According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Basic School Survey (preliminary figures), the number of undergraduate students at the university reached 2021 nationwide in 262, the highest number ever.The number of female undergraduate students was 5956, a record high, surpassing the previous year by 119.On the other hand, the growth rate of the number of female undergraduate students has slowed to the 6629% level, the lowest ever in the 3164 years that have continued to grow.

 The number of female undergraduate students has continued to grow for 1955 years since 1979, although it decreased during the three years from 1981 to 3, when the number of university enrollees decreased significantly, after 1982, when we started collecting statistics by gender. ing.The percentage of all undergraduate students was 40%, 0.1 points higher than the previous year, a record high.The female ratio has doubled since 45.6, when it was 22.6%.

 On the other hand, the growth rate of the number of female students in the undergraduate school is 0.265%, which is the lowest ever in 40 years when the number of female students has continued to grow.In the year when the total number of undergraduate students decreased, the growth rate of female students also tended to be low, but as in this case, the growth rate of female students slowed down while the total number of undergraduate students was growing. Is the first time.

 短期大学の学生数は10万2,231人で、前年度より5,365人少なくなった。科目履修生等を含まない本科の学生数は1993年度の52万2618人をピークに28年連続で減少しており、9万9415人(うち女子が8万7266人)で10万人を割っている。

 Since the growth in the number of female students is greatly related to the growth in the university entrance rate, the slowdown in the growth rate in the number of female students in the undergraduate school is considered to have a large impact.Until now, there have been many cases of switching to university faculties where girls can easily gather due to the suspension of recruitment of junior colleges, but in recent years there have been cases where recruitment is suspended and the junior colleges are simply eliminated. It is predicted that the faculties of the newly established universities are affected by the fact that there are many data science departments with a high proportion of males.

reference:[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] School Basic Survey-Summary of Results of Reiwa 3rd Year (Preliminary Report)-

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