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Appendix table 2. Students and completed qualifications and degrees in education leading to a qualification or degree by sector of education and sex 2009 ¹⁾

Sector of education	New students	New students, women	Students	Students, women	Completed qualifications and degrees	Completed qualifications and degrees, women
		%		%		%
Total	267 862	52	1 252 823	51	209 414	54
Basic comprehensive school education, compulsory education school	56 770	48	553 329	49	65 083	49
Basic education of adults	.	.	2 326	53	.	.
Upper secondary general education	38 054	57	112 088	57	33 034	58
Vocational education	114 672	50	281 572	49	66 427	51
Polytechnic education	38 197	55	135 033	54	21 039	64
University education	20 169	56	168 475	54	23 831	62

1) Excl. new students and qualifications in basic education of adults and new students in post-graduate education in universities (licentiates degrees, doctors degrees, specialist degrees in medicine).

Source: Education 2010. Statistics Finland

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Updated 26.1.2011