The number of female students studying at universities and graduate schools accounted for 44.3%, which was a record high in 2019, according to a basic school survey by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.The percentage of working students who relearn at graduate school has reached 24.2%, and is increasing little by little every year.

 According to the School Basic Survey, the number of universities increased by 4 from the previous year to 786, and the number of private universities increased by 4 from the previous year.The number of students was 162 for boys and 5,573 for girls, for a total of 129, which was about 3,095 higher than the previous year.Of these, 291 undergraduate students and 8,668 graduate students.

 The ratio of girls to all students was 44.3%, which was 0.3 points higher than the previous year.Among undergraduate students, the number of girls is 1, which is about 2,000 more than the previous year.The percentage of girls in all undergraduate students is 118%.In addition, the master's program reached 3,962% and the doctoral program reached 45.4%, both of which were record highs.

 There are 6 adult students in the graduate school.The percentage of working students reached 1,724%, 0.2 points higher than the previous year. This is the highest number since 24.2, which is 2009 points higher than in 2009.

 On the other hand, the number of junior college students was 11, which has been decreasing since 3,013, which was the highest ever, and became the lowest ever since Heisei.The number of vocational school students is 1993, an increase of about 59 from the previous year.The number of female faculty members at the university as a whole was 7,870, a record high, an increase of about 1 from the previous year.The ratio of females to the total number of teachers is 4%, which is also the highest ever.

reference:[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] School Basic Survey-Summary of Results for the First Year of Reiwa

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