| Characteristic | Junior colleges | Universities |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 494.06 | 1,864.43 |
| 2024 | 492.04 | 1,864.51 |
| 2023 | 509.17 | 1,883.96 |
| 2022 | 539.31 | 1,918.05 |
| 2021 | 576.04 | 1,968.2 |
| 2020 | 621.77 | 2,012.02 |
| 2019 | 643.76 | 2,033.1 |
| 2018 | 659.23 | 2,062.08 |
| 2017 | 677.72 | 2,091.8 |
| 2016 | 697.21 | 2,133.96 |
| 2015 | 720.47 | 2,173.94 |
| 2014 | 740.8 | 2,206.69 |
| 2013 | 757.72 | 2,214.17 |
| 2012 | 769.89 | 2,218.28 |
| 2011 | 776.74 | 2,208.61 |
| 2010 | 767.09 | 2,184.2 |
| 2009 | 760.93 | 2,150.29 |
| 2008 | 771.85 | 2,129.43 |
| 2007 | 795.52 | 2,115.2 |
| 2006 | 817.99 | 2,094.75 |
| 2005 | 853.09 | 2,073.53 |
| 2004 | 897.59 | 2,049.02 |
| 2003 | 925.96 | 2,023.55 |
| 2002 | 963.13 | 1,982.04 |
| 2001 | 952.65 | 1,931.12 |
| 2000 | 913.27 | 1,856.93 |
| 1999 | 859.55 | 1,767.43 |
| 1998 | 801.68 | 1,645.25 |
| 1997 | 724.74 | 1,530.51 |
| 1996 | 642.7 | 1,429.14 |
| 1995 | 569.82 | 1,328.06 |
| 1994 | 506.81 | 1,252.14 |
| 1993 | 456.23 | 1,193.53 |
| 1992 | 405 | 1,156.88 |
| 1991 | 359.05 | 1,125.54 |
| 1990 | 323.83 | 1,108.1 |
| 1989 | 291.04 | 1,085.25 |
| 1988 | 266.84 | 1,061.43 |
| 1987 | 259.9 | 1,049.95 |
| 1986 | 250.65 | 983.53 |
| 1985 | 242.12 | 970.31 |
| 1984 | 230.35 | 897.46 |
| 1983 | 218.21 | 784.91 |
| 1982 | 218.21 | 672.33 |
| 1981 | 199.71 | 546.2 |
| 1980 | 165.05 | 412.4 |
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Release date
November 2025
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Region
South Korea
Survey time period
1980 to 2025
Supplementary notes
The figures do not include distance universities, open universities, corporate universities, and graduate schools. Industrial universities, and universities of education are included.
Figures have been rounded.
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