Table

Parents’ level of education and highest awarded degree after 8 years¹
	Parents' level of education
	Per cent
	Total	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)
Entry yaer and awarded qualification
2010
Total	48 153	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Doctorates, Ph.D	183	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2
Tertiary graduates from programmes longer than 4 years	11 738	24.4	46.3	29.0	14.7	8.6	28.5
Tertiary graduates from programmes lasting 2-4 years	19 739	41.0	30.7	45.4	47.9	39.5	16.7
No awarded qualification	16 493	34.3	22.9	25.5	37.4	51.8	51.6