Table

New entrants to higher education and awarded qualification after 8 years. Parents’ level of education. Numbers and per cent¹
	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: 2006 is refering to 1.10.2005-30.09.2006)
Academic year and awarded qualification
1999
Total	38 371	4 608	10 376	17 654	3 589	2 144	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Doctorates, Ph.D	76	5	10	6	0	55	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	2.6
Tertiary graduates from programmes longer than 4 years	6 196	1 600	2 135	1 776	172	513	16.1	34.7	20.6	10.1	4.8	23.9
Tertiary graduates from programmes lasting 2-4 years	16 453	1 400	4 489	8 523	1 651	390	42.9	30.4	43.3	48.3	46.0	18.2
No awarded qualification	15 646	1 603	3 742	7 349	1 766	1 186	40.8	34.8	36.1	41.6	49.2	55.3

2009
Total	46 452	5 994	14 499	17 200	3 557	5 202	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Doctorates, Ph.D	218	6	3	4	3	202	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	3.9
Tertiary graduates from programmes longer than 4 years	11 544	2 819	4 244	2 571	321	1 589	24.9	47.0	29.3	14.9	9.0	30.5
Tertiary graduates from programmes lasting 2-4 years	18 739	1 882	6 386	8 164	1 427	880	40.3	31.4	44.0	47.5	40.1	16.9
No awarded qualification	15 951	1 287	3 866	6 461	1 806	2 531	34.3	21.5	26.7	37.6	50.8	48.7