Table

New entrants to tertiary education in academic year, by sex and awarded qualification after eight years. Absolute figures and per cent¹
	Numbers			Per cent
	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
¹Students who enrolled in tertiary education for the first time from 1.10.yyyy -1 to 30.09.yyyy. (Example. the year of start 2006, will be started the period 1.10.2005-30.09.2006)
Academic year and awarded qualification
1996
Total	38 081	15 995	22 086	100.0	100.0	100.0
Doctorates, Ph.D	34	28	6	0.1	0.2	0.0
Tertiary graduates from programmes longer than 4 years	5 050	2 773	2 277	13.3	17.3	10.3
Tertiary graduates from programmes lasting 2-4 years	17 850	5 616	12 234	46.9	35.1	55.4
No awarded qualification	15 147	7 578	7 569	39.8	47.4	34.3

2006
Total	40 120	16 217	23 903	100.0	100.0	100.0
Doctorates, Ph.D	155	91	64	0.4	0.6	0.3
Tertiary graduates from programmes longer than 4 years	9 031	3 945	5 086	22.5	24.3	21.3
Tertiary graduates from programmes lasting 2-4 years	16 151	5 277	10 874	40.3	32.5	45.5
No awarded qualification	14 783	6 904	7 879	36.8	42.6	33.0