Table

Highest awarded degree after 8 years for new entrants to higher education¹
	Total	Males	Females
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 year and awarded qualification
2000
Total	40 118	16 370	23 748
Awarded qualification	56.0	49.3	60.5
Doctorates, Ph.D	0.2	0.4	0.1
Tertiary graduates from programmes longer than 4 years	15.6	18.8	13.4
Tertiary graduates from programmes lasting 2-4 years	40.1	30.1	47.0
No awarded qualification	44.0	50.7	39.5

2010
Total	48 153	20 433	27 720
Awarded qualification	65.7	60.7	69.5
Doctorates, Ph.D	0.4	0.5	0.3
Tertiary graduates from programmes longer than 4 years	24.4	26.3	22.9
Tertiary graduates from programmes lasting 2-4 years	41.0	33.9	46.3
No awarded qualification	34.3	39.3	30.5