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Appendix table 2. Employment of students aged at least 18 by level of education and gender in 2013
Level of education | Students | Female students | Male students | ||||||
Total | Of whom employed | Total | Of whom employed | Total | Of whom employed | ||||
% | % | % | |||||||
Upper secondary general education | 45 171 | 12 399 | 27,4 | 25 014 | 8 036 | 32,1 | 20 157 | 4 363 | 21,6 |
Upper secondary vocational education | 225 479 | 112 215 | 49,8 | 120 444 | 63 959 | 53,1 | 105 035 | 48 256 | 45,9 |
Post-secondary non-higher vocational education | 21 | 20 | 95,2 | 5 | 5 | 100,0 | 16 | 15 | 93,8 |
Polytechnic degree (Bachelor) | 130 237 | 70 740 | 54,3 | 69 220 | 40 874 | 59,0 | 61 017 | 29 866 | 48,9 |
Lower university degree (Bachelor) | 93 199 | 47 047 | 50,5 | 47 337 | 25 912 | 54,7 | 45 862 | 21 135 | 46,1 |
Higher polytechnic degree (Master) | 8 566 | 7 469 | 87,2 | 5 453 | 4 787 | 87,8 | 3 113 | 2 682 | 86,2 |
Higher university degree (Master) | 49 339 | 30 158 | 61,1 | 28 611 | 17 411 | 60,9 | 20 728 | 12 747 | 61,5 |
Specialisation in medicine, veterinary medicine and dentistry | 4 352 | 4 067 | 93,5 | 2 974 | 2 772 | 93,2 | 1 378 | 1 295 | 94,0 |
Licentiate’s degree | 1 624 | 1 325 | 81,6 | 781 | 677 | 86,7 | 843 | 648 | 76,9 |
Doctoral degree | 18 655 | 14 174 | 76,0 | 9 738 | 7 443 | 76,4 | 8 917 | 6 731 | 75,5 |
Total | 576 643 | 299 614 | 52,0 | 309 577 | 171 876 | 55,5 | 267 066 | 127 738 | 47,8 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Tarja Seppänen 029 551 3220, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Riitta Harala
Updated 19.3.2015
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Employment of students [e-publication].
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Appendix table 2. Employment of students aged at least 18 by level of education and gender in 2013
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 15.11.2024].
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