University and junior colleges enrollment rate Japan AY 1960-2023, by gender

Published by Statista Research Department, Oct 23, 2024

In the academic year 2023, the enrollment rate in universities and junior colleges reached around 61.6 percent for male students and 60.6 percent for female students in Japan. The share of young women attending higher education institutions increased more than tenfold in the past 60 years. The overall direct enrollment rate after high school graduation was about 61 percent.

Enrollment rate at universities and junior colleges in Japan from academic year 1960 to 2023, by gender

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December 2023

Region

Japan

Survey time period

academic year 1960 to 2023; the Japanese academic year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year

Supplementary notes

Enrollment rate calculation=number of newly enrolled students at university and junior colleges (including students who did not directly enroll after senior high school graduation) / number of students who graduated from junior high schools three years ago

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