HIGHER EDUCATION ENROLLMENT For AY 2011/12, total enrollment nationwide is 3,033,967.

Enrollment in all disciplines increased by 3.27% from 2,937,847 in AY 2010/11 to 3,033,967 in AY 2011/12; however, only 1.06% increase in enrollment in priority disciplines have been observed, from 1,728,397 in AY 2010/11 to 1,746,723 in AY 2011/12. Identified as priority disciplines are agriculture, forestry, fisheries, veterinary medicine, architecture, education and teacher training, engineering and technology, mathematics, information technology, natural sciences, and maritime.

Equally spread in the 2,299 HEIs across the country, this translates to an average of 1,320 students per HEI.

Enrolment in private HEIs (sectarian and non-sectarian) slightly decreased by 0.45% from 1,743,996 in AY 2010-2011 to 1,751,922 in AY 2011-2012. On the other hand, enrolment in SUCs increased by 8.10%, from 1,040,859 in AY 2010-2011 to 1,125,173 in AY 2011-2012. Overall, the SUCs served approximately 37.09% of the total number of higher education students in the country. At the regional level, the National Capital Region (NCR) has the highest enrolment with 729,950 students, accounting for almost of the total enrolment at 24.06%. The CALABARZON follows with an enrollment of 324,181 (10.68%), and then the Central Visayas Region with an enrolment of 247,242 (8.15%).

For AY 2011/12, majority took up courses under the business administration and related discipline, with 840,192 or 27.69% of the total enrollees; followed by the education and teacher training fields of study with 449,904; then IT related courses with 390,826 enrollees. Only few college students enrolled in trade, craft and industrial, general program, home economics, and religion and theology courses, with less than 10,000 enrollees.Table 1. Number of Higher Education Institutions and Enrollment: AY 2011/12

Institution TypeNo. of HEIsEnrollment% Share

Private HEIs1,6431,751,92257.74

State Universities and Colleges5471,125,17337.09

Local Universities and Colleges95150,3114.95

Other Government HEIs146,5610.22

Total2,2993,033,967100.00

Table 2. Number of Enrollment by Academic Year: AY 2009/10 to Ay 2011/12

Table 3. Higher Education Enrollment by Discipline Group and Academic Year:

AY 2007/08 to Ay 2011/12Discipline Group2007/082008/092009/102010/112011/12

Agricultural and Related58,16863,31559,69263,67968,133

Architectural and Town Planning19,28818,00420,44123,10326,601

Business Admin. and Related612,481649,549724,215785,305840,192

Education and Teacher Training370,441325,186352,046400,912449,904

Engineering and Technology311,437319,775344,662354,218372,003

Fine and Applied Arts12,93113,73216,68218,15819,071

General35,25713,75014,19811,6199,781

Home Economics4,9524,8475,1495,3086,224

Humanities29,24128,28728,08930,40731,890

Information Technology280,596300,882348,462376,046390,826

Law and Jurisprudence18,15919,29320,14421,91521,305

Maritime69,03365,44388,450109,256117,556

Mass Communication and Documentation28,38529,13230,99433,99136,285

Mathematics12,68814,63612,15412,61113,358

Medical and Allied547,595517,319440,335363,147281,038

Natural Science25,04422,64124,12725,42527,304

Other Disciplines107,452108,450117,448161,527168,795

Religion and Theology7,8847,8046,9437,3238,719

Service Trades23,95126,81436,35547,53050,968

Social and Behavioral Science73,51272,19676,54683,37192,309

Trade, Craft and Industrial5,7994,3303,8332,9961,705

Grand Total2,654,2942,625,3852,770,9652,937,8473,033,967

Table 4. Top 5 Disciplines/Fields of Study with Highest Enrolment: AY 2011/12

Discipline/Field of StudyEnrollment% Share

Business Admin. and Related840,19227.69

Education and Teacher Training449,90414.83

Information Technology390,82612.88

Engineering and Technology372,00312.26

Medical and Allied281,0389.26

All Other Disciplines700,00423.07

Total3,033,967100.00

Table 5. Higher Education Crude Gross Enrollment Ratio/Participation Rate*

by Academic Year

Academic YearParticipation Rate/Gross Enrollment Ratio

2007/0824.11%

2008/0923.19%

2009/1024.04%

2010/1124.95%

2011/1225.17%

*Gross Enrollment Ration/Participation Rate percent of pre-baccalaureate and baccalaureate students over the schooling age population of 16-21 years old.