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Appendix table 2. Employment of students aged at least 18 by level of education and gender in 2017
Level of education | Students total | Employed students | Female students total | Of whom employed | Male students total | Of whom employed | |||
% | % | % | |||||||
General upper secondary education | 43 165 | 13 582 | 31,5 | 24 447 | 8 854 | 36,2 | 18 718 | 4 728 | 25,3 |
Vocational upper secondary education and training | 160 199 | 66 775 | 41,7 | 85 515 | 38 618 | 45,2 | 74 684 | 28 157 | 37,7 |
Further qualification | 54 514 | 37 657 | 69,1 | 29 773 | 20 208 | 67,9 | 24 741 | 17 449 | 70,5 |
Specialist qualification | 25 434 | 22 047 | 86,7 | 14 589 | 12 684 | 86,9 | 10 845 | 9 363 | 86,3 |
Polytechnic bachelors degree | 129 036 | 70 945 | 55,0 | 66 476 | 39 465 | 59,4 | 62 560 | 31 480 | 50,3 |
University bachelor degree | 78 256 | 37 309 | 47,7 | 40 136 | 21 169 | 52,7 | 38 120 | 16 140 | 42,3 |
Higher polytechnic degree (Master) | 12 198 | 10 716 | 87,9 | 7 969 | 7 026 | 88,2 | 4 229 | 3 690 | 87,3 |
Higher university degree (Master) | 56 215 | 34 604 | 61,6 | 31 739 | 19 605 | 61,8 | 24 476 | 14 999 | 61,3 |
Professional specialisation in medicine, veterinary and dentistry | 169 | 159 | 94,1 | 159 | 149 | 93,7 | 10 | 10 | 100,0 |
Licentiates degree | 919 | 718 | 78,1 | 440 | 364 | 82,7 | 479 | 354 | 73,9 |
Doctoral or equivalent level | 17 702 | 13 319 | 75,2 | 9 385 | 7 094 | 75,6 | 8 317 | 6 225 | 74,8 |
Total | 577 807 | 307 831 | 53,3 | 310 628 | 175 236 | 56,4 | 267 179 | 132 595 | 49,6 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Vesa Hämäläinen 029 551 2594, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 14.3.2019
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Appendix table 2. Employment of students aged at least 18 by level of education and gender in 2017
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