Key figures - The transition to post-secondary education within 1 year. Distribution by sex. Percent

Number of graduates from upper secondary education who enrolled in post-secondary/tertiary education within 1 year

	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24
Number of graduates from upper secondary school	75 164	75 605	72 961	73 950	74 013	77 024	80 431	87 009	87 540	88 416	88 521
share of women in per cent	51	51	51	50	50	50	49	49	50	50	50
share of men in per cent	49	49	49	50	50	50	51	51	50	50	50
Number enrolled in higher education	18 640	17 669	17 107	16 788	16 698	17 838	22 244	21 704	19 672	20 056	20 205
share of women in per cent	54	55	54	55	56	56	57	58	57	57	58
share of men in per cent	46	45	46	45	44	44	43	42	43	43	42
Number enrolled in higher vocational education	716	652	616	711	735	879	1 203	1 195	1 106	1 104	1 077
share of women in per cent	30	23	25	27	29	28	29	31	32	30	29
share of men in per cent	70	77	75	73	71	72	71	69	68	70	71
Number enrolled in folk high schools	1 398	1 408	1 360	1 405	1 400	1 457	1 614	1 516	1 447	1 339	1 302
share of women in per cent	62	61	60	60	64	65	64	62	66	63	62
share of men in per cent	38	39	40	40	36	35	36	38	34	37	38
Number enrolled in fine arts and culture programmes	182	178	189	196	228	217	249	290	278	256	229
share of women in per cent	76	76	75	74	72	79	78	76	79	77	75
share of men in per cent	24	24	25	26	28	21	22	24	21	23	25
Total number enrolled in post-secondary/tertiary education	20 620	19 671	19 041	18 852	18 817	20 128	25 002	24 477	22 274	22 552	22 615
share of women in per cent	54	54	54	54	56	56	57	57	57	57	57
share of men in per cent	46	46	46	46	44	44	43	43	43	43	43

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Last updated
2026-05-26

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