New entrants

First semester in higher education by states
State	Year¹
State	2008/2009	2009/2010	2010/2011
¹ Elementary students in summer term and following winter term.
Baden-Württemberg	60,661	65,321	67,638
Bayern	55,001	59,081	64,749
Berlin	23,967	26,326	28,850
Brandenburg	9,866	10,056	9,499
Bremen	5,848	5,866	6,478
Hamburg	14,095	15,312	15,841
Hessen	32,974	35,709	36,713
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	7,080	7,673	7,031
Niedersachsen	27,777	29,150	30,983
Nordrhein-Westfalen	84,697	91,240	97,666
Rheinland-Pfalz	20,004	20,842	22,161
Saarland	4,456	5,119	5,751
Sachsen	20,659	21,616	20,269
Sachsen-Anhalt	10,120	10,230	10,085
Schleswig-Holstein	8,824	9,496	9,687
Thüringen	10,581	11,236	11,207
Germany	396,610	424,273	444,608
In a breakdown by
Females	196,916	211,720	220,089
Foreigners	69,809	74,024	80,130
Resident foreign students	11,459	13,114	13,717
Average age	21,9	21,9	22,0