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Appendix table 2. Students and employed students aged at least 18 years by level of education and age in 2011
Level of education | Students total | Employed students | 18 years | 19 years | 20 years | 21 years | 22 years | 23 years | 24 years | 25 years- | |
% | |||||||||||
Upper secondary general education | 45 931 | 13 834 | 30,1 | 7 481 | 3 052 | 640 | 399 | 295 | 254 | 193 | 1 520 |
Upper secondary vocational education | 225 498 | 129 483 | 57,4 | 8 049 | 5 293 | 4 150 | 5 030 | 5 077 | 4 712 | 4 075 | 93 097 |
Post-secondary non-higher vocational education | 84 | 84 | 100,0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 84 |
Polytechnic degree (Bachelor) | 132 446 | 76 238 | 57,6 | 31 | 2 261 | 4 676 | 7 108 | 8 294 | 8 213 | 6 507 | 39 148 |
Lower university degree (Bachelor) | 99 389 | 53 990 | 54,3 | 35 | 1 301 | 2 780 | 4 278 | 4 857 | 4 769 | 4 067 | 31 903 |
Higher polytechnic degree (Master) | 7 321 | 6 828 | 93,3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 826 |
Higher university degree (Master) | 45 704 | 29 663 | 64,9 | 2 | 25 | 107 | 207 | 504 | 1 363 | 2 315 | 25 140 |
Specialisation in medicine, veterinary medicine and dentistry |
3 688 | 3 468 | 94,0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 466 |
Licentiate´s degree | 2 014 | 1 722 | 85,5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 720 |
Doctoral degree | 18 173 | 14 603 | 80,4 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 14 | 58 | 14 529 |
Total | 580 248 | 329 913 | 56,9 | 15 598 | 11 932 | 12 353 | 17 023 | 19 028 | 19 325 | 17 221 | 217 433 |
Share of employed students of all students, % | 25,2 | 34,5 | 38,2 | 46,1 | 50,6 | 53,6 | 55,9 | 70,1 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Ritva Kaukonen 09 1734 3311, Anna Loukkola 09 1734 3678, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Riitta Harala
Updated 20.3.2013
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Employment of students [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-0017. 2011,
Appendix table 2. Students and employed students aged at least 18 years by level of education and age in 2011
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 15.11.2024].
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