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Appendix table 2. Employment of students aged at least 18 by level of education and gender in 2020
Open this table as a bigger versionLevel of education | Students total | Employed students | Female students total | Of whom employed | Male students total | Of whom employed | |||
% | % | % | |||||||
General upper secondary education | 43 374 | 10 646 | 24,5 | 24 846 | 6 994 | 28,1 | 18 528 | 3 652 | 19,7 |
Vocational upper secondary education and training | 122 580 | 40 421 | 33,0 | 64 370 | 23 784 | 36,9 | 58 210 | 16 637 | 28,6 |
Further qualification | 28 368 | 18 882 | 66,6 | 16 568 | 10 603 | 64,0 | 11 800 | 8 279 | 70,2 |
Specialist qualification | 13 434 | 11 223 | 83,5 | 7 893 | 6 587 | 83,5 | 5 541 | 4 636 | 83,7 |
Polytechnic bachelors degree | 132 740 | 65 164 | 49,1 | 69 140 | 37 282 | 53,9 | 63 600 | 27 882 | 43,8 |
University bachelor degree | 77 867 | 30 615 | 39,3 | 40 975 | 17 915 | 43,7 | 36 890 | 12 699 | 34,4 |
Higher polytechnic degree (Master) | 16 028 | 13 010 | 81,2 | 10 618 | 8 558 | 80,6 | 5 410 | 4 452 | 82,3 |
Higher university degree (Master) | 59 855 | 34 670 | 57,9 | 34 474 | 20 096 | 58,3 | 25 381 | 14 574 | 57,4 |
Professional specialisation in medicine, veterinary and dentistry | 136 | 121 | 89,0 | 125 | 111 | 88,8 | 11 | 10 | 90,9 |
Licentiates degree | 567 | 417 | 73,5 | 233 | 181 | 77,7 | 334 | 236 | 70,7 |
Doctoral or equivalent level | 18 141 | 13 661 | 75,3 | 9 713 | 7 389 | 76,1 | 8 428 | 6 272 | 74,4 |
Total | 513 090 | 238 830 | 46,5 | 278 955 | 139 500 | 50,0 | 234 133 | 99 329 | 42,4 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Vesa Hämäläinen 029 551 2594, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Head of Department in charge: Hannele Orjala
Updated 17.3.2022
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Appendix table 2. Employment of students aged at least 18 by level of education and gender in 2020
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