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Appendix table 2. Employment of students aged at least 18 by level of education and gender in 2018

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Level of education Students total Of whom employed Female students total Of whom employed Male students total Of whom employed
    %     %     %
General upper secondary education 42 385 13 469 31,8 24 072 8 865 36,8 18 313 4 604 25,1
Vocational upper secondary education and training 127 317 49 938 39,2 66 564 28 332 42,6 60 753 21 606 35,6
Further qualification 35 923 26 530 73,9 20 817 14 990 72,0 15 106 11 540 76,4
Specialist qualification 20 987 18 401 87,7 12 277 10 786 87,9 8 710 7 615 87,4
Polytechnic bachelors degree 128 526 71 463 55,6 66 119 39 698 60,0 62 407 31 765 50,9
University bachelor degree 76 951 36 112 46,9 39 848 20 715 52,0 37 103 15 397 41,5
Higher polytechnic degree (Master) 13 478 11 767 87,3 8 746 7 670 87,7 4 732 4 097 86,6
Higher university degree (Master) 58 005 35 889 61,9 32 769 20 305 62,0 25 236 15 584 61,8
Professional specialisation in medicine, veterinary and dentistry 159 149 93,7 149 139 93,3 10 10 100,0
Licentiates degree 800 616 77,0 369 306 82,9 431 310 71,9
Doctoral or equivalent level 17 507 13 276 75,8 9 346 7 147 76,5 8 161 6 129 75,1
Total 522 038 277 610 53,2 281 076 158 953 56,6 240 962 118 657 49,2

Source: Education. Statistics Finland

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

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

Updated 12.3.2020

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Employment of students [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-0017. 2018, Appendix table 2. Employment of students aged at least 18 by level of education and gender in 2018 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 9.5.2025].
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