The survey was conducted in April by mailing a questionnaire to 2018 third-year high school students scheduled to graduate in March 3 in the Kanto, Tokai, and Kansai regions. Of the responses obtained from 3 people, 7 applicants for university entrance were counted.

　According to it, Waseda University is the top university in the Kanto region. It has returned to No. 2009 for the first time in nine years, overtaking Meiji University, which had been at the top for eight consecutive years since 8. Meiji University was second, Aoyama Gakuin University was third, and Keio University, Nihon University, and Rikkyo University were in fourth place.
By gender, Waseda University was the top female student, but Meiji University was the top male student.Waseda University occupies the first place in both humanities and sciences.

　The top university I want to apply for in Tokai is Meijo University.This was followed by Nagoya University, Chukyo University, Nanzan University, and Shizuoka University.Meijo University ranked first for the first time in two years, with the largest number of students answering Meijo University for boys and Nanzan University for girls.

　In Kansai, Kansai University and Kinki University shared the top universities that they wanted to apply for at the same rate.Kansai University has been ranked first for 10 consecutive years, and Kinki University is the first.Doshisha University, Kobe University, and Osaka City University will follow this.By gender, Kinki University was ranked first for boys, Kansai University for girls, Kansai University for liberal arts, and Osaka University for science.

　Hiroshi Kobayashi, director of Recruit Research Institute, said, "Kinki University, which became the first leader, had high expectations for high school students for research on Kindai tuna, international faculties, and English villages."

reference:[Recruit Advancement Research Institute] Advancement Brand Power Survey 2017