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Appendix table 1. Students in universities and completed university degrees by level of education, fields of education (Educational Administration's classification 1995) and gender in 2015

Level of education		New students, total	New students, women	Students, total	Students, women	Completed degrees, total	Completed degrees, women
			%		%		%
Fields of education, total		25 919	54,6	157 436	53,1	32 718	58,0
	Renewable natural resources sector	4 364	43,7	25 551	43,3	4 264	50,0
	Technology and transport sector	4 190	23,1	29 090	21,8	5 824	24,5
	Administration and commerce sector	7 373	56,5	43 078	55,2	9 336	58,9
	Health and social services sector	2 482	65,1	13 912	66,9	2 692	71,5
	Culture	815	62,8	5 008	62,6	1 157	64,0
	Humanities and education	6 446	77,1	39 877	75,1	9 105	79,4
	Other	249	3,2	920	3,7	340	2,9
University Bachelor’s degree	Fields of education, total	17 323	55,3	85 631	50,9	15 179	57,7
	Renewable natural resources sector	3 251	44,4	16 166	41,1	1 969	49,7
	Technology and transport sector	2 574	22,2	15 487	18,3	2 618	22,5
	Administration and commerce sector	4 900	53,8	24 332	51,6	4 569	56,4
	Health and social services sector	962	78,0	3 312	76,2	803	82,6
	Culture	400	63,8	2 024	62,7	403	61,0
	Humanities and education	5 074	77,3	23 826	74,4	4 677	79,1
	Other	162	1,9	484	2,5	140	2,9
Higher university degree (Master)	Fields of education, total	6 829	53,3	52 121	56,9	15 513	58,9
	Renewable natural resources sector	850	40,0	6 286	47,3	1 836	51,3
	Technology and transport sector	1 277	23,7	8 903	24,1	2 737	25,4
	Administration and commerce sector	2 103	63,0	14 938	61,0	4 472	61,4
	Health and social services sector	1 191	55,9	7 471	61,1	1 456	66,8
	Culture	361	62,9	2 457	63,4	717	67,4
	Humanities and education	970	80,4	11 710	79,1	4 098	80,3
	Other	77	3,9	356	3,7	197	3,0
Professional specialisation in medicine, veterinary and dentistry	Fields of education, total	15	80,0	157	93,0	20	85,0
	Health and social services sector	15	80,0	157	93,0	20	85,0
Licentiate’s degree	Fields of education, total	36	80,6	1 274	50,1	122	66,4
	Renewable natural resources sector	3	100,0	84	40,5	16	62,5
	Technology and transport sector	1	100,0	531	21,1	31	45,2
	Administration and commerce sector	7	28,6	296	70,3	33	75,8
	Health and social services sector	3	100,0	26	92,3	1	100,0
	Culture	0	0,0	2	50,0	3	0,0
	Humanities and education	22	90,9	334	77,2	38	81,6
	Other	0	0,0	1	100,0	0	0,0
Doctoral degree	Fields of education, total	1 716	51,2	18 253	52,9	1 884	51,8
	Renewable natural resources sector	260	46,2	3 015	46,6	443	46,0
	Technology and transport sector	338	26,9	4 169	29,6	438	29,7
	Administration and commerce sector	363	55,9	3 512	54,6	262	56,5
	Health and social services sector	311	59,5	2 946	69,6	412	66,0
	Culture	54	55,6	525	58,1	34	32,4
	Humanities and education	380	65,3	4 007	68,2	292	71,9
	Other	10	20,0	79	10,1	3	0,0

Source: Education. Statistics Finland

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Updated 10.5.2016