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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

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Employment of students [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-0017. 2013, Appendix table 2. Employment of students aged at least 18 by level of education and gender in 2013 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 22.12.2024].
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