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Appendix table 3. Students and employed students aged at least 18 years by level of education and age in 2019 1)
| 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 | 43 073 | 14 047 | 32,6 | 9 269 | 1 970 | 485 | 365 | 261 | 213 | 177 | 1 307 |
| Vocational upper secondary education and training | 122 149 | 45 459 | 37,2 | 7 949 | 3 340 | 2 245 | 2 021 | 1 899 | 1 606 | 1 519 | 24 880 |
| Further qualification | 27 757 | 19 452 | 70,1 | 7 | 48 | 185 | 324 | 409 | 471 | 506 | 17 502 |
| Specialist qualification | 13 942 | 12 102 | 86,8 | - | 1 | 14 | 25 | 46 | 72 | 86 | 11 858 |
| Polytechnic bachelors degree | 127 854 | 70 027 | 54,8 | 27 | 835 | 2 543 | 4 372 | 6 159 | 6 699 | 6 251 | 43 141 |
| University bachelor degree | 76 794 | 34 571 | 45,0 | 13 | 1 126 | 2 213 | 3 545 | 4 009 | 3 540 | 2 619 | 17 506 |
| Higher polytechnic degree (Master) | 14 276 | 11 996 | 84,0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 995 |
| Higher university degree (Master) | 58 372 | 36 025 | 61,7 | - | 18 | 108 | 222 | 711 | 2 099 | 3 595 | 29 272 |
| Professional specialisation in medicine, veterinary and dentistry | 145 | 134 | 92,4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 134 |
| Licentiates degree | 706 | 526 | 74,5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 526 |
| Doctoral or equivalent level | 17 748 | 13 261 | 74,7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 53 | 13 199 |
| Total | 502 816 | 257 600 | 51,2 | 17 265 | 7 338 | 7 793 | 10 874 | 13 495 | 14 708 | 14 807 | 171 320 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Vesa Hämäläinen 029 551 2594, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Head of Department in charge: Hannele Orjala
Updated 12.3.2021
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Appendix table 3. Students and employed students aged at least 18 years by level of education and age in 2019 1)
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