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Appendix table 3. Students and employed students aged at least 18 years by level of education and age in 2015
| Level of education | Students total | Employed students total | Age | ||||||||
| % | 18 years | 19 years | 20 years | 21 years | 22 years | 23 years | 24 years | 25 years- | |||
| 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 | 44 013 | 11 448 | 26,0 | 6 510 | 2 660 | 396 | 283 | 205 | 186 | 130 | 1 078 |
| Upper secondary vocational education | 234 764 | 112 261 | 47,8 | 6 272 | 3 465 | 3 170 | 4 267 | 4 189 | 4 294 | 3 902 | 82 702 |
| University of applied sciences degree(Bachelor) | 129 508 | 67 030 | 51,8 | 19 | 916 | 3 292 | 5 624 | 7 150 | 7 230 | 6 173 | 36 626 |
| Lower university degree (Bachelor) | 85 627 | 41 034 | 47,9 | 15 | 1 122 | 2 369 | 3 889 | 4 262 | 4 002 | 3 005 | 22 370 |
| University of applied sciences degree (Master) | 10 162 | 8 823 | 86,8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 822 |
| Higher university degree (Master) | 52 119 | 30 819 | 59,1 | - | 26 | 98 | 165 | 509 | 1 519 | 2 605 | 25 897 |
| Specialisation in medicine, veterinary medicine and dentistry | 157 | 141 | 89,8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 141 |
| Licentiate’s degree | 1 274 | 992 | 77,9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 992 |
| Doctoral degree | 18 252 | 13 532 | 74,1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 13 | 60 | 13 458 |
| Total | 575 876 | 286 080 | 49,7 | 12 816 | 8 189 | 9 325 | 14 229 | 16 315 | 17 244 | 15 876 | 192 086 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Vesa Hämäläinen 029 551 2594, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 17.3.2017
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Employment of students [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-0017. 2015,
Appendix table 3. Students and employed students aged at least 18 years by level of education and age in 2015
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 7.11.2025].
Access method: http://stat.fi/til/opty/2015/opty_2015_2017-03-17_tau_003_en.html
