Next Year, 166,588 Students to be Admitted to Junior Colleges... 6.5% Decrease Compared to This Year

Decrease of 11,523 from This Year
Early Admission 91.9%, Regular Admission 8.1%
Early Admission Down 6.2% YoY, Regular Admission Down 9.8%

Junior colleges will recruit 166,588 new students for the 2024 academic year. This is a 6.5% (11,523 students) decrease compared to the previous year.

On the 25th, the Korea Council for College Education announced the key points of the '2024 Academic Year Junior College Admission Plan' established by 132 junior colleges.

The reduction in the number of new students next year is a proactive response to the declining school-age population and reflects changes in regional living conditions and the reorganization of departments related to future industries.

Among 131 junior colleges (excluding Nonghyup University), 91.9% (153,032 students) of the total recruitment will be through early admission. The regular admission quota is 8.1% (13,556 students). The early admission rate decreased by 0.3 percentage points from this year, and the number of early admission recruits decreased by 6.2% (10,054 students). Although the regular admission rate increased by 0.3 percentage points, the number of recruits decreased by 9.8% (1,469 students) compared to the previous year.

By major, the field recruiting the most students is Nursing and Health (26.4%). Next are △Mechanical and Electrical Electronics 17.1%, △Hotel and Tourism 14.4%, △Accounting, Taxation, and Distribution 6.7%, and △Food Service and Culinary 6.6%. While most fields reduced their recruitment numbers, the fields of △Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (21.1%↑), △Life and Physical Education (10.2%↑), and △Theater, Film, and Broadcasting (2.7%↑) increased their recruitment numbers.

Among admission types, the number of recruits for interview-focused admissions increased by 3.4% compared to this year, drawing attention. Student record-focused admissions account for the largest share at 71.3% (118,854 students), followed by interview-focused 13.2% (13,222 students), document-focused 7.9% (13,222 students), practical skills-focused 4.6% (7,635 students), and CSAT-focused 3.0% (4,924 students).

The 2024 academic year early admission will be conducted in two rounds starting from September 11, and regular admission will be from January 3 to 15. Students who are accepted at even one institution in early admission (including general universities, industrial universities, education universities, and junior colleges) are prohibited from applying in the regular admission.