中國(guó)大學(xué)生數(shù)量多但比例低。截至到2018年，我國(guó)約有四千多萬的本科畢業(yè)生和四千多萬的?？飘厴I(yè)生，這些數(shù)量看似很多，但考慮到我國(guó)的人口基數(shù)，這個(gè)數(shù)量就不算很多了。
歷年中國(guó)大學(xué)生數(shù)量統(tǒng)計(jì)表
| 數(shù)據(jù)來自國(guó)家統(tǒng)計(jì)局國(guó)家數(shù)據(jù)（單位，萬人） | ||||
| 年份 | 普通高校畢業(yè)生總數(shù) | 本科畢業(yè)總?cè)藬?shù) | 本科比例 | 專科畢業(yè)總?cè)藬?shù) |
| 1999 | 84.8 | 44.0935 | 52.00% | 40.7 |
| 2000 | 95 | 49.5624 | 52.17% | 17.9 |
| 2001 | 103.6 | 56.7839 | 54.81% | 19.3 |
| 2002 | 133.7 | 65.5763 | 49.05% | 27.7 |
| 2003 | 187.7 | 92.9598 | 49.53% | 94.8 |
| 2004 | 239.1 | 119.629 | 50.03% | 119.5 |
| 2005 | 306.8 | 146.5786 | 47.78% | 160.2 |
| 2006 | 337.5 | 172.6674 | 51.16% | 204.8 |
| 2007 | 447.8 | 199.5944 | 44.57% | 248.2 |
| 2008 | 512 | 225.6783 | 44.08% | 286.3 |
| 2009 | 531.1 | 245.5359 | 46.23% | 285.6 |
| 2010 | 575.4 | 259.0535 | 45.02% | 316.4 |
| 2011 | 608.2 | 279.6229 | 45.98% | 328.5 |
| 2012 | 624.7 | 303.8473 | 48.64% | 320.9 |
| 2013 | 638.7 | 319.9716 | 50.10% | 318.7 |
| 2014 | 659.4 | 341.3787 | 51.77% | 318 |
| 2015 | 680.9 | 358.594 | 52.66% | 322.3 |
| 2016 | 704.2 | 347.368 | 53.16% | 329.8 |
| 2017 | 735.8 | 384.1839 | 52.21% | 351.6 |
| 2018 | 753.3 | 386.8358 | 51.35% | 366.4729 |
| 總數(shù) | 9859.7 | 4426.5152 | 49.40% | 4477.6 |