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Sixty-four per cent of new passers of the matriculation examination in 2022 remained outside education

release | Entrance to education 2022

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A new database table on entrance to further education by attainers of initial vocational qualifications will be published on 12 December 2023.
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The time series of Table 11gg New students by prior qualification was extended starting from 2000.
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According to Statistics Finland, there were 25,900 new passers of the matriculation examination in the spring term 2022, of whom three fifths were women. Eighty per cent of new passers of the matriculation examination applied immediately for further studies, but only 36 per cent continued studies immediately. Twenty-two per cent of new passers of the matriculation examination continued in university education, 12 per cent in university of applied sciences education and 1.7 per cent in vocational education.

Key selections

  • Immediate entrance to education by passers of the matriculation examination in spring decreased from the year before.
  • Sixty-four per cent of passers of the matriculation examination in spring did not have a place for further studies.
  • Seventy-six per cent of passers of the matriculation examination in 2019 were studying three years after graduation.
  • Twenty-three per cent of attainers of initial vocational qualifications in 2019 were studying three years after graduation.
  • Twenty-seven per cent of new students in university education had completed some previous tertiary degree.

Change

A new database table on entrance to further education by attainers of initial vocational qualifications will be published on 12 December 2023.
Read more about the change

Change

The time series of Table 11gg New students by prior qualification was extended starting from 2000.
Read more about the change

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