Number of women starting a degree

The number of women enrolled in 2024 541 in Bachelor’s Program; 325 in Master’s program; 32 in Doctoral program: 32 students; a total of 898 students, which accounts for 46.94% of the total enrollment in 2024. As shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1: The number of female students enrolled at our school in 2024.

Number of first-generation women starting a degree

Among the bachelor students enrolled in 2024, 92 are first-generation female students to acquire the degree. These students accounted for 46.23% of the number of first-generation students (199 people) who are receiving a degree in NCUE. As shown in Figure 2 and Table 1.

Figure 2: The number of first-generation female students pursuing a degree at NCUE in 2024.

Table 1: The number of first-generation female students pursuing a degree at NCUE in 2024

Note:

According to the 14th-week 2025 Statistical Bulletin released by the Ministry of the Interior of Taiwan, as of the end of 2024, the population aged 15 and above registered in the household registry was 20.658 million, of which 10.449 million had attained higher education (college level or above), accounting for 50.6%. Additionally, OECD statistics show that the average higher education attainment rate among the population aged 25 to 64 across various countries in 2023 was 41%, while Taiwan's rate reached 58%, significantly higher than the average. Among major countries, Taiwan ranks second only to Canada (63%), demonstrating that higher education in Taiwan is quite widespread, which also explains that proportion of first-generation students pursuing degrees is relatively lower.

Please refer to the website(s): https://www.moi.gov.tw/News_Content.aspx?n=2905&s=315404