For the academic year of 2024/2025, the University of Oxford was ranked as the best university in the world, with an overall score of 98.5 according the Times Higher Education. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University followed behind. A high number of the leading universities in the world are located in the United States, with the ETH Zürich in Switzerland the highest ranked neither in the United Kingdom nor the U.S.

In the academic year of 2023/24, around 21 million students were enrolled for undergraduate degrees in the United States. This was a slight increase from the previous year, when 20.6 million students were enrolled as undergraduates.

The Colleges and Universities feature class/shapefile is composed of all Post Secondary Education facilities as defined by the Integrated Post Secondary Education System (IPEDS, http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/), National Center for Education Statistics (NCES, https://nces.ed.gov/), US Department of Education for the 2018-2019 school year. Included are Doctoral/Research Universities, Masters Colleges and Universities, Baccalaureate Colleges, Associates Colleges, Theological seminaries, Medical Schools and other health care professions, Schools of engineering and technology, business and management, art, music, design, Law schools, Teachers colleges, Tribal colleges, and other specialized institutions. Overall, this data layer covers all 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico and other assorted U.S. territories. This feature class contains all MEDS/MEDS+ as approved by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Homeland Security Infrastructure Program (HSIP) Team. Complete field and attribute information is available in the ”Entities and Attributes” metadata section. Geographical coverage is depicted in the thumbnail above and detailed in the "Place Keyword" section of the metadata. This feature class does not have a relationship class but is related to Supplemental Colleges. Colleges and Universities that are not included in the NCES IPEDS data are added to the Supplemental Colleges feature class when found. This release includes the addition of 175 new records, the removal of 468 no longer reported by NCES, and modifications to the spatial location and/or attribution of 6682 records.

This dataset shows the Principal statistics of college & university education, 2002 - 2014 Source: Department of Statistics, Malaysia No. of Views : 226

India has the most universities worldwide. According to data from July 2023, there were an estimated 5,350 universities in India. Indonesia had the second most universities, counting 3,300, followed by the United States with 3,200 universities.

1. The number of full-time faculty in various departments of colleges and universities.2. The data is the same as that on the "Teaching 1-1. Number of Full-time Faculty - Statistics by Department (Institute)" and "Teaching 1-2. Number of Full-time Faculty - Statistics by School" of the college and university affairs information open platform.

University revenues, by source, as a percentage of total revenue, Canada and provinces. This table is included in Section B: Financing education systems: Public and private expenditure on education of the Pan Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). PCEIP draws from a wide variety of data sources to provide information on the school-age population, elementary, secondary and postsecondary education, transitions, and labour market outcomes. The program presents indicators for all of Canada, the provinces, the territories, as well as selected international comparisons and comparisons over time. PCEIP is an ongoing initiative of the Canadian Education Statistics Council, a partnership between Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada that provides a set of statistical measures on education systems in Canada.

New York University had around 24,496 international students studying there in the academic year of 2022/23, making it the most popular university for international students in the United States. NYU was followed by Northeastern University, with 20,637 international students, and by Columbia University, which hosted 19,001 international students.

Market Size statistics on the Colleges & Universities industry in United States

As of the academic year 2024/25, the Ambrose Alli University in Nigeria had the highest number of registered students in terms of full-time equivalents worldwide, reaching 536,277. The Tribhuvan University in Nepal and the Payame Noor University in Iran, which followed on the places behind, had approximately 484,000 and 458,000 registered students, respectively. A high number of the universities with the highest number of students in the world are located in Egypt.

Vietnam University & College: Student data was reported at 2,118.500 Person th in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2,363.900 Person th for 2014. Vietnam University & College: Student data is updated yearly, averaging 1,131.022 Person th from Sep 1991 (Median) to 2015, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,363.900 Person th in 2014 and a record low of 106.900 Person th in 1991. Vietnam University & College: Student data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by General Statistics Office. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vietnam – Table VN.G050: Education Statistics.

Provide the approved quota for Indigenous special classes in universities and colleges.

According to latest figures, around 38.91 million undergraduate students were enrolled in degree programs at public colleges and universities in China in 2024. In 2023, around 20.67 million students were studying in bachelor's degree programs, while 17.08 million were enrolled in more practically oriented short-cycle degree programs. The number of graduates from these programs reached around 10.47 million in 2023. On a postgraduate level, there were almost 3.9 million master's and doctor's degree students studying at public institutions in China in 2023. Development of enrollment figures Since the beginning of the reform era in 1979, the number of students enrolled at institutions of tertiary education in China has increased tremendously. While the gross enrollment rate in tertiary education ranged at only 3.4 percent in 1990, it reached 60 percent of related age groups in 2023. This is the result of a thorough governmental plan aimed at increasing the number of specialists China needed for its economic development. The quality of university education in China also increased a lot throughout these years. Nowadays, two Chinese institutions, Tsinghua University and Peking University, regularly reach the highest positions in international university rankings, while a broad group of institutions are continuously improving into the midfield of international universities. However, competition for admission to the elite universities is fierce and the quality of many lower level colleges is not comparable to higher international standards. Types of tertiary education in China China generally differentiates between universities, providing four-year bachelor, master and doctorate programs, and higher vocational colleges, providing more practically oriented three-year, short-cycle degree programs. In addition, it is possible to obtain degrees at public institutes for adult education and from online and self-learning courses provided by public institutions. The number of students enrolled in degree programs at all different levels of public tertiary education in China reached more than 47.6 million in 2023. In addition to public institutions, there is also a growing number of students enrolled at private colleges and universities. However, these private institutions are generally not as esteemed and work on a lower level than their public counterparts.

Statistics on student enrolment in UGC-funded programmes

Taiwan Higher Education Institutions Communication Information

Vietnam University & College: Graduate data was reported at 353.600 Person th in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 441.800 Person th for 2014. Vietnam University & College: Graduate data is updated yearly, averaging 165.652 Person th from Sep 1991 (Median) to 2015, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 441.800 Person th in 2014 and a record low of 20.500 Person th in 1991. Vietnam University & College: Graduate data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by General Statistics Office. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vietnam – Table VN.G050: Education Statistics.

Statistics of foreign full-time faculty in all Taiwanese universities and colleges - by school, gender, and rank.

Laos Vocational Education: Number of Students: University data was reported at 54,458.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 62,316.000 Person for 2016. Laos Vocational Education: Number of Students: University data is updated yearly, averaging 37,849.000 Person from Dec 1985 (Median) to 2017, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 80,342.000 Person in 2013 and a record low of 3,425.000 Person in 1990. Laos Vocational Education: Number of Students: University data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Lao Statistics Bureau. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Laos – Table LA.G017: Education Statistics.

The main content of this dataset includes the gender ratio of overseas Chinese students graduating from college in various years.

University & College: School data was reported at 445.000 School in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 436.000 School for 2014. University & College: School data is updated yearly, averaging 214.000 School from Sep 1991 (Median) to 2015, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 445.000 School in 2015 and a record low of 96.000 School in 1996. University & College: School data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by General Statistics Office. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vietnam – Table VN.G050: Education Statistics.