Table

New entrants to tertiary education in the academic year, by awarded qualification after eight years and parents'level of education¹
	Parents' level of education
	Asolute figures						Per cent
	Total	Tertiary education, long	Tertiary education, short	Upper secondary education	Primary and lower secondary education	Unknown education	All education levels	Tertiary education, long	Tertiary education, short	Upper secondary education	Primary and lower secondary education	Unknown education
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 to 30.09.2006)
Academic year and awarded qualification
1996
Total	38 081	4 623	9 998	18 531	3 506	1 423	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Doctorates, Ph.D	34	5	8	6	1	14	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.0
Tertiary graduates from programmes longer than 4 years	5 050	1 342	1 657	1 624	162	265	13.3	29.0	16.6	8.8	4.6	18.6
Tertiary graduates from programmes lasting 2-4 years	17 850	1 626	4 492	9 515	1 742	475	46.9	35.2	44.9	51.3	49.7	33.4
No awarded qualification	15 147	1 650	3 841	7 386	1 601	669	39.8	35.7	38.4	39.9	45.7	47.0

2006
Total	40 120	5 220	11 956	15 760	3 702	3 482	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Doctorates, Ph.D	155	14	10	1	0	130	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	3.7
Tertiary graduates from programmes longer than 4 years	9 031	2 373	3 317	2 078	271	992	22.5	45.5	27.7	13.2	7.3	28.5
Tertiary graduates from programmes lasting 2-4 years	16 151	1 646	5 196	7 206	1 369	734	40.3	31.5	43.5	45.7	37.0	21.1
No awarded qualification	14 783	1 187	3 433	6 475	2 062	1 626	36.8	22.7	28.7	41.1	55.7	46.7