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Students in education leading to a qualification or degree numbered 1.4 million in 2021

release | Students and qualifications 2021

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According to Statistics Finland, the total number of students in education leading to a qualification or degree was 1.39 million in 2021. The number of students grew by 0.1 per cent in basic education, by 2.6 per cent in general upper secondary education, by seven per cent in vocational education, by five per cent in university of applied sciences education and by two per cent in university education.

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  • In 2021, there were 315,800 new students and altogether 1,387,000 students in education leading to a qualification or degree, and 220,100 qualifications or degrees were completed.
  • Fifty-two per cent of students and 55 per cent of attainers of qualifications or degrees were women.
  • Technology and health and welfare were the biggest fields of education in post-comprehensive school education.
  • Altogether 88,800 students had a nationality other than Finnish. There were 174 different nationalities among those studying in Finland.
  • Foreign-language speaking students numbered 146,300 and they spoke 140 different native languages.

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New students, students and qualifications in education leading to a qualification 2021

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Heli Hiltunen
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