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Appendix table 2. Students and employed students aged at least 18 years by level of education and age in 2011

Level of education Students total Employed students 18 years 19 years 20 years 21 years 22 years 23 years 24 years 25 years-
    %                
Upper secondary general education 45 931 13 834 30,1 7 481 3 052 640 399 295 254 193 1 520
Upper secondary vocational education 225 498 129 483 57,4 8 049 5 293 4 150 5 030 5 077 4 712 4 075 93 097
Post-secondary non-higher vocational education 84 84 100,0 - - - - - - - 84
Polytechnic degree (Bachelor) 132 446 76 238 57,6 31 2 261 4 676 7 108 8 294 8 213 6 507 39 148
Lower university degree (Bachelor) 99 389 53 990 54,3 35 1 301 2 780 4 278 4 857 4 769 4 067 31 903
Higher polytechnic degree (Master) 7 321 6 828 93,3 - - - - - - 2 6 826
Higher university degree (Master) 45 704 29 663 64,9 2 25 107 207 504 1 363 2 315 25 140
Specialisation in medicine,
veterinary medicine and dentistry
3 688 3 468 94,0 - - - - - - 2 3 466
Licentiate´s degree 2 014 1 722 85,5 - - - - - - 2 1 720
Doctoral degree 18 173 14 603 80,4 - - - 1 1 14 58 14 529
Total 580 248 329 913 56,9 15 598 11 932 12 353 17 023 19 028 19 325 17 221 217 433
Share of employed students of all students, %       25,2 34,5 38,2 46,1 50,6 53,6 55,9 70,1

Source: Education. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Ritva Kaukonen 09 1734 3311, Anna Loukkola 09 1734 3678, koulutustilastot@stat.fi

Director in charge: Riitta Harala


Updated 20.3.2013

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Employment of students [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-0017. 2011, Appendix table 2. Students and employed students aged at least 18 years by level of education and age in 2011 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 19.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/opty/2011/opty_2011_2013-03-20_tau_002_en.html