Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) collects online information on Universities, Colleges and other Higher Educational Institutions under the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE).
Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER)
GER in Higher education has increased from 25.8% in 2017-18 to 26.3% in 2018-19.
GER is calculated for 18-23 years of age group.
GER
Ratio
Male
26.3%
Female
26.4%
SC
23%
ST
17.2%
Uttar Pradesh comes at number one with the highest student enrolment followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.
College density
College density is the number of colleges per lakh eligible population (population in the age-group 18-23 years)
The top 8 States in terms of the highest number of colleges in India are Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh
It varies from 7 in Bihar to 53 in Karnataka as compared to All India average of 28.
Bangalore Urban district tops in terms of number of colleges with 880 colleges.
60.53% Colleges are located in Rural Area.
11.04% Colleges are exclusively for Female.
Total enrolment in higher education has been estimated to be 37.4 million.
Females constitute 48.6% of the total enrolment.
Foreign Students
Highest share of foreign students come from the neighboring countries of which Nepal is 26.88% of the total.
It is followed by Afghanistan (9.8%), Bangladesh (4.38%), Sudan (4.02%), Bhutan constitutes (3.82%) and Nigeria (3.4%).
Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) in Universities and Colleges in regular mode enrolment is 29.