Slightly over one-half of vocational education completed within the target time in 2021

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release | Progress of studies 2021

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According to Statistics Finland, completion of vocational education within the target time continued weakening in 2021. In other sectors of education, the share of those having completed education within the target time remained on level with 2020. Vocational education had been completed in three-and-a-half years by 56 per cent and general upper secondary education by 78 per cent of those having started studies. Fifty-nine per cent completed a Bachelor's degree at university of applied sciences in four-and-a-half years and 35 per cent completed a Master’s degree at university in five-and-a-half years.

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  • The vocational education population of the statistics changes as a result of a legislative amendment.
  • Eighty-eight per cent of those having started general upper secondary education pass the matriculation examination within four-and-a-half years.
  • The pass rate of Bachelor's degree at university of applied sciences within the target time varies by field of education by as much as 40 percentage points. 
  • Persons with foreign background complete a Master’s degree at a university faster than persons with Finnish background. 

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Pass rates sector of education by start of studies and origin 2021, %

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Progress of studies [online publication].
Reference period: 2021. ISSN=1799-1021. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 15.11.2024].
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