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Appendix table 1. Students in universities and completed university degrees by level of education, fields of education (National classification of education 2016) and gender in 2016

Level of education/Fields of education		New students			Total number of students			Completed degrees, total
		Total	Of whom women	%	Total	Of whom women	%	Total	Of whom women	%
Level of education, total	Fields of education, total	25 614	14 136	55,2	154 736	82 405	53,3	31 881	18 020	56,5
	Education	2 769	2 300	83,1	14 146	11 610	82,1	3 550	2 946	83,0
	Arts and humanities	4 075	2 843	69,8	27 538	18 855	68,5	5 452	3 878	71,1
	Social sciences, journalism and information	3 067	2 173	70,9	20 467	13 855	67,7	4 136	2 926	70,7
	Business, administration and law	4 071	2 103	51,7	22 828	11 258	49,3	5 182	2 827	54,6
	Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics	2 600	1 336	51,4	15 651	7 684	49,1	2 798	1 508	53,9
	Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)	2 242	499	22,3	13 795	2 534	18,4	2 284	458	20,1
	Engineering, manufacturing and construction	3 568	925	25,9	22 191	5 374	24,2	5 067	1 249	24,6
	Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary	514	335	65,2	3 578	2 306	64,4	748	502	67,1
	Health and welfare	2 203	1 491	67,7	12 564	8 330	66,3	2 163	1 584	73,2
	Services	505	131	25,9	1 978	599	30,3	501	142	28,3
University Bachelor’s degree	Fields of education, total	16 610	9 309	56,0	81 265	41 758	51,4	14 426	8 065	55,9
	Education	2 174	1 818	83,6	8 972	7 307	81,4	1 843	1 550	84,1
	Arts and humanities	2 950	2 056	69,7	14 838	10 082	67,9	2 585	1 821	70,4
	Social sciences, journalism and information	1 966	1 435	73,0	10 397	6 913	66,5	1 893	1 311	69,3
	Business, administration and law	2 722	1 293	47,5	13 073	5 870	44,9	2 428	1 258	51,8
	Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics	1 971	1 012	51,3	9 814	4 638	47,3	1 247	645	51,7
	Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)	1 279	249	19,5	7 543	1 191	15,8	1 014	187	18,4
	Engineering, manufacturing and construction	2 182	545	25,0	11 230	2 298	20,5	2 300	547	23,8
	Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary	359	240	66,9	1 828	1 125	61,5	331	219	66,2
	Health and welfare	716	581	81,1	2 561	2 034	79,4	552	470	85,1
	Services	291	80	27,5	1 009	300	29,7	233	57	24,5
Higher university degree (Master)	Fields of education, total	7 301	3 900	53,4	54 446	30 487	56,0	15 425	8 901	57,7
	Education	508	418	82,3	4 012	3 422	85,3	1 589	1 308	82,3
	Arts and humanities	875	627	71,7	9 625	6 856	71,2	2 645	1 927	72,9
	Social sciences, journalism and information	892	615	68,9	7 570	5 337	70,5	2 023	1 465	72,4
	Business, administration and law	1 189	721	60,6	8 231	4 596	55,8	2 626	1 501	57,2
	Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics	444	228	51,4	3 721	2 014	54,1	1 187	685	57,7
	Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)	827	216	26,1	4 802	1 035	21,6	1 114	243	21,8
	Engineering, manufacturing and construction	1 132	307	27,1	7 468	1 970	26,4	2 416	590	24,4
	Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary	99	55	55,6	1 115	738	66,2	325	220	67,7
	Health and welfare	1 131	664	58,7	7 091	4 271	60,2	1 249	885	70,9
	Services	204	49	24,0	811	248	30,6	251	77	30,7
Professional specialisation in veterinary 1)	Fields of education, total	21	19	90,5	155	147	94,8	18	16	88,9
	Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary	21	19	90,5	155	147	94,8	18	16	88,9
Licentiate’s degree	Fields of education, total	13	7	53,8	1 046	519	49,6	122	86	70,5
	Education	0	0	-	40	29	72,5	6	6	100,0
	Arts and humanities	3	2	66,7	61	26	42,6	11	3	27,3
	Social sciences, journalism and information	0	0	-	304	262	86,2	65	55	84,6
	Business, administration and law	7	2	28,6	102	55	53,9	7	6	85,7
	Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics	3	3	100,0	50	23	46,0	16	9	56,3
	Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)	0	0	-	123	18	14,6	7	1	14,3
	Engineering, manufacturing and construction	0	0	-	344	88	25,6	6	3	50,0
	Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary	0	0	-	2	0	0,0	2	1	50,0
	Health and welfare	0	0	-	20	18	90,0	2	2	100,0
Doctoral degree	Fields of education, total	1 669	901	54,0	17 824	9 494	53,3	1 890	952	50,4
	Education	87	64	73,6	1 122	852	75,9	112	82	73,2
	Arts and humanities	247	158	64,0	3 014	1 891	62,7	211	127	60,2
	Social sciences, journalism and information	209	123	58,9	2 196	1 343	61,2	155	95	61,3
	Business, administration and law	153	87	56,9	1 422	737	51,8	121	62	51,2
	Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics	182	93	51,1	2 066	1 009	48,8	348	169	48,6
	Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)	136	34	25,0	1 327	290	21,9	149	27	18,1
	Engineering, manufacturing and construction	254	73	28,7	3 149	1 018	32,3	345	109	31,6
	Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary	35	21	60,0	478	296	61,9	72	46	63,9
	Health and welfare	356	246	69,1	2 892	2 007	69,4	360	227	63,1
	Services	10	2	20,0	158	51	32,3	17	8	47,1

1) Starting from 2015, professional specialisation in medicine, except for veterinary science, is no longer included in education leading to a degree.

Source: Education. Statistics Finland

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Updated 10.5.2017