Rise of Universities and Higher Education Institutes’ Graduates by 51.5 Percent
The results of the 2016 Population and Housing Census show that the number of universities and higher education institutes’ graduates rose by 51.5 percent during the years 1390 to 1395[1].
Based on the results, number of universities and higher education institutes’ graduates in the year 1395 was 9 million 638 thousand 853 students, whereas this number was 6 million 361 thousand 291 students in the year 1390. In other words, number of universities and higher education institutes’ graduates in the years 1390 to 1395 had a 51.5 percent rise with an annual growth of 8.7 percent during this five-year period.
The census results indicate that in the year 1395, there were 2 million 379 thousand 165 graduates at associates’ level, 5 million 820 thousand 342 at bachelors' level, 1 million 291 thousand 384 at masters' level, and 147 thousand 962 at Ph.D. level, respectively.
[1] . It is the Iranian year which usually begins within a day of 21 March of the Gregorian calendar. To find the corresponding year of the Gregorian calendar, add 621 or 622 (depending on the time of the year) to a solar Hijri year. For example, the corresponding year of the year 1395 in the Gregorian calendar is (21 March 2016-20 March 2017).