More Japanese customers graduating university with 54.5% of high schoolers going to university

“Almost 3 million people graduated from university in 2010, whereas only 1.85 million did so in 1985. In that year, 26.5 percent of all high- school grads went on to university. Now, the percentage is 54.5. “


Source: University grads need to expand their horizons
Phillip Brasor
The Japan Times
Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010
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