Completion rates of students in higher education, 2015/2016

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
1998
Total	36 410	4 399	9 699	17 188	3 457	1 667	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Doctorates, Ph.D	72	8	5	9	0	50	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	3.0
Tertiary graduates from programmes longer than 4 years	5 559	1 507	1 928	1 626	159	339	15.3	34.3	19.9	9.5	4.6	20.3
Tertiary graduates from programmes lasting 2-4 years	16 595	1 349	4 256	8 686	1 792	512	45.6	30.7	43.9	50.5	51.8	30.7
No awarded qualification	14 184	1 535	3 510	6 867	1 506	766	39.0	34.9	36.2	40.0	43.6	46.0

2008
Total	43 253	5 622	13 291	16 606	3 627	4 107	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Doctorates, Ph.D	223	12	5	8	0	198	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.8
Tertiary graduates from programmes longer than 4 years	10 466	2 623	3 964	2 371	277	1 231	24.2	46.7	29.8	14.3	7.6	30.0
Tertiary graduates from programmes lasting 2-4 years	17 809	1 737	6 003	7 890	1 398	781	41.2	30.9	45.2	47.5	38.5	19.0
No awarded qualification	14 755	1 250	3 319	6 337	1 952	1 897	34.1	22.2	25.0	38.2	53.8	46.2

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