Appendix table 2. Discontinuation in field of education (National Classification of Education 2016) by sector of education in the academic year 2016/2017, %
| Sector of
education/ field of education (level 1) |
Students on 29 Sept 2016 |
Completed a quali- fication in own field |
Studied in own field | Discon- tinued in own field |
Completed a qualifi- cation in a different field |
Studied in a different field | Discon- tinued education in the sector completely |
Complet- ed a qualifi- cation in a different sector |
Studied in a different sector | Discon- tinued education leading to a qualifi- cation completely |
||
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |||
| Total | 474 681 | 100.0 | 24.3 | 68.2 | 7.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 6.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 5.1 | |
| Upper sec- ondary general edu- cation |
Total | 96 224 | 100.0 | 31.2 | 65.7 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| Generic programmes and qualifi- cations |
96 224 | 100.0 | 31.2 | 65.7 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.6 | |
| Voca- tional edu- cation |
Total | 115 264 | 100.0 | 28.8 | 61.1 | 10.1 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 6.7 |
| Arts and humanities | 8 422 | 100.0 | 30.7 | 57.1 | 12.3 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 9.4 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 7.8 | |
| Business, adminis- tration and law |
14 563 | 100.0 | 30.6 | 60.7 | 8.7 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 5.3 | |
| Natural sciences, mathemat- ics and statistics |
326 | 100.0 | 33.7 | 51.2 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 12.6 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 10.4 | |
| Information and Communi- cation Technolo- gies (ICT) |
7 054 | 100.0 | 25.6 | 62.0 | 12.4 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 8.2 | |
| Engineering, manu- facturing and construction |
37 038 | 100.0 | 28.2 | 62.6 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 6.8 | |
| Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary | 5 250 | 100.0 | 30.3 | 59.4 | 10.3 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 6.5 | |
| Health and welfare | 18 811 | 100.0 | 29.0 | 62.4 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 4.9 | |
| Services | 23 800 | 100.0 | 28.5 | 59.7 | 11.8 | 0.1 | 3.3 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 7.7 | |
| Univer- sity of applied sciences edu- cation |
Total | 128 337 | 100.0 | 18.1 | 73.5 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 6.1 |
| Education | 1 381 | 100.0 | 17.1 | 77.5 | 5.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 3.4 | |
| Arts and humanities | 7 435 | 100.0 | 18.9 | 72.9 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 7.7 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 6.2 | |
| Social sciences, journalism and information | 453 | 100.0 | 18.1 | 68.7 | 13.2 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 10.8 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 9.5 | |
| Business, adminis- tration and law |
26 079 | 100.0 | 18.4 | 73.8 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 7.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 6.0 | |
| Natural sciences, mathemat- ics and statistics |
275 | 100.0 | 17.5 | 70.9 | 11.6 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 6.5 | |
| Information and Communi- cation Technolo- gies (ICT) |
12 407 | 100.0 | 12.0 | 75.2 | 12.8 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 11.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 9.6 | |
| Engineering, manu- facturing and construction |
30 195 | 100.0 | 14.5 | 74.5 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 8.7 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 7.5 | |
| Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary | 3 083 | 100.0 | 15.4 | 74.5 | 10.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 9.3 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 7.5 | |
| Health and welfare | 37 971 | 100.0 | 22.6 | 72.3 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 3.9 | |
| Services | 9 058 | 100.0 | 19.7 | 71.7 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.6 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 6.3 | |
| Univer- sity edu- cation |
Total | 134 856 | 100.0 | 21.3 | 71.0 | 7.8 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 5.9 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 5.2 |
| Education | 12 919 | 100.0 | 26.6 | 68.0 | 5.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 4.1 | |
| Arts and humanities | 24 257 | 100.0 | 19.9 | 71.4 | 8.7 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 7.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 6.2 | |
| Social sciences, journalism and information | 17 765 | 100.0 | 22.1 | 69.9 | 8.0 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 6.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 5.7 | |
| Business, adminis- tration and law |
21 245 | 100.0 | 24.7 | 69.5 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 3.9 | |
| Natural sciences, mathemat- ics and statistics |
13 468 | 100.0 | 17.8 | 69.9 | 12.2 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 8.1 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 6.4 | |
| Information and Communi- cation Technolo- gies (ICT) |
12 236 | 100.0 | 14.5 | 74.0 | 11.5 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 9.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 8.3 | |
| Engineering, manu- facturing and construction |
18 623 | 100.0 | 21.6 | 70.7 | 7.7 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 4.8 | |
| Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary | 2 915 | 100.0 | 20.9 | 73.1 | 6.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.9 | |
| Health and welfare | 9 625 | 100.0 | 19.8 | 77.2 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 | |
| Services | 1 803 | 100.0 | 28.4 | 67.9 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.7 | |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
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Updated 14.3.2019
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