Increase in Opportunity-Balanced Admissions Among Freshmen at 4-Year General and Education Universities

Ministry of Education and Korea Council for University Education Announce June University Information Disclosure Analysis Results
Decrease in Proportion of Opportunity-Balanced Admissions Among Junior College Entrants

Opportunity Balance Selection Ratio (%) from 2018 to 2020
Provided by the Ministry of Education

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] The proportion of freshmen admitted through opportunity-balanced selection among general four-year universities and education colleges has increased.

The Ministry of Education and the Korea Council for University Education announced on the 30th the results of the June university information disclosure analysis, which includes lecturer lecture fees and industry-academia cooperation status at a total of 416 universities nationwide.

Among them, the analysis of disclosure items from 196 general and education colleges showed that this year's freshmen numbered 345,031, of which 43,364 (12.6%) were admitted through opportunity-balanced selection. This is an increase of 0.9 percentage points compared to the previous year. Opportunity-balanced selection refers to special admissions outside the quota for recipients of basic living subsidies, graduates of specialized high schools, employees of specialized high schools, students from rural areas, and others. The rate of opportunity-balanced selection at national and public universities was 16.0%, 4.5 percentage points higher than private universities. Non-metropolitan universities had 14.4%, and metropolitan universities 9.8%. In the case of junior colleges, students admitted through opportunity-balanced selection accounted for 3.8% (6,257 students), a decrease of 0.1 percentage points from the previous year.

The status of freshmen by type of high school attended showed that general high schools accounted for the largest share at 74.8% (258,050 students). This was followed by autonomous high schools at 10.2% (35,049 students), others such as gifted schools, GED, foreign schools, and alternative schools at 5.7% (19,765 students), specialized high schools at 5.1% (17,576 students), and special-purpose high schools such as science high schools and foreign language/international high schools at 4.2% (14,591 students). The proportion of general high school graduates at national and public universities was 77.4%, 3.4 percentage points higher than at private universities.

Meanwhile, the hourly lecturer lecture fee for the first semester was 66,000 won, an increase of 4,600 won from the previous year. The average lecturer lecture fee at national and public universities was 86,200 won, up 12,300 won (16.7%) from the previous year, while private universities saw an increase of 1,600 won (3%) to 55,900 won.

More detailed information can be found on the University Alimi website.

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