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Appendix table 3. Students and employed students aged at least 18 years by level of education and age in 2014

Level of education Students total Employed students Age
    % 18 years 19 years 20 years 21 years 22 years 23 years 24 years 25 years-
Upper secondary general education 43 968 11 331 25,8 6 363 2 573 443 276 227 198 138 1 113
Upper secondary vocational education 232 294 112 044 48,2 6 520 4 026 3 661 4 431 4 609 4 226 4 012 80 559
Post-secondary non-higher vocational education 50 47 94,0 - - - - - 1 1 45
Polytechnic degree (Bachelor) 129 434 67 355 52,0 28 1 056 3 755 5 962 7 224 7 306 6 111 35 913
Lower university degree (Bachelor) 89 865 43 599 48,5 23 1 109 2 563 3 798 4 331 3 895 3 443 24 437
Higher polytechnic degree (Master) 9 218 7 893 85,6 - - - - - - 2 7 891
Higher university degree (Master) 49 655 29 679 59,8 1 28 83 176 489 1 240 2 347 25 315
Specialisation in medicine, veterinary medicine and dentistry 4 365 4 053 92,9 - - - - - - - 4 053
Licentiate’s degree 1 420 1 132 79,7 - - - - - - 1 1 131
Doctoral degree 18 449 13 741 74,5 - - - - 1 7 49 13 684
Total 578 718 290 874 50,3 12 935 8 792 10 505 14 643 16 881 16 873 16 104 194 141

Source: Education. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Vesa Hämäläinen 029 551 2594, koulutustilastot@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma


Updated 17.3.2016

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Employment of students [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-0017. 2014, Appendix table 3. Students and employed students aged at least 18 years by level of education and age in 2014 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 22.12.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/opty/2014/opty_2014_2016-03-17_tau_003_en.html