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Appendix table 2. Employment of students aged at least 18 by level of education and gender in 2019 1)
| Level of education | Students total | Employed students | Female students total | Of whom employed | Male students total | Of whom employed | |||
| % | % | % | |||||||
| General upper secondary education | 43 073 | 14 047 | 32,6 | 24 495 | 9 284 | 37,9 | 18 578 | 4 763 | 25,6 |
| Vocational upper secondary education and training | 122 149 | 45 459 | 37,2 | 64 030 | 26 166 | 40,9 | 58 119 | 19 293 | 33,2 |
| Further qualification | 27 757 | 19 452 | 70,1 | 15 880 | 10 745 | 67,7 | 11 877 | 8 707 | 73,3 |
| Specialist qualification | 13 942 | 12 102 | 86,8 | 8 111 | 7 100 | 87,5 | 5 831 | 5 002 | 85,8 |
| Polytechnic bachelors degree | 127 854 | 70 027 | 54,8 | 66 384 | 39 339 | 59,3 | 61 470 | 30 688 | 49,9 |
| University bachelor degree | 76 794 | 34 571 | 45,0 | 40 246 | 20 137 | 50,0 | 36 548 | 14 434 | 39,5 |
| Higher polytechnic degree (Master) | 14 276 | 11 996 | 84,0 | 9 388 | 7 812 | 83,2 | 4 888 | 4 184 | 85,6 |
| Higher university degree (Master) | 58 372 | 36 025 | 61,7 | 33 432 | 20 630 | 61,7 | 24 940 | 15 395 | 61,7 |
| Professional specialisation in medicine, veterinary and dentistry | 145 | 134 | 92,4 | 132 | 121 | 91,7 | 13 | 13 | 100,0 |
| Licentiates degree | 706 | 526 | 74,5 | 306 | 244 | 79,7 | 400 | 282 | 70,5 |
| Doctoral or equivalent level | 17 748 | 13 261 | 74,7 | 9 520 | 7 104 | 74,6 | 8 228 | 6 157 | 74,8 |
| Total | 502 816 | 257 600 | 51,2 | 271 924 | 148 682 | 54,7 | 230 892 | 108 918 | 47,2 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Vesa Hämäläinen 029 551 2594, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Head of Department in charge: Hannele Orjala
Updated 12.3.2021
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
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 2019 1)
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 27.10.2025].
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