These statistics show the distribution of students in Germany by subject area and chosen major for the summer semester of 1928 and the winter semester of 1936/37. Overall, the number of students decreased during the period shown. While the number of students in the Weimar Republic initially increased after the First World War, the significant decline up to 1936/37 is primarily due to the Nazi regime’s education policy: Jewish students, for example, were largely pushed out by antisemitic regulations and legislation, and women’s access to higher education was also restricted. In addition, university education as a whole lost some of its prestige. However, there were differences between the individual subject areas during this period: While some subjects such as theology or medicine, which had good career prospects and a high reputation in society, had constant or even rising student numbers while enrollment numbers in other areas fell. The number of female students also increased slightly between 1928 and 1936/37, despite the countermeasures taken by the National Socialists, although this varied depending on the subject. This trend continued after the outbreak of the war: The number of female students rose sharply from this point onwards and almost reached parity by the end of the war.