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Highly educated people found employment easiest in 2023

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release | Transition from school to further education and work 2023

According to Statistics Finland, people with university or university of applied sciences degrees found employment easiest in 2023. Eighty-nine per cent of those with bachelor’s degrees from universities of applied sciences and 90 per cent of those with master’s degrees from universities were employed one year after graduation.

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  • Seventy-two per cent of graduates were employed one year after graduation. The share of employed persons decreased by one percentage point compared to the previous year.
  • Altogether 90 per cent of those with master's degrees from universities and 94 per cent of those with master's degrees from universities of applied sciences found employment.
  • Those with qualifications in the field of health and welfare found employment easiest in 2023.
  • The differences between genders in finding employment were biggest in initial vocational education, where 61 per cent of men and 75 per cent of women found employment.

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  • Region of residence
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Transition from school to further education and work [online publication].
Reference period: 2023. ISSN=1798-9469. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 22.2.2025].
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