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Appendix table 3. Students and employed students aged at least 18 years by level of education and age in 2012
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 | 45 630 | 12 943 | 28,4 | 7 260 | 2 896 | 559 | 336 | 261 | 199 | 159 | 1 273 |
Upper secondary vocational education | 224 371 | 119 329 | 53,2 | 7 869 | 4 791 | 3 925 | 4 666 | 4 766 | 4 437 | 4 043 | 84 832 |
Post-secondary non-higher vocational education | 92 | 90 | 97,8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 90 |
Polytechnic degree (Bachelor) | 131 947 | 72 763 | 55,1 | 31 | 2 058 | 4 575 | 6 535 | 7 948 | 7 666 | 6 580 | 37 370 |
Lower university degree (Bachelor) | 96 230 | 49 205 | 51,1 | 32 | 1 340 | 2 696 | 3 945 | 4 490 | 4 388 | 3 940 | 28 374 |
Higher polytechnic degree (Master) | 7 834 | 6 983 | 89,1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 982 |
Higher university degree (Master) | 48 048 | 29 634 | 61,7 | - | 27 | 86 | 199 | 482 | 1 139 | 2 365 | 25 336 |
Specialisation in medicine, veterinary medicine and dentistry | 4 169 | 3 871 | 92,9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 869 |
Licentiate’s degree | 1 906 | 1 559 | 81,8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 559 |
Doctoral degree | 18 687 | 14 458 | 77,4 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 15 | 77 | 14 364 |
Total | 578 914 | 310 835 | 53,7 | 15 192 | 11 112 | 11 841 | 15 682 | 17 948 | 17 844 | 17 167 | 204 049 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Anna Loukkola 09 1734 3678, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Riitta Harala
Updated 20.3.2014
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Employment of students [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-0017. 2012,
Appendix table 3. Students and employed students aged at least 18 years by level of education and age in 2012
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 15.11.2024].
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