Regular Institutions of Higher Education refer to educational establishments set up according to the government evaluation and approval procedures, recruiting graduates from senior secondary schools as the main target by National Matriculation TEST. They include full-time universities, colleges, institutions of higher professional education, institutions of higher vocational education, institutions of higher vocational education and others (non-university tertiary, branch schools and undergraduate classes).

Number of Students Enrollment of Regular Institutions of Higher Education (10,000 persons)

20002005201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021
Beijing28,0354,8358,7158,7959,1259,8960,4660,3659,9259,2959,4960,1560,8961,70
Tianjin11,9133,1642,9244,9747,3148,9950,5851,2951,3851,4752,3353,9457,2258,34
Hebei25,2677,40110,51114,93116,88117,44116,43117,92121,61126,89134,26147,40160,48170,43
Shanxi12,5040,7056,2959,4563,7367,6871,3274,0275,6376,3076,5680,2084,2089,08
Inner Mongolia7,1923,0937,1438,4439,1439,9240,6442,0843,6744,8145,5347,2048,6650,68
Liaoning30,7965,9488,0290,2293,4196,8099,83100,5799,8798,1096,32104,11114,08117,84
Jilin18,1040,7354,4456,2857,9059,9561,8363,2764,2364,3965,8370,0172,7075,56
Heilongjiang21,0154,0971,9171,0070,4571,7973,0673,5273,5973,4273,2177,8282,5687,91
Shanghai22,6844,2651,5751,1350,6650,4850,6651,1651,4751,4951,7852,6654,0754,87
Jiangsu45,18115,98164,94165,94167,12168,45169,86171,57174,58176,79180,63187,41201,47211,08
Zhejiang19,2465,1388,4990,7593,2395,9697,8299,1199,61100,23101,94107,47114,87121,03
Anhui19,1858,9193,9099,13102,30105,21108,05113,07114,50114,74113,91124,12136,85150,50
Fujian13,7940,7064,7867,4870,1473,0574,8575,8575,6475,1077,2486,1294,72102,34
Jiangxi14,8664,6181,6582,8685,1186,1891,6498,45103,90104,83105,44113,50124,20134,87
Shandong32,53117,13163,14164,56165,85169,85179,67190,06199,59201,53204,08218,39229,15242,99
Henan27,3485,19145,67150,01155,90161,83167,97176,69187,48200,47214,08231,97249,22268,64
Hubei35,77101,27129,69134,03138,61142,14141,97141,06140,18140,09143,82150,08161,69169,97
Hunan26,5875,49104,72106,79108,22110,08113,63118,06122,50127,32132,68140,71151,03159,61
Guangdong30,6087,47142,66152,73161,68170,99179,42185,64189,29192,58196,32205,40240,02253,98
Guangxi12,3733,8356,7560,0162,9265,6170,1975,1281,0386,6794,22107,64118,42132,10
Hainan1,927,0015,0815,6716,8317,2118,0618,2918,4918,5518,9220,7423,0124,51
Chongqing12,6333,3652,2756,7862,3665,9469,1671,6673,2574,6976,2883,4991,56100,27
Sichuan24,5677,54108,62113,93122,37127,08132,83138,79144,66149,97156,47166,17180,09192,08
Guizhou7,9820,6832,3334,4138,3841,9046,0450,0957,3962,7768,7576,5784,0288,16
Yunnan9,5925,4743,9048,7651,2254,8657,7061,4665,6670,5976,4786,4096,42104,41
Tibet0,551,903,113,243,353,363,353,423,503,563,573,623,864,13
Shaanxi24,4766,6992,7896,48102,63107,76109,96109,97107,63106,94105,48112,20121,00128,33
Gansu8,2622,9538,1540,5343,1144,3045,2345,0545,7246,6248,3652,4958,1161,34
Qinghai1,353,284,504,574,875,075,295,756,196,707,037,327,417,71
Ningxia1,754,878,028,799,6410,4511,1411,5011,7112,1112,5313,5214,6716,11
Xinjiang8,1018,1825,1225,8726,8727,8429,0430,4731,9934,6037,4942,7048,6755,56