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Appendix table 2. Employment of students aged at least 18 by level of education and gender in 2014
Open this table as a bigger versionLevel of education | Students | Female students | Male students | ||||||
Total | Of whom employed | Total | Of whom employed | Total | Of whom employed | ||||
% | % | % | |||||||
Upper secondary general education | 43 968 | 11 331 | 25,8 | 24 463 | 7 442 | 30,4 | 19 505 | 3 889 | 19,9 |
Upper secondary vocational education | 232 294 | 112 044 | 48,2 | 123 689 | 63 933 | 51,7 | 108 605 | 48 111 | 44,3 |
Post-secondary non-higher vocational education | 50 | 47 | 94,0 | 14 | 12 | 85,7 | 36 | 35 | 97,2 |
Polytechnic degree (Bachelor) | 129 434 | 67 355 | 52,0 | 68 547 | 38 774 | 56,6 | 60 887 | 28 581 | 46,9 |
Lower university degree (Bachelor) | 89 865 | 43 599 | 48,5 | 45 637 | 24 024 | 52,6 | 44 228 | 19 575 | 44,3 |
Higher polytechnic degree (Master) | 9 218 | 7 893 | 85,6 | 5 921 | 5 093 | 86,0 | 3 297 | 2 800 | 84,9 |
Higher university degree (Master) | 49 655 | 29 679 | 59,8 | 28 542 | 17 098 | 59,9 | 21 113 | 12 581 | 59,6 |
Specialisation in medicine, veterinary medicine and dentistry | 4 365 | 4 053 | 92,9 | 2 965 | 2 737 | 92,3 | 1 400 | 1 316 | 94,0 |
Licentiate’s degree | 1 420 | 1 132 | 79,7 | 716 | 601 | 83,9 | 704 | 531 | 75,4 |
Doctoral degree | 18 449 | 13 741 | 74,5 | 9 753 | 7 325 | 75,1 | 8 696 | 6 416 | 73,8 |
Total | 578 718 | 290 874 | 50,3 | 310 247 | 167 039 | 53,8 | 268 471 | 123 835 | 46,1 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Vesa Hämäläinen 029 551 2594, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 17.3.2016
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Appendix table 2. Employment of students aged at least 18 by level of education and gender in 2014
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