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Appendix table 1. Main type of activity of graduates one year after graduation at the end of 2017

Level of education Graduates, total 2016 Employed, total Full-time students Unemployed Others Of the employed studying while working
  %   %   %   %   %   %
Total 141 526 100,0 98 418 69,5 19 071 13,5 13 720 9,7 10 317 7,3 20 999 14,8
Matriculation examination 28 101 100,0 12 958 46,1 10 052 35,8 1 747 6,2 3 344 11,9 5 534 19,7
Upper secondary vocational qualification 62 523 100,0 43 658 69,8 4 555 7,3 9 281 14,8 5 029 8,0 5 985 9,6
Post-secondary non-higher vocational qualification 103 100,0 59 57,3 21 20,4 4 3,9 19 18,4 9 8,7
University of applied sciences degree (Bachelor) 21 815 100,0 18 705 85,7 783 3,6 1 478 6,8 849 3,9 1 697 7,8
Lower university degree (Bachelor) 10 331 100,0 6 759 65,4 3 320 32,1 112 1,1 140 1,4 5 835 56,5
Higher university of applied sciences degree (Master) 2 447 100,0 2 330 95,2 19 0,8 71 2,9 27 1,1 170 6,9
Higher university degree (Master) 14 439 100,0 12 478 86,4 307 2,1 910 6,3 744 5,2 1 654 11,5
Specialist training of doctors 1) 16 100,0 16 100,0 - - - - - - 2 12,5
Licentiate's degree 114 100,0 104 91,2 2 1,8 6 5,3 2 1,8 36 31,6
Doctor's degree 1 637 100,0 1 351 82,5 12 0,7 111 6,8 163 10,0 77 4,7
1) Starting 1st of February 2015, professional specialisation in medicine, except for veterinary science, is no longer included in education leading to a degree.

Source: Education 2019. Statistics Finland

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Updated 24.1.2019

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Transition from school to further education and work [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-9469. 2017, Appendix table 1. Main type of activity of graduates one year after graduation at the end of 2017 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 29.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/sijk/2017/sijk_2017_2019-01-24_tau_001_en.html