Table

Pupils in upper secondary education and other education programmes between lower secondary and tertiary education, by sex and education programmes /field of study. 1 October 2016 (SY 163)
Education programmes/Field of study	Total	Percentage women
¹Pupils in education act.
Pupils, total	277 758	47
Pupils in upper secondary schools, total¹	200 731	51

General studies, total	119 914	56
Specialisation in general studies	101 572	56
Sports and physical studies	12 176	42
Music, dance and drama	6 213	68

Vocational education, total	76 666	42
Building and construction	8 200	5
Design, arts and crafts	3 925	83
Electricity and electronics	10 653	6
Healtcare, childhood and youth development	21 266	83
Media and communication	4 646	49
Agriculture, fishing and forestry	4 495	53
Restaurant and food	3 813	49
Service and transport	8 025	33
Technical and industrial production	11 643	10

Apprentices	40 699	30

Trainees	1 984	31

Students in tertiary vocational education	14 971	42
Public	7 918	19
Private	7 053	67

Pupils in folk high schools	7 540	52

Participants in employment training	6 951	53

Pupils in other fields of study	4 882	40