Appendix table 1. Population with educational qualification by level of education, field of education and gender 2017
Field of education Gender | Level of education | ||||||||
Total | Upper secondary education | Post-secondary non-tertiary education | Tertiary level total |
Short-cycle tertiary education | Bachelor’s or equivalent level | Master’s or equivalent level | Doctoral or equivalent level | ||
Total | Total | 3 334 648 | 1 863 943 | 38 429 | 1 432 276 | 436 426 | 518 969 | 431 146 | 45 735 |
Women | 1 726 666 | 885 689 | 17 929 | 823 048 | 268 435 | 292 374 | 241 915 | 20 324 | |
Generic programmes and qualifications | Total | 307 607 | 307 607 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Women | 147 687 | 147 687 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Education | Total | 102 110 | 1 750 | 591 | 99 769 | 11 191 | 40 128 | 46 231 | 2 219 |
Women | 79 764 | 643 | 113 | 79 008 | 10 081 | 30 628 | 36 787 | 1 512 | |
Arts and humanities | Total | 187 143 | 58 133 | 913 | 128 097 | 6 642 | 43 083 | 72 945 | 5 427 |
Women | 126 499 | 33 039 | 474 | 92 986 | 4 213 | 31 413 | 54 523 | 2 837 | |
Social sciences, journalism and information | Total | 75 998 | 517 | - | 75 481 | 3 827 | 15 389 | 51 038 | 5 227 |
Women | 49 809 | 394 | - | 49 415 | 2 276 | 9 983 | 34 307 | 2 849 | |
Business, administration and law | Total | 545 948 | 177 019 | 16 212 | 352 717 | 190 009 | 91 014 | 68 879 | 2 815 |
Women | 368 232 | 125 553 | 6 195 | 236 484 | 137 365 | 61 154 | 36 787 | 1 178 | |
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics | Total | 51 980 | 2 666 | 56 | 49 258 | - | 7 699 | 32 734 | 8 825 |
Women | 27 120 | 1 272 | 28 | 25 820 | - | 4 171 | 18 084 | 3 565 | |
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) | Total | 116 985 | 37 692 | 595 | 78 698 | 14 530 | 39 549 | 22 381 | 2 238 |
Women | 23 422 | 5 209 | 107 | 18 106 | 5 652 | 7 534 | 4 519 | 401 | |
Engineering, manufacturing and construction | Total | 903 014 | 622 485 | 6 242 | 274 287 | 75 486 | 121 525 | 69 717 | 7 559 |
Women | 146 621 | 104 777 | 1 307 | 40 537 | 5 599 | 18 018 | 15 162 | 1 758 | |
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary | Total | 136 701 | 95 238 | 796 | 40 667 | 14 007 | 13 910 | 11 351 | 1 399 |
Women | 47 636 | 32 054 | 245 | 15 337 | 3 370 | 5 460 | 5 793 | 714 | |
Health and welfare | Total | 494 223 | 225 667 | 2 991 | 265 565 | 95 334 | 116 174 | 44 461 | 9 596 |
Women | 431 416 | 199 503 | 2 669 | 229 244 | 88 021 | 103 668 | 32 223 | 5 332 | |
Services | Total | 408 048 | 333 328 | 10 033 | 64 687 | 24 892 | 29 464 | 10 075 | 256 |
Women | 275 909 | 234 685 | 6 791 | 34 433 | 11 586 | 19 763 | 2 982 | 102 | |
Unknown | Total | 4 891 | 1 841 | - | 3 050 | 508 | 1 034 | 1 334 | 174 |
Women | 2 551 | 873 | - | 1 678 | 272 | 582 | 748 | 76 |
Source: Education 2017. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Mika Witting 029 551 3571, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 2.11.2018
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Educational structure of population [e-publication].
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Appendix table 1. Population with educational qualification by level of education, field of education and gender 2017
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 17.8.2024].
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