Table

Parents’ level of education and level of degree for graduations in higher education
	2008-2009	2013-2014	2018-2019
	Total	Total	Total
¹Including graduations from programmes 4 years or less but also 2 years or longer.
²Including graduations from programmes longer than 4 years. Awarded doctoral degrees are not included
³Doctoral degrees.
Level and parents´level of education
Total	36 031	45 013	53 974

Tertiary education, 4 years or less¹	24 693	30 402	36 284
Mother or father has long tertiary education	2 998	3 702	5 051
Mother or father has short tertiary education	7 787	10 713	13 634
Mother or father has upper secondary education	10 352	12 283	13 384
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	1 865	2 031	2 163
Not stated	1 691	1 673	2 052

Tertiary education, more than 4 years²	10 254	13 169	16 095
Mother or father has long tertiary education	2 316	2 688	3 608
Mother or father has short tertiary education	3 293	4 302	5 510
Mother or father has upper secondary education	2 812	3 525	4 048
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	386	525	555
Not stated	1 447	2 129	2 374

Doctoral studies³	1 084	1 442	1 595
Mother or father has long tertiary education	277	327	367
Mother or father has short tertiary education	247	345	327
Mother or father has upper secondary education	257	221	205
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	26	39	27
Not stated	277	510	669