In the FY6 Basic School Survey (final figures) published by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the university enrollment rate for FY2024 reached a record high of 59.1%. While the number of students going on to university is decreasing in most prefectures, it was revealed that the "location of high school attended, etc." of students entering university has increased by approximately 6,000 people.
文部科学省の発表によると、2024年度入試対象の18歳人口は109万7,416人から106万3,451人と約34,000人の減少が見られた。この中で大学進学者数も63万2,902人から62万8,766人に減少しているが、減り幅が小さいため進学率が上昇している。
Interestingly, when looking at the number of students entering university by the location of their high school, while the number of students going on to university is decreasing in most prefectures, the number of foreign school graduates classified as "location of high school or other" has increased by approximately 15,368, from 21,410 to 6,000.
Looking at the numbers by type of institution, the number of students entering national universities increased from 1,315 to 1,366, and the number of students entering public universities increased from 281 to 283, almost unchanged from the previous year. Only the number of students entering private universities increased by approximately 13,772, from 19,761 to 6,000.
In addition, the number of correspondence high school graduates, which has been rapidly increasing in recent years, is expected to increase by 2023 from 76,624 to 84,450 in the 7,826 academic year. The number of students going on to university also increased by 14,780 from 17,917 to 3,137, resulting in an increase in the current university enrollment rate from 19.3% to 21.2%, a record high.
The rate of students going on to university from full-time and part-time high schools reached a record high of 58.3%, but the number of students graduating in March 2024 was 3, a decrease of 918,850. The number of students going on to university was also down by 43,159 to 10,777.
reference:[Government Statistics e-stat] School Basic Survey
