Table

Parents’ level of education and level of degree for graduations in higher education
	2009-2010	2014-2015	2019-2020
	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	38 004	45 800	53 959

Tertiary education, 4 years or less¹	25 986	31 074	36 352
Mother or father has long tertiary education	3 291	3 795	5 297
Mother or father has short tertiary education	8 450	11 116	13 736
Mother or father has upper secondary education	10 793	12 354	12 701
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	1 866	2 089	1 984
Not stated	1 586	1 720	2 634

Tertiary education, more than 4 years²	10 816	13 319	16 069
Mother or father has long tertiary education	2 385	2 733	3 593
Mother or father has short tertiary education	3 405	4 508	5 612
Mother or father has upper secondary education	3 013	3 483	4 095
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	431	508	550
Not stated	1 582	2 087	2 219

Doctoral studies³	1 202	1 407	1 538
Mother or father has long tertiary education	302	325	332
Mother or father has short tertiary education	267	294	291
Mother or father has upper secondary education	256	251	247
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	32	42	30
Not stated	345	495	638