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Appendix table 2. Employment of students aged at least 18 by level of education and gender in 2018
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
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Employment of students [e-publication].
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Appendix table 2. Employment of students aged at least 18 by level of education and gender in 2018
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 12.10.2024].
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