A few days ago,2024 National Graduate Admissions Survey ReportOfficially announced, compared with previous years, this year's postgraduate entrance examination trend has changed a lot.
I have summarized the main content for you, let's take a look.
1. The total number of applicants this year is 4.38 million, a decrease of 360,000 from last year, the first decline since 2015.
2. The number of applicants in some provinces has shown a large downward trend, such as Hunan and Gansu.
3. The number of applicants for prestigious universities has declined, and the number of applicants for "double non" colleges and universities has continued to grow.
4. The proportion of direct employment of undergraduate graduates has increased.
5. Affected by the spillover effect, the number of people going abroad for graduate studies has increased.
6. The professional master program continues to grow, and nearly eighty percent of the colleges and universities have a professional and master's degree plan accounting for more than 60%.
7. The competition for the application of humanities and social sciences majors is fierce, and the involution is serious.
8. The number of guaranteed research places has increased, and the proportion of push and exemption has remained stable.
The above is from the perspective of application for examination, that is, the situation of our students, and the following is from the perspective of college policy.
1. The number of graduate students has continued to grow, that is to say, it is still expanding, but the growth rate of some colleges and universities has slowed down.
2. The scale of graduate enrollment has expanded, but the resources of colleges and universities have become increasingly tight.
3. The enrollment of science, engineering, agriculture and medicine continues to grow, and medicine leads the growth rate.
4. The proportion of the enrollment of professional and master's students far exceeds that of master's degrees, and the duration of professional and master's programs in many colleges and universities has been extended, and some colleges and universities have stopped recruiting master's majors.
5.The overall scale of doctoral enrollment continues to expand, and the enrollment of doctoral students shows a high growth trend.
The above is the basic situation of this year's 24 postgraduate entrance examination, in general:The expansion of enrollment continues, and the professional and master's degree is the focus of development, but our candidates have become more rational