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Appendix table 2. Employment of students aged at least 18 by level of education and gender in 2015

Level of education Students Female students Male students
Total Of whom employed Total Of whom employed Total Of whom employed
    %     %     %
Upper secondary general education 44 013 11 448 26,0 24 717 7 460 30,2 19 296 3 988 20,7
Upper secondary vocational education 234 764 112 261 47,8 125 438 64 192 51,2 109 326 48 069 44,0
University of applied sciences degree(Bachelor) 129 508 67 030 51,8 68 167 38 468 56,4 61 341 28 562 46,6
Lower university degree (Bachelor) 85 627 41 034 47,9 43 551 22 997 52,8 42 076 18 037 42,9
University of applied sciences degree (Master) 10 162 8 823 86,8 6 503 5 659 87,0 3 659 3 164 86,5
Higher university degree (Master) 52 119 30 819 59,1 29 631 17 511 59,1 22 488 13 308 59,2
Specialisation in medicine, veterinary medicine and dentistry 157 141 89,8 146 131 89,7 11 10 90,9
Licentiate’s degree 1 274 992 77,9 638 518 81,2 636 474 74,5
Doctoral degree 18 252 13 532 74,1 9 654 7 232 74,9 8 598 6 300 73,3
Total 575 876 286 080 49,7 308 445 164 168 53,2 267 431 121 912 45,6

Source: Education. Statistics Finland

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

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma


Updated 17.3.2017

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Employment of students [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-0017. 2015, Appendix table 2. Employment of students aged at least 18 by level of education and gender in 2015 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 19.3.2024].
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