The Ministry of Education has released the reports of the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) for 2022-23 and 2023-2024. In a positive development, the number of female enrollments has seen a sharp increase to 38.4%. While BA continues to be the favoured subject of graduates, overall GER has increased across streams. 53.3% of students opt for STEM courses.
The report is based on the voluntary uploading of data by institutions of Higher Education listed on the aishe.gov.in portal in specially designed formats of data collection. As per the report, a total of 1,213 Universities/University level Institutions, 46,624 colleges, and 12,543 stand-alone institutions were registered in AISHE 2022-23. Of them, 1,208 Universities,44,519 colleges and 10,453 stand-alone institutions responded to the survey. Check key highlights and figures below.
AISHE 2022-23 Survey: Number of Institutions
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According to the survey, there are 453 universities or university-level institutions established across the country since 2014-2015. The total number of registered universities now stands at 1,213, of which 706 are government-managed, 10 are private deemed-aided and 497 are private un-aided institutions.
There are 19 Universities exclusively for women, which were 11 in 2014-15. As of 2022-23, there are 18 open universities (1 central university, 16 state universities and 1 state private university. Out of the 1,208 Universities who responded in the survey, 687 are General, 192 are Technical,
57 are Agriculture & Allied, 84 are Medical, 28 are Law, 19 are Sanskrit, and 8 are Language Universities. The remaining 133 Universities which responses are from other specialised categories.
The number of registered colleges has also increased in 2022-23. In 2014-15, the number of registered colleges was 38,498 with the AISHE, and in 2022-23, the number of colleges has increased to 46,624.
Out of the 44,519 colleges that responded, 20.8% are government colleges, 13.1% are private aided colleges, and 66.06% are private unaided colleges. 10.5% of the colleges which responded to the survey are women's colleges.
AISHE 2022-23 Survey: Student Enrolment In Higher Education
The enrollment of students in Higher Education has increased from 4.33 Crore in 2021-22 to 4.46 Crore in 2022-23. There is also an increase of 1.04 Crore in enrollment from 3.42 crore in 2014-15. Out of this, the female enrolment has increased to 2.18 crore in 2022-23 from 2.07 crore in 2021-22. There is also an increase of around 60.32 lakh in the female enrolment from 1.57 crore (38.4%) in 2014-15.
Considering the category-wise enrollment, from the 4,46 crore students enrolled in 2022-23, 15.5% of students were from the Scheduled Caste, while 6.4% were from the Scheduled Tribe. 39% of students were from Other Backwards Classes, and the remaining 39.1% were from other communities.
Check the category-wise data of enrollment here
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Category |
Enrollment in 2014-15 |
Enrollment in 2022-23 |
Enrollment in 2021-22 |
Total Increase |
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SC |
50.1% |
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SC Female |
61.23% |
33.89 Lakh |
31.71 Lakh |
24.1% (since 2018-19) 61.23% (2014-15) |
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ST |
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28.72 |
27.1 lakh |
38.9% (since 2018-19) |
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75.03% (Since 2014-15) |
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ST Female |
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14.67 lakh |
13.46 lakh |
44.4% (from 2018-19) |
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96.3% (2014-15) |
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OBC |
1.74 crore |
1.63 crore |
28.1% (since 2018-19) 54.6% (Since 2014-15) |
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OBC Female |
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85.32 lakh |
78.19 lakh |
(Sine 2018-19) |
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62.9%(Since 2014-15) |
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Minority |
21.8 lakh |
32.9 lakh |
30.1 lakh |
50.7%(since 2014-15 |
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Female Minority |
10.7 lakh |
16.84 lakh |
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58% (since 2014-15) |
AISHE Survey 2022-23: Teaching And Non-Teaching Staff In Higher Education
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According to the report, the total number of faculty/teachers in 2022-23 are 16.64 lakh from which 55.7% are male and 55.7% are male. The number of teachers also increased in 2022-23 to 66,484 as compared to 2021-22.
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There is also a marginal improvement of female per 100 male faculty ratio. From 77 in 2021-22, the ratio is now 79 in 2022-23. The number of female faculty increased to 7.37 lakh in 2022-23. In 2014-15, the number was 5.69 lakh.
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The Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) in Universities and colleges is 24 for the regular mode, while the ratio for universities and their constituent units in the regular mode is 19.
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In the case of non-teaching staff, from the total of 14,23,019, 58.4% are male, and 41.6% are female. The average number of females per 100 male non-teaching staff is 71.
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Programme-wise Enrolment
Considering the undergraduate courses enrolled, the most popular programme selected by students is Bachelor of Arts (BA Arts) along with BA (Hons). The BA programme has the highest enrollment with 1.4 Crore students. Following shortly behind is the Bachelor of Science (B.Sc and B.Sc Hons programme) with 54 lakh enrollment. Bachelor of Commerce is the third most popular programme, along with B.Com Hons, with an enrollment of 43.1 lakh students.
Among professional courses, Bachelor of Technology (BTech) has an enrollment number of 26.9 Lakh students.
Among Postgraduate courses, the Master of Arts has the highest enrollment with 23.3 Lakh students, followed by Master of Science (MSc) with 10.04 Lakh students and Master of Business Administration and Master of Commerce (MBA, MCom) with 13.3 Lakh students
Enrolment for STEM Courses
STEM, also known as Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, enrollment numbers include undergraduate, postgraduate, M.Phil. and PhD courses, a total of 99,75,841 students enrolled for STEM courses, of which 56,45,364 are males, and 43,30,477 are females.
For Engineering and Technology, overall enrolment in all UG, PG, M.Phil. and PhD levels is 42,88,331. In the Science stream, a total of 56,87,510 students enrolled in UG, PG, and M.Phil. PhD programmes, of which 53.3% are female. The enrollment at the UG level for the Science stream programmes is 47,62,989, of which 52.0% are female. 8,69,848 students enrolled at the PG level, of which 60.9% are females and 54,174 students enrolled in the PhD level, with more than 51.8% females.
AISHE 2022-23 Survey: Categories Of Institutions Covered
The Institutions, under AISHE, are classified into the following three broad categories
University/University Level Institutions: Institutions which are empowered to award degrees under some Act of Parliament or State Legislature.
Colleges/Institutions which are not empowered to provide a degree in their own name and therefore are affiliated/recognized with universities.
1. Affiliated College
2. Constituent College
3. PG and Off. Campus Centre
4. Recognised Centre
Stand-alone Institutions(not affiliated with Universities) There are several institutions which are outside the purview of the University and Colleges. These Institutions generally run Diploma/PG Diploma level programmes for which they require recognition from one or the other Statutory Bodies.
