University enrollment in Kenya 2017-2023

Around 563,000 students were enrolled in universities in Kenya during the academic year 2022/23. The number increased from roughly 562,100 in 2021/22. According to the source, the growth was related to an expansion in the number of government sponsored students. Men constituted majority of students in Kenyan universities, some 322,760 against 240,170 thousand women.  Public versus private   Most of the students enrolled in higher education in Kenya attended public universities, making up a total of 448,500 in 2021/2022. Kenyatta University and the University of Nairobi were the preferred institutions: Combined, they accounted for toughly one-third of the students enrolled in public institutions. The number of enrolees in private tertiary institutions reached 113,600 in the same period.  Kenyans with higher education   The most recent census conducted in Kenya revealed that 3.5 percent of the country's population had a university degree as the highest educational level completed in 2019. Other seven percent finished a middle level or technical training after the secondary level. In comparison, some 14 percent of the population aged 15-29 years in East Africa had an upper-secondary or tertiary education in 2020. This share is projected to increase to 19 percent in 2030.

在2022/23学年度，肯尼亚大学共录取学生约563,000名。该数字相较于2021/22年度的约562,100名有所增长，据资料显示，这一增长与政府资助学生数量的扩张密切相关。在肯尼亚的大学学生中，男性占据了多数，具体为322,760名，而女性则为240,170名。在公立与私立大学方面，大多数在肯尼亚接受高等教育的学生就读于公立大学，2021/2022年度共计448,500名。其中，肯尼亚塔大学和内罗毕大学是学生们的首选院校，合计占公立院校学生总数的约三分之一。在同一时期，私立高等教育机构的注册人数达到了113,600名。就肯尼亚拥有高等教育水平的人口而言，最新的全国人口普查显示，截至2019年，肯尼亚有3.5%的人口拥有大学学位，这是他们完成的教育最高水平。另有7%的人口在完成中等教育或技术培训。相比之下，2020年东非15-29岁人口中，有约14%的人完成了中学或高等教育。预计到2030年，这一比例将上升至19%。