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Appendix table 2. Employment of students aged at least 18 by level of education and gender in 2014

Level of education Students Female students Male students
Total Of whom employed Total Of whom employed Total Of whom employed
    %     %     %
Upper secondary general education 43 968 11 331 25,8 24 463 7 442 30,4 19 505 3 889 19,9
Upper secondary vocational education 232 294 112 044 48,2 123 689 63 933 51,7 108 605 48 111 44,3
Post-secondary non-higher vocational education 50 47 94,0 14 12 85,7 36 35 97,2
Polytechnic degree (Bachelor) 129 434 67 355 52,0 68 547 38 774 56,6 60 887 28 581 46,9
Lower university degree (Bachelor) 89 865 43 599 48,5 45 637 24 024 52,6 44 228 19 575 44,3
Higher polytechnic degree (Master) 9 218 7 893 85,6 5 921 5 093 86,0 3 297 2 800 84,9
Higher university degree (Master) 49 655 29 679 59,8 28 542 17 098 59,9 21 113 12 581 59,6
Specialisation in medicine, veterinary medicine and dentistry 4 365 4 053 92,9 2 965 2 737 92,3 1 400 1 316 94,0
Licentiate’s degree 1 420 1 132 79,7 716 601 83,9 704 531 75,4
Doctoral degree 18 449 13 741 74,5 9 753 7 325 75,1 8 696 6 416 73,8
Total 578 718 290 874 50,3 310 247 167 039 53,8 268 471 123 835 46,1

Source: Education. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Vesa Hämäläinen 029 551 2594, koulutustilastot@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma


Updated 17.3.2016

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Employment of students [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-0017. 2014, Appendix table 2. Employment of students aged at least 18 by level of education and gender in 2014 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 19.3.2024].
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