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Appendix table 2. Population with a tertiary degree in 2000 and 2011

		2000		2011
Tertiary degree	Fields of science	Total	of which women	Total	of which women
Tertiary degrees total	Fields of science total	959,363	527,502	1 213,221	693,950
Doctorate	Fields of science total	14 ,11	4,375	26,795	11,317
	Natural sciences	3,226	874	5,873	2,164
	Engineering and technology	1,813	205	4,185	851
	Medical and health sciences	4,564	1,741	7,398	3,858
	Agricultural sciences	619	237	973	446
	Social sciences	2,390	785	5,520	2,621
	Humanities	1,499	533	2,846	1,377
Licentiate	Fields of science total	8,466	2,951	8,891	3,740
	Natural sciences	1,801	596	1,735	674
	Engineering and technology	2,203	337	2,333	446
	Medical and health sciences	226	175	244	190
	Agricultural sciences	202	86	157	65
	Social sciences	2,619	1,073	3,065	1,630
	Humanities	1,415	684	1,357	735
Higher level tertiary degree	Fields of science total	223,751	111,838	342,061	187,712
	Natural sciences	23,628	11,194	35,751	17,544
	Engineering and technology	38,267	6,043	60,669	12,500
	Medical and health sciences	25,133	15,784	35,104	24,093
	Agricultural sciences	9,009	4,036	9,512	4,842
	Social sciences	89,321	47,120	142,769	85,165
	Humanities	38,393	27,661	58,256	43,568
Other tertiary degrees	Field of science undefined	713,035	408,338	835,474	491,181

Source: Human resources of science and technology 2012. Statistics Finland

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Updated 20.3.2014