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Appendix table 3. Population with a tertiary degree by principal activity in 2011

Tertiary degree	Field of science	16–74 year old population	In labour force	Employed	Unemployed	Not in labour force
Tertiary degrees total	Fields of science total	1 213,221	970,695	922,687	48,008	242,526
Doctorate	Fields of science total	26,795	22,321	21,686	635	4,474
	Natural sciences	5,873	4,851	4,654	197	1,022
	Engineering and technology	4,185	3,654	3,565	89	531
	Medical and health sciences	7,398	6,196	6,123	73	1,202
	Agricultural sciences	973	796	768	28	177
	Social sciences	5,520	4,578	4,436	142	942
	Humanities	2,846	2,246	2,140	106	600
Licentiate	Fields of science total	8,891	6,677	6,338	339	2,214
	Natural sciences	1,735	1,207	1,126	81	528
	Engineering and technology	2,333	1,866	1,785	81	467
	Medical and health sciences	244	183	179	4	61
	Agricultural sciences	157	108	104	4	49
	Social sciences	3,065	2,356	2,264	92	709
	Humanities	1,357	957	880	77	400
Higher level tertiary degree	Fields of science total	342,061	289,058	276,908	12,150	53,003
	Natural sciences	35,751	29,432	27,844	1,588	6,319
	Engineering and technology	60,669	52,298	50,097	2,201	8,371
	Medical and health sciences	35,104	30,221	29,815	406	4,883
	Agricultural sciences	9,512	7,638	7,329	309	1,874
	Social sciences	142,769	122,573	118,032	4,541	20,196
	Humanities	58,256	46,896	43,791	3,105	11,360
Other tertiary degrees	Field of science undefined	835,474	652,639	617,755	34,884	182,835

Source: Human resources of science and technology 2012. Statistics Finland

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Updated 20.3.2014