Indicator	2016-17	2017-18	2018-2019
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
Total HEIs (excluding SUCs Sattelite campuses)	1,943	1,906	1,963
Total HEIs (including SUCs Sattelite campuses)	2,396	2,353	2,393
Public	233	233	242
State Universities and Colleges (SUCs)	112	111	111
SUCs Satellite Campuses	453	447	430
Local Colleges and Universities (LUCs)	107	108	118
Others (include OGS, CSI, Special HEI)	14	14	13
Private	1,710	1,673	1,721
Sectarian	351	350	353
Non-Sectarian	1,359	1,323	1,368
Autonomous/Deregulated Private HEIs	75	74	74

 

Accreditation
No. of HEIs with Accredited Programs	671	677	701
% of HEIs with Accredited Programs	28.01	28.77	29.29
No. of Accredited Programs by Level:
Candidate Status	1,222	1,012	921
Level I	2,188	2,198	1,978
Level II	2,711	2,956	3,447
Level III	1,675	1,844	2,122
Level IV	256	331	362
Total (Excluding Candidate Status)	6,830	7,329	7,909
Total (Including Candidate Status)			8,830

– Source: Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP)
– Source: Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP)

Enrollment	2016-17	2017-18	2018-2019
All Disciplines	3,589,484	2,981,803	3,212,542
Public	1,641,607	1,385,458	1,519,512
Private	1,947,877	1,596,345	1,693,030
By Discipline Group (10 Most Populated)	3,361,035	2,784,429	2,997,075
Agricultural, Forestry, Fisheries, Vet Med.	127,287	100,922	106,006
Business Administration and Related	921,324	775,805	826,494
Education and Teacher Training	740,713	639,063	653,207
Engineering and Technology	448,550	370,710	424,269
Information Technology	398,765	315,694	314,414
Maritime	119,387	82,205	87,960
Medical and Allied	203,561	176,532	215,234
Other Disciplines	212,709	171,399	204,335
Service Trades	73,905	55,671	61,250
Social and Behavioral Science	114,834	96,428	103,906

– Includes pre-baccalaureate up to doctoral programs

Graduates	2015-16	2016-17	2017-2018
All Disciplines	645,973	703,327	751,310
Public	317,392	345,795	374,997
Private	328,581	357,532	376,313
By Discipline Group (10 Most Populated)	607,432	661,942	705,856
Agricultural, Forestry, Fisheries, Vet Med.	21,209	24,210	26,773
Business Administration and Related	185,858	202,895	207,178
Education and Teacher Training	118,567	138,496	162,900
Engineering and Technology	76,423	82,794	86,860
Information Technology	77,250	73,646	77,747
Maritime	18,322	21,561	17,634
Medical and Allied	41,805	43,012	42,425
Other Disciplines	32,500	37,799	42,293
Service Trades	13,217	15,205	16,947
Social and Behavioral Science	22,281	22,324	25,099

– Includes pre-baccalaureate up to doctoral programs

Performance (% Passing) in licensure examination	2016	2017	2018
Across all disciplines (Over-all takers)	37.55	36.82	37.87
Across all disciplines (First Time takers)	56	57	56
Faculty Qualification
% with MA/MS	40.37	40.39	37.59
% with PhD	13.32	14.07	16.58

– Source: PRC-Education Statistics Task Force

 

– Based on the submission of higher education institutions, as compiled by OPRKM-Knowledge Management Division
– as of August 8, 2019