Table

Parents’ level of education and level of degree for graduations in higher education
	2007-2008	2012-2013	2017-2018
	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	35 355	42 127	52 094

Tertiary education, 4 years or less¹	24 672	28 709	35 156
Mother or father has long tertiary education	3 111	3 573	4 796
Mother or father has short tertiary education	7 634	10 007	13 124
Mother or father has upper secondary education	10 794	11 723	13 233
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	1 839	1 865	2 050
Not stated	1 294	1 541	1 953

Tertiary education, more than 4 years²	9 452	11 869	15 438
Mother or father has long tertiary education	2 139	2 561	3 386
Mother or father has short tertiary education	3 063	3 794	5 419
Mother or father has upper secondary education	2 704	3 124	3 901
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	333	432	561
Not stated	1 213	1 958	2 171

Doctoral studies³	1 231	1 549	1 500
Mother or father has long tertiary education	301	357	331
Mother or father has short tertiary education	264	292	331
Mother or father has upper secondary education	291	256	209
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	32	31	18
Not stated	343	613	611