

Health care educations

3

7

9

8

9

11

12

Food science educations

-

1

-

1

3

3

1

Commerce and tourism educations

40

41

33

14

23

20

32

Technical educations

22

13

9

5

13

4

8

Traffic, communication, and navigation

11

14

5

5

8

8

10

Art, culture, and media

2

10

5

8

1

2

9

Further and higher education, total

27

35

38

34

56

46

70

The humanities

7

9

5

10

18

12

21

Theology

1

-

9

-

2

3

-

Athletics

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

Psychology

-

3

-

1

3

2

6

Social science

6

7

6

11

13

18

18

Natural science

2

4

4

1

3

3

3

Medicine

2

3

1

1

3

1

7

Other university educations

4

2

8

7

8

5

10

Business college

3

4

4

2

5

-

2

Agricultural college

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

School of architecture

1

1

-

1

1

1

1

Dental college

1

1

1

-

-

-

2

Other educations, total

-

2

3

1

1

-

1

Other educations

-

2

3

1

1

-

1

Source: Statistics Greenland