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Appendix table 3. Employed students aged at least 18 years by level of education and age in 2016
Level of education | Students total | Employed students | 18 years | 19 years | 20 years | 21 years | 22 years | 23 years | 24 years | 25 years- | |
% | |||||||||||
General upper secondary education | 42 920 | 11 570 | 27,0 | 6 663 | 2 586 | 399 | 274 | 228 | 185 | 149 | 1 086 |
Vocational upper secondary education and training | 158 687 | 61 231 | 38,6 | 6 315 | 3 521 | 2 652 | 2 950 | 3 292 | 2 880 | 2 626 | 36 995 |
Further qualification | 55 491 | 35 817 | 64,5 | 11 | 114 | 413 | 787 | 942 | 1 054 | 1 158 | 31 338 |
Specialist qualification | 25 271 | 21 899 | 86,7 | - | - | 18 | 50 | 99 | 168 | 208 | 21 356 |
Polytechnic bachelors degree | 129 762 | 68 182 | 52,5 | 12 | 866 | 2 971 | 5 365 | 7 127 | 7 211 | 6 298 | 38 332 |
University bachelor degree | 81 265 | 38 720 | 47,6 | 25 | 1 013 | 2 400 | 3 805 | 4 398 | 3 853 | 3 044 | 20 182 |
Higher polytechnic degree (Master) | 11 001 | 9 504 | 86,4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 504 |
Higher university degree (Master) | 54 445 | 32 506 | 59,7 | - | 22 | 102 | 208 | 578 | 1 715 | 3 097 | 26 784 |
Professional specialisation in medicine, veterinary and dentistry | 155 | 144 | 92,9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 144 |
Licentiates degree | 1 046 | 802 | 76,7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 802 |
Doctoral or equivalent level | 17 824 | 13 172 | 73,9 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 11 | 62 | 13 097 |
Total | 577 867 | 293 547 | 50,8 | 13 026 | 8 122 | 8 955 | 13 439 | 16 666 | 17 077 | 16 642 | 199 620 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Vesa Hämäläinen 029 551 2594, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 14.3.2018
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
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Appendix table 3. Employed students aged at least 18 years by level of education and age in 2016
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 17.8.2024].
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