number of graduates from these programs reached around 9.7 million in 2022. On a postgraduate level, there were more than 3.6 million master's and doctor's degree students studying at public institutions in China that year.
In 2022, around 36.6 million undergraduate students were enrolled in degree programs at public colleges and universities in China. 19.9 million of them were studying in bachelor's degree programs, while the other 16.7 million were enrolled in more practically oriented short-cycle degree programs. The Number of undergraduate students enrolled at public colleges and universities in China from 2012 to 2022 (in millions)
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