In 2020, around 3.14 million students were enrolled in master's and doctor's degree programs at colleges and universities in China. This figure increased steadily in recent years. Besides these graduate and postgraduate students, around 32.9 million undergraduate students were enrolled at colleges and universities in China in 2020.
Number of master's and doctor's degree students enrolled at public universities in China from 2010 to 2020
(in 1,000s)
* From 2017 on, figures include on-the-job master students.
Figures include full-time and part-time students.
Figures for earlier years have been taken from previous publications.
Values have been rounded.
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National Bureau of Statistics of China. (October 9, 2021). Number of master's and doctor's degree students enrolled at public universities in China from 2010 to 2020 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101469/number-of-postgraduate-master-doctor-students-at-universities-in-china/
National Bureau of Statistics of China. "Number of master's and doctor's degree students enrolled at public universities in China from 2010 to 2020 (in 1,000s)." Chart. October 9, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101469/number-of-postgraduate-master-doctor-students-at-universities-in-china/
National Bureau of Statistics of China. (2021). Number of master's and doctor's degree students enrolled at public universities in China from 2010 to 2020 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101469/number-of-postgraduate-master-doctor-students-at-universities-in-china/
National Bureau of Statistics of China. "Number of Master's and Doctor's Degree Students Enrolled at Public Universities in China from 2010 to 2020 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Oct 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101469/number-of-postgraduate-master-doctor-students-at-universities-in-china/
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