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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 2011 1)

Sector of education New students New students, women Students Students, women Completed qualifications and degrees Completed qualifications and degrees, women
  %   %   %
Total 270 990 52 1 241 473 51 218 218 54
Basic comprehensive school education, compulsory education school 59 076 48 541 931 49 63 435 49
Basic education of adults . . 2 390 48 . .
Upper secondary general education 36 784 57 109 046 57 32 807 57
Vocational education 116 017 50 279 266 50 70 596 52
Polytechnic education 38 839 55 139 857 54 22 898 63
University education 20 274 55 168 983 54 28 482 60
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. Statistics Finland

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Updated 29.1.2013

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Students and qualifications [e-publication].
ISSN=2737-0410. 2012, Appendix table 2. Students and completed qualifications and degrees in education leading to a qualification or degree by sector of education 2011 1) . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.3.2024].
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