According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Basic School Survey (preliminary figures), the university / junior college enrollment rate in 2018 reached a record high of 0.6%, up 57.9 points from the previous year.The percentage of female students at the university also reached a record high of 0.3%, up 45.1 points from the previous year.
According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the undergraduate enrollment rate of universities is 0.7%, which is 53.3 points higher than the previous year.The rate of enrollment in higher education institutions, which includes students enrolled in university faculties, junior colleges, and vocational schools, plus those enrolled in 4th year of college of technology, is 0.9%, which is 81.5 points higher than the previous year.The university / junior college application rate was 61.8%, both of which were record highs.On the other hand, the vocational school enrollment rate was only 16.0%, 0.2 points lower than the previous year.
On the other hand, the number of students enrolled in colleges and junior colleges was 58, down 1,946 from the previous year. It has been increasing for 7,175 consecutive years since 2013, but it has become negative as the 5-year-old population began to decrease from 2018.
The number of students enrolled in the university reached 1, which is 8,255 more than the previous year.Of these, 290 undergraduate students increased by 9,135 from the previous year, and 1 graduate students increased by 7,135 from the previous year.On the other hand, the number of junior college students decreased by 259 to 9,805, and the number of technical college students decreased by 3,146 to 25.Junior college students have updated the lowest since the beginning of Heisei.
The number of female students at the university is 1, which is 6,408 higher than the previous year.Of these, 128 undergraduate students and 301 graduate students, both record highs.The number of junior college students decreased by 117 to 2,148, and the number of technical college students increased by 8 to 1,469.
