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Education > College and university Stats: compare key data on Finland & United States

Definitions

  • Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index for college and university enrollment. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled.
  • Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment is the percentage of men to women enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.
  • Private school share: Percentage of post-secondary students who attend a private school, college, or university.
  • Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to post-secondary education.
  • Teachers > Proportion of teachers female: Percentage of country's college and university professors that are female.
STAT Finland United States HISTORY
Gender parity index 1.23
Ranked 41st.
1.41
Ranked 33th. 14% more than Finland

Gender ratio 124.02
Ranked 45th.
140.06
Ranked 29th. 13% more than Finland

Private school share 25.63%
Ranked 48th.
27.95%
Ranked 46th. 9% more than Finland

Share of total education spending 31.85%
Ranked 9th. 24% more than United States
25.65%
Ranked 26th.

Teachers > Proportion of teachers female 50%
Ranked 19th. 6% more than United States
47%
Ranked 7th.

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