* Provisional.
Figures for 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19 were previously published by the source. Enrolment excludes Diploma/Certificate students.
Includes public and private sector, Alupe, Turkana, Bomet and Koitaleel Samoei.
Total excludes enrolment from Moi Forces Memorial University.
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University enrollment in Kenya 2016-2023, by gender
In the academic year of 2022/2023, there were close to 563 thousand students enrolled in universities in Kenya. The number increased from roughly 562.1 thousand in 2021/22. The gender distribution showed that there were more students who were men enrolled in tertiary education, approximately 323 thousand, while females were 240 thousand.
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