Adult graduates or adult students in this context follows the Chinese terminology and refers to people who have already started a professional career and enter university at a more mature age through a special examination.
The number of graduates from short-cycle programs are not included in the given figures.
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Number of adult bachelor's graduates in China 2022, by subject
In 2022, approximately **** million students graduated from adult bachelor's degree programs at public colleges, universities, and research institutes in China. Of these students, about *** thousand graduated from courses in engineering, while only eight graduated from courses in philosophy.
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