Just the facts: Students and the city

Statistics look into students preference regarding where to study in Jerusalem.

By EITAN BLUER
Just the facts: Students and the city (photo credit: courtesy)
Just the facts: Students and the city
(photo credit: courtesy)
In recent years, the Jerusalem Municipality and Development Authority have been making great efforts to attract students to the city to study and then settle down there upon completing their studies.
The number of students enrolled in institutions for higher education in the capital has been increasing over the years. During 2010-11, approximately 36,500 students studied in Jerusalem, constituting 15 percent of all the students in the country, an increase of 3% over 2009-10, when 35,600 students studied in Jerusalem, and an increase of 26% over 1999-2000.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is the higher-education institution with the greatest number of students in the city. This number stood at 20,400 in 2010-11 and constituted 56% of all the students in higherlearning institutions in Jerusalem. A total of 10,800 studied at academic colleges in the city (30%), and 5,300 at teacher-training colleges (14%).
Of all the students enrolled in higher-education institutions there during 2010-11, 34% resided in the city, 6% resided in other localities within the Jerusalem District, 18% resided in the Central District, 12% in the Judea and Samaria District, 9% in the Tel Aviv District, 5% in the Haifa District, and the rest (15%) in the northern and southern peripheries.
The students who reside in Jerusalem can be divided on the basis of whether they attend higher-learning institutions within the city or outside of it. The number of students living in Jerusalem in 2010-11 came to 22,100. Of these, 12,300 studied in Jerusalem, while the rest (9,800) attended institutions outside of the capital.
Bachelor’s degree students who resided in Jerusalem tended toward the humanities more than the general population of students in the country. The percentage of students living in Jerusalem during 2010-11 and studying subjects within the humanities was 36%, higher than the percentage for the country as a whole (26%). In contrast, the percentage of students who resided in Jerusalem and studied subjects within the social sciences (27%) was lower than the average for the country (34%).