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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 2018

Level of education	Field of education	New students			Students			Completed degrees
		Total	Of whom women	%	Total	Of whom women	%	Total	Of whom women	%
Level of education, total	Fields of education, total	26 247	14 954	57,0	153 429	82 483	53,8	30 773	17 911	58,2
	Education	2 998	2 507	83,6	14 703	12 014	81,7	3 782	3 174	83,9
	Arts and humanities	3 638	2 574	70,8	26 075	17 877	68,6	4 765	3 494	73,3
	Social sciences, journalism and information	3 153	2 352	74,6	19 848	13 670	68,9	4 125	2 955	71,6
	Business, administration and law	4 049	2 127	52,5	22 483	11 211	49,9	5 408	2 870	53,1
	Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics	2 592	1 465	56,5	14 861	7 522	50,6	2 688	1 458	54,2
	Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)	2 705	759	28,1	14 854	3 064	20,6	2 157	475	22,0
	Engineering, manufacturing and construction	3 990	1 137	28,5	22 307	5 620	25,2	4 220	1 111	26,3
	Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary	523	355	67,9	3 563	2 341	65,7	668	456	68,3
	Health and welfare	2 100	1 556	74,1	12 716	8 556	67,3	2 411	1 755	72,8
	Services	499	122	24,4	2 019	608	30,1	549	163	29,7
University Bachelor's degree	Fields of education, total	17 108	10 014	58,5	76 957	39 849	51,8	13 607	7 926	58,2
	Education	2 444	2 052	84,0	8 876	7 157	80,6	1 953	1 648	84,4
	Arts and humanities	2 659	1 892	71,2	13 374	9 040	67,6	2 238	1 632	72,9
	Social sciences, journalism and information	2 048	1 539	75,1	9 704	6 583	67,8	1 831	1 296	70,8
	Business, administration and law	2 780	1 349	48,5	12 077	5 476	45,3	2 555	1 270	49,7
	Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics	1 935	1 130	58,4	8 956	4 433	49,5	1 196	655	54,8
	Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)	1 503	387	25,7	7 949	1 405	17,7	889	172	19,3
	Engineering, manufacturing and construction	2 389	738	30,9	10 988	2 505	22,8	1 722	430	25,0
	Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary	373	257	68,9	1 757	1 103	62,8	280	191	68,2
	Health and welfare	695	593	85,3	2 281	1 851	81,1	698	581	83,2
	Services	282	77	27,3	995	296	29,7	245	51	20,8
Higher university degree (Master)	Fields of education, total	7 394	3 998	54,1	58 006	32 770	56,5	15 281	8 998	58,9
	Education	445	380	85,4	4 704	4 020	85,5	1 753	1 465	83,6
	Arts and humanities	749	539	72,0	9 723	6 992	71,9	2 339	1 741	74,4
	Social sciences, journalism and information	892	675	75,7	7 832	5 645	72,1	2 087	1 521	72,9
	Business, administration and law	1 103	688	62,4	8 929	4 949	55,4	2 744	1 546	56,3
	Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics	440	244	55,5	3 886	2 157	55,5	1 197	665	55,6
	Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)	1 029	321	31,2	5 516	1 341	24,3	1 123	265	23,6
	Engineering, manufacturing and construction	1 332	313	23,5	7 984	2 047	25,6	2 136	567	26,5
	Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary	108	65	60,2	1 193	800	67,1	317	218	68,8
	Health and welfare	1 090	735	67,4	7 380	4 561	61,8	1 302	906	69,6
	Services	206	38	18,4	859	258	30,0	283	104	36,7
Professional specialisation in veterinary 1)	Fields of education, total	16	15	93,8	159	149	93,7	16	16	100,0
	Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary	16	15	93,8	159	149	93,7	16	16	100,0
Licentiate's degree	Fields of education, total	13	7	53,8	800	369	46,1	75	50	66,7
	Education	0	0	-	24	17	70,8	1	0	0,0
	Arts and humanities	1	0	0,0	50	17	34,0	8	4	50,0
	Social sciences, journalism and information	0	0	-	181	155	85,6	39	31	79,5
	Business, administration and law	8	5	62,5	95	55	57,9	10	5	50,0
	Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics	2	2	100,0	44	21	47,7	7	5	71,4
	Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)	0	0	-	104	12	11,5	1	1	100,0
	Engineering, manufacturing and construction	1	0	0,0	285	78	27,4	8	3	37,5
	Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary	0	0	-	2	0	0,0	0	0	-
	Health and welfare	1	0	0,0	15	14	93,3	1	1	100,0
Doctoral degree	Fields of education, total	1 716	920	53,6	17 507	9 346	53,4	1 794	921	51,3
	Education	109	75	68,8	1 099	820	74,6	75	61	81,3
	Arts and humanities	229	143	62,4	2 928	1 828	62,4	180	117	65,0
	Social sciences, journalism and information	213	138	64,8	2 131	1 287	60,4	168	107	63,7
	Business, administration and law	158	85	53,8	1 382	731	52,9	99	49	49,5
	Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics	215	89	41,4	1 975	911	46,1	288	133	46,2
	Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)	173	51	29,5	1 285	306	23,8	144	37	25,7
	Engineering, manufacturing and construction	268	86	32,1	3 050	990	32,5	354	111	31,4
	Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary	26	18	69,2	452	289	63,9	55	31	56,4
	Health and welfare	314	228	72,6	3 040	2 130	70,1	410	267	65,1
	Services	11	7	63,6	165	54	32,7	21	8	38,1

1) Starting from 1st of February 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 9.5.2019