Higher education: number of students and graduates
Students, faculty, and university graduates: this dataset contains key higher education indicators in Russia across various historical periods. Rows represent individual years, starting from 1914, while columns show total student numbers, number of graduates, and the number of students per 10,000 population. Data covers the entire country without breakdown by specific universities or regions
Table of higher education indicators in Russia from 1914 to 2024, including number of students and graduates
See also
- Divorces in Russia by year long time series by year
- Marriages in Russia by year long time series by year
- Перевозки пассажиров в России по годам: статистика indicator breakdown
Set in numbers
The table is a snapshot — 25 series shown across 5 breakdowns. 118 values in total.
“2010/2011” leads the table with 497, “1914” closes it with 10. The gap between them is 49.7-fold.
All table numbers are series: 25
| Series | Численность студентов – всего, тыс. человек — Students – total, thou. persons | в том числе по формам обучения — including by mode of attendance — очная — full-time | в том числе по формам обучения — including by mode of attendance — очно-заочная — part-time | в том числе по формам обучения — including by mode of attendance — заочная — distant | На 10000 человек населения приходилось студентов) — Students per 10000 population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 86,50 | 86,50 | — | — | 10,00 |
| 1917 | 149,00 | 149,00 | — | — | 16,00 |
| 1927 (на 15 декабря / as of December, | 114,20 | 114,20 | — | — | — |
| 1940/1941 | 478,10 | 335,10 | 15,00 | 128,00 | 43,00 |
| 1950/1951 | 796,70 | 502,60 | 17,00 | 277,10 | 77,00 |
| 1960/1961 | 1 496,70 | 699,20 | 167,60 | 629,90 | 124,00 |
| 1970/1971 | 2 671,70 | 1 296,50 | 389,80 | 985,40 | 204,00 |
| 1980/1981 | 3 045,70 | 1 685,60 | 401,00 | 959,10 | 219,00 |
| 1990/1991 | 2 824,50 | 1 647,70 | 284,50 | 892,30 | 190,00 |
| 2000/2001 | 4 741,40 | 2 625,20 | 302,20 | 1 761,80 | 324,00 |
| 2010/2011 | 7 049,80 | 3 073,70 | 304,70 | 3 557,20 | 497,00 |
| 2011/2012 | 6 490,00 | 2 847,70 | 263,40 | 3 289,70 | 453,00 |
| 2012/2013 | 6 075,40 | 2 724,30 | 229,70 | 3 051,40 | 423,00 |
| 2013/2014 | 5 646,70 | 2 618,80 | 189,20 | 2 838,60 | 392,00 |
| 2014/2015 | 5 209,00 | 2 575,00 | 158,50 | 2 475,50 | 355,00 |
| 2015/2016 | 4 766,50 | 2 379,60 | 149,10 | 2 237,80 | 324,00 |
| 2016/2017 | 4 399,50 | 2 403,00 | 124,20 | 1 872,30 | 298,00 |
| 2017/2018 | 4 245,90 | 2 380,50 | 135,00 | 1 730,40 | 287,00 |
| 2018/2019 | 4 161,70 | 2 369,80 | 155,60 | 1 636,30 | 281,00 |
| 2019/2020 | 4 068,30 | 2 386,60 | 181,50 | 1 500,30 | 275,00 |
| 2020/2021 | 4 049,30 | 2 429,30 | 206,10 | 1 413,90 | 275,00 |
| 2021/2022 | 4 044,20 | 2 474,80 | 264,80 | 1 304,60 | 275,00 |
| 2022/2023 | 4 130,00 | 2 568,30 | 341,00 | 1 220,70 | 282,00 |
| 2023/2024 | 4 325,30 | 2 670,10 | 479,60 | 1 175,60 | 296,00 |
| 2024/2025 | 4 431,70 | 2 748,20 | 564,80 | 1 118,70 | 303,00 |
How to read this table
Rows differ by the specific years for which data is recorded, allowing for comparisons of the educational system across different eras. Columns allow for comparing absolute indicators, such as total student numbers, with relative indicators, such as the number of students per 10,000 inhabitants. This enables an assessment of higher education accessibility across different historical periods
What is visible in these numbers
Only 94% of the cells carry a value — empty cells are missing in the source publication and are not filled in here.
The same indicator in other breakdowns (1)
More in the section Russian Statistical Yearbook»
Period and application
Data is extracted from the Statistical Yearbook of Russia. Information is presented as a yearly time series, including 1914, 1917, and 1940/1941. The data may be used by historians, sociologists, and education specialists to analyze the development of the educational environment in Russia
1) До 2012/2013 учебного года – включая экстернат; с 1 сентября 2013 г. понятие формы обучения «экстернат» упразднено.
2) Данные за 2012/2013 – 2021/2022 учебные годы публикуются без учета итогов ВПН-2020.
1) Before 2012/2013 academic year – including external studies; since September 1, 2013 the term «external studies» has been abolished.
2) Data for 2012/2013 – 2021/2022 are presented without using the All-Russian Population Census of 2020 results.
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