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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 2019

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	27 021	15 806	58,5	153 767	83 636	54,4	31 707	18 309	57,7
	Education	3 162	2 704	85,5	15 043	12 372	82,2	3 808	3 200	84,0
	Arts and humanities	3 780	2 702	71,5	25 615	17 648	68,9	5 111	3 602	70,5
	Social sciences, journalism and information	3 289	2 547	77,4	19 708	13 788	70,0	4 140	2 998	72,4
	Business, administration and law	4 223	2 194	52,0	22 441	11 206	49,9	5 586	2 999	53,7
	Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics	2 773	1 648	59,4	15 042	7 861	52,3	2 640	1 423	53,9
	Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)	2 573	716	27,8	15 298	3 348	21,9	2 278	515	22,6
	Engineering, manufacturing and construction	4 005	1 225	30,6	22 467	5 867	26,1	4 362	1 183	27,1
	Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary	472	322	68,2	3 333	2 189	65,7	740	515	69,6
	Health and welfare	2 253	1 616	71,7	12 877	8 755	68,0	2 415	1 704	70,6
	Services	491	132	26,9	1 943	602	31,0	627	170	27,1
University Bachelor's degree	Fields of education, total	17 579	10 314	58,7	76 795	40 246	52,4	13 563	7 972	58,8
	Education	2 496	2 126	85,2	9 046	7 365	81,4	1 924	1 621	84,3
	Arts and humanities	2 695	1 949	72,3	12 968	8 835	68,1	2 308	1 638	71,0
	Social sciences, journalism and information	2 036	1 587	77,9	9 549	6 584	68,9	1 801	1 302	72,3
	Business, administration and law	2 885	1 360	47,1	11 972	5 389	45,0	2 555	1 296	50,7
	Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics	2 037	1 221	59,9	9 061	4 653	51,4	1 182	664	56,2
	Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)	1 641	443	27,0	8 260	1 631	19,7	923	179	19,4
	Engineering, manufacturing and construction	2 547	800	31,4	11 177	2 722	24,4	1 682	460	27,3
	Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary	297	207	69,7	1 523	953	62,6	320	226	70,6
	Health and welfare	648	539	83,2	2 216	1 806	81,5	623	526	84,4
	Services	297	82	27,6	1 023	308	30,1	245	60	24,5
Higher university degree (Master)	Fields of education, total	7 262	4 246	58,5	58 373	33 432	57,3	16 328	9 376	57,4
	Education	506	447	88,3	4 809	4 116	85,6	1 803	1 512	83,9
	Arts and humanities	785	562	71,6	9 646	6 946	72,0	2 619	1 859	71,0
	Social sciences, journalism and information	993	780	78,5	7 916	5 792	73,2	2 113	1 551	73,4
	Business, administration and law	1 127	713	63,3	8 972	5 014	55,9	2 919	1 651	56,6
	Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics	424	261	61,6	3 920	2 241	57,2	1 194	627	52,5
	Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)	792	241	30,4	5 625	1 398	24,9	1 231	305	24,8
	Engineering, manufacturing and construction	1 186	340	28,7	8 068	2 145	26,6	2 351	618	26,3
	Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary	106	62	58,5	1 228	824	67,1	350	239	68,3
	Health and welfare	1 173	799	68,1	7 450	4 719	63,3	1 375	908	66,0
	Services	170	41	24,1	739	237	32,1	373	106	28,4
Professional specialisation in veterinary	Fields of education, total	14	13	92,9	145	132	91,0	17	17	100,0
	Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary	14	13	92,9	145	132	91,0	17	17	100,0
Licentiate's degree	Fields of education, total	46	28	60,9	706	306	43,3	79	65	82,3
	Education	0	0	0	22	16	72,7	2	2	100,0
	Arts and humanities	0	0	0	44	17	38,6	5	2	40,0
	Social sciences, journalism and information	0	0	0	113	94	83,2	52	48	92,3
	Business, administration and law	42	27	64,3	123	69	56,1	5	4	80,0
	Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics	3	1	33,3	43	18	41,9	5	5	100,0
	Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)	0	0	0	88	10	11,4	0	0	0
	Engineering, manufacturing and construction	1	0	0	253	65	25,7	10	4	40,0
	Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	Health and welfare	0	0	0	18	17	94,4	0	0	0
Doctoral degree	Fields of education, total	2 120	1 205	56,8	17 748	9 520	53,6	1 720	879	51,1
	Education	160	131	81,9	1 166	875	75,0	79	65	82,3
	Arts and humanities	300	191	63,7	2 957	1 850	62,6	179	103	57,5
	Social sciences, journalism and information	260	180	69,2	2 130	1 318	61,9	174	97	55,7
	Business, administration and law	169	94	55,6	1 374	734	53,4	107	48	44,9
	Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics	309	165	53,4	2 018	949	47,0	259	127	49,0
	Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)	140	32	22,9	1 325	309	23,3	124	31	25,0
	Engineering, manufacturing and construction	271	85	31,4	2 969	935	31,5	319	101	31,7
	Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary	55	40	72,7	435	280	64,4	53	33	62,3
	Health and welfare	432	278	64,4	3 193	2 213	69,3	417	270	64,7
	Services	24	9	37,5	181	57	31,5	9	4	44,4

Source: Education. Statistics Finland

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Updated 13.5.2020