 In Safnern about 62.7% of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 19.4% have completed additional higher education (either university or a "Fachhochschule").Of the 220 who had completed some form of tertiary schooling listed in the census, 76.8% were Swiss men, 17.3% were Swiss women, 4.5% were non-Swiss men.The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten, followed by six years of Primary school.