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Appendix table 3. Employed students aged at least 18 years by level of education and age in 2016

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Level of education Students total Employed students 18 years 19 years 20 years 21 years 22 years 23 years 24 years 25 years-
    %
General upper secondary education 42 920 11 570 27,0 6 663 2 586 399 274 228 185 149 1 086
Vocational upper secondary education and training 158 687 61 231 38,6 6 315 3 521 2 652 2 950 3 292 2 880 2 626 36 995
Further qualification 55 491 35 817 64,5 11 114 413 787 942 1 054 1 158 31 338
Specialist qualification 25 271 21 899 86,7 - - 18 50 99 168 208 21 356
Polytechnic bachelors degree 129 762 68 182 52,5 12 866 2 971 5 365 7 127 7 211 6 298 38 332
University bachelor degree 81 265 38 720 47,6 25 1 013 2 400 3 805 4 398 3 853 3 044 20 182
Higher polytechnic degree (Master) 11 001 9 504 86,4 - - - - - - - 9 504
Higher university degree (Master) 54 445 32 506 59,7 - 22 102 208 578 1 715 3 097 26 784
Professional specialisation in medicine, veterinary and dentistry 155 144 92,9 - - - - - - - 144
Licentiates degree 1 046 802 76,7 - - - - - - - 802
Doctoral or equivalent level 17 824 13 172 73,9 - - - - 2 11 62 13 097
Total 577 867 293 547 50,8 13 026 8 122 8 955 13 439 16 666 17 077 16 642 199 620

Source: Education. Statistics Finland

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

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

Updated 14.3.2018

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Employment of students [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-0017. 2016, Appendix table 3. Employed students aged at least 18 years by level of education and age in 2016 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 4.4.2025].
Access method: http://stat.fi/til/opty/2016/opty_2016_2018-03-14_tau_003_en.html