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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

Inquiries: Timo Ruuskanen 029 551 3620, koulutustilastot@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma


Updated 13.5.2020

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): University education [e-publication].
ISSN=2324-0148. 2019, 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 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.3.2024].
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