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Resident University Graduates Aged 15 Years and Over by Field of Study, Year When Highest Qualification was Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 30/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2000, Statistical Release 2: Education, Language and Religion' (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/explore-data-themes/population/education-language-spoken-and-literacy/related-information).

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8901

Last updated 19 days ago (21 Aug 2026)

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ResidentUniversityGraduatesAged15YearsandOverbyFieldofStudyYearWhenHighestQualificationwasAttainedandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (13 rows, 1.9 KB)

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(Total) Total
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(Total) Males
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(Total) Females
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(Before 1971) Total
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(Before 1971) Males
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(Before 1971) Females
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(1971 - 1980) Total
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(1971 - 1980) Males
Numeric
(1971 - 1980) Females
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(1981 - 1990) Total
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(1981 - 1990) Males
Numeric
(1981 - 1990) Females
Numeric
(1991 - 2000) Total
Numeric
(1991 - 2000) Males
Numeric
(1991 - 2000) Females
Numeric
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Total26663114795811867312812919536172645316431100226821338281299321591528405075102
Education66221965465758521337172819053816364601176367411022572
Fine & Applied Arts523016043626319138182604192412132637395329829022080
Humanities & Social Sciences35940132232271729311708122351602175298693503243610718499609712402
Mass Communication & Information Science43821550283257471018483100793271522334811482200
Business & Administration820383974642293200115734286685403926461807888099270552742532529949
Law6884368032034163308687347639720471057990354818181730
Natural, Physical, Chemical & Mathematical Sciences190329150988319841452532313318181314570725323175820933484861
Health Sciences1172557725953121483338117031062641278313021482602525763449
Information Technology16284101916093413011381286963478221412641238376604722
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dataset_id = "d_5bef08d291dd88f146da2c550aab5b52"
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident University Graduates Aged 15 Years and Over by Field of Study, Year When Highest Qualification was Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_5bef08d291dd88f146da2c550aab5b52/view

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26 Oct 2024

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