3. Population with tertiary level education by the principal activity in 2005

		Total	In labour force	Employed	Unemployed	Not in labour force
Total of tertiary degrees		1 063 631	878 017	830 375	47 642	185 614
Doctorate	Total	19 409	16 509	16 121	388	2 900
	Natural sciences	4 250	3 567	3 449	118	683
	Engineering and technology	2 709	2 426	2 399	27	283
	Medical and health sciences	5 983	5 096	5 046	50	887
	Agricultural sciences	687	563	543	20	124
	Social sciences	3 715	3 201	3 105	96	514
	Humanities	2 065	1 656	1 579	77	409
Licentiate	Total	8 976	7 294	7 001	293	1 682
	Natural sciences	1 721	1 371	1 307	64	350
	Engineering and technology	2 352	2 051	1 988	63	301
	Medical and health sciences	261	218	215	3	43
	Agricultural sciences	192	140	132	8	52
	Social sciences	2 962	2 428	2 351	77	534
	Humanities	1 488	1 086	1 008	78	402
Higher-degree level	Total	271 017	232 838	223 567	9 271	38 179
	Natural sciences	28 304	23 931	22 657	1 274	4 373
	Engineering and technology	45 937	40 539	39 143	1 396	5 398
	Medical and health sciences	29 603	25 738	25 457	281	3 865
	Agricultural sciences	8 371	6 847	6 490	357	1 524
	Social sciences	111 928	98 010	94 473	3 537	13 918
	Humanities	46 874	37 773	35 347	2 426	9 101
Other tertiary degrees	Undefined field of science	764 229	621 376	583 686	37 690	142 853

Source: Human resources of science and technology 2006. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Markku Virtaharju (09) 1734 3290

Director in charge: Kaija Hovi

Updated 19.12.2007

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Statistics: Human resources of science and technology [e-publication].
ISSN=1797-3244. 2006, 3. Population with tertiary level education by the principal activity in 2005 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 13.11.2024].
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