Appendix table 3. Population with a tertiary degree by principal activity in 2010

Tertiary degree	Field of science	16–74 year old population	In labour force	Employed	Unemployed	Not in labour force
Tertiary degrees total	Fields of science total	1 190 974	956 492	907 088	49 404	234 482
Doctorate	Fields of science total	25 528	21 372	20 793	579	4 156
	Natural sciences	5 616	4 619	4 448	171	997
	Engineering and technology	3 958	3 488	3 399	89	470
	Medical and health sciences	7 131	5 993	5 928	65	1 138
	Agricultural sciences	934	765	737	28	169
	Social sciences	5 187	4 353	4 236	117	834
	Humanities	2 702	2 154	2 045	109	548
Licentiate	Fields of science total	9 002	6 861	6 527	334	2 141
	Natural sciences	1 766	1 265	1 181	84	501
	Engineering and technology	2 363	1 901	1 816	85	462
	Medical and health sciences	247	192	187	5	55
	Agricultural sciences	159	117	112	5	42
	Social sciences	3 064	2 374	2 293	81	690
	Humanities	1 403	1 012	938	74	391
Higher-level tertiary degree	Fields of science total	331 616	281 303	269 227	12 076	50 313
	Natural sciences	34 935	28 993	27 417	1 576	5 942
	Engineering and technology	59 196	51 15	48 676	2 478	8 042
	Medical and health sciences	33 663	29 045	28 685	360	4 618
	Agricultural sciences	9 345	7 510	7 210	300	1 835
	Social sciences	137 941	118 965	114 537	4 428	18 976
	Humanities	56 536	45 636	42 702	2 934	10 900
Other tertiary degrees	Field of science undefined	824 828	646 956	610 541	36 415	177 872

Source: Human resources of science and technology 2011. Statistics Finland

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Updated 21.03.2013

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Human resources of science and technology [e-publication].
ISSN=1797-3244. 2011, Appendix table 3. Population with a tertiary degree by principal activity in 2010 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 22.11.2024].
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