Table 1 Pupils and students, by age, gender and type of school/institution. 1 October 2003

1	Pupils and students, by age, gender and type of school/institution. 1 October 2003

Gender and type of school/institution	Total	Age

Gender and type of school/institution	Total	-15	16-18	19-24	25-29	30-34	-35

Pupils and students, total	444 912	509	151 385	144 682	55 236	29 618	63 482
Folk high schools	6 052	-	982	4 782	127	38	123
Upper secondary schools¹	229 101	509	150 177	46 446	9 055	7 089	15 825
University colleges	130 148	-	116	54 537	23 616	15 091	36 788
Universities	79 611	-	110	38 917	22 438	7 400	10 746

Males	204 099	205	76 985	67 430	26 185	12 157	21 137
Folk high schools	2 143	-	421	1 555	78	20	69
Upper secondary schools¹	117 864	205	76 481	27 258	4 648	3 110	6 162
University colleges	48 424	-	38	21 560	10 365	5 517	10 944
Universities	35 668	-	45	17 057	11 094	3 510	3 962

Females	240 813	304	74 400	77 252	29 051	17 461	42 345
Folk high schools	3 909	-	561	3 227	49	18	54
Upper secondary schools¹	111 237	304	73 696	19 188	4 407	3 979	9 663
University colleges	81 724	-	78	32 977	13 251	9 574	25 844
Universities	43 943	-	65	21 860	11 344	3 890	6 784

¹	The pupils in upper secondary schools consist of pupils and apprentices under the Education Act, students in technical vocational schools, participants in employment training, pupils of other upper secondary education and participants in preparatory course for college of engineering.