In 2014, the college-going rate is 53.8% in Japan, according to a survey by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. A breakdown by prefecture revealed that Tokyo has the highest rate 66.1%, followed by Kyoto 65.6% and Kanagawa 61%. Only these three prefectures exceeded 60%. There are many colleges/universities in the three prefectures, so students can easily go to colleges.
The lowest rate was recorded in Okinawa 37.7%. Kagoshima 41% and Hokkaido 41.3% are also have lower rates. These prefectures are far from Tokyo. Maybe it is too costly to go to colleges.
Figure : College-Going Rate by Prefecture in Japan, 2014
Red means high rates, blue means low rates.
Table : College-Going Rate by Prefecture in Japan, 2014
| High school graduates total | Of which enrolled in colleges | College-going rate total | College-going rate men | College-going rate women | |
| Tokyo | 98,535 | 65,050 | 66.1 | 62.6 | 69.4 |
| Kyoto | 22,250 | 14,591 | 65.6 | 62.9 | 68.3 |
| Kanagawa | 63,150 | 38,505 | 61.0 | 60.1 | 61.9 |
| Hyogo | 45,400 | 27,189 | 59.9 | 56.6 | 63.3 |
| Hiroshima | 23,387 | 14,015 | 59.9 | 58.1 | 61.7 |
| Aichi | 61,326 | 35,848 | 58.5 | 57.5 | 59.4 |
| Osaka | 71,422 | 41,654 | 58.3 | 56.2 | 60.5 |
| Nara | 11,803 | 6,790 | 57.5 | 54.4 | 60.8 |
| Yamanashi | 8,691 | 4,938 | 56.9 | 56.8 | 57.0 |
| Saitama | 55,057 | 31,172 | 56.7 | 56.1 | 57.2 |
| Shiga | 12,082 | 6,744 | 55.8 | 54.3 | 57.4 |
| Gifu | 18,263 | 10,139 | 55.5 | 53.7 | 57.3 |
| Ishikawa | 10,093 | 5,464 | 54.1 | 52.3 | 56.0 |
| Chiba | 47,553 | 25,649 | 54.0 | 53.7 | 54.2 |
| Total | 1,047,391 | 563,043 | 53.8 | 51.5 | 56.1 |
| Fukui | 7,483 | 3,997 | 53.4 | 51.6 | 55.3 |
| Shizuoka | 31,726 | 16,828 | 53.1 | 52.6 | 53.6 |
| Fukuoka | 41,649 | 22,121 | 53.1 | 49.6 | 56.7 |
| Gunma | 16,877 | 8,736 | 51.8 | 48.6 | 55.0 |
| Kagawa | 8,154 | 4,223 | 51.8 | 46.4 | 57.0 |
| Toyama | 9,106 | 4,712 | 51.7 | 49.1 | 54.4 |
| Mie | 15,798 | 8,127 | 51.5 | 49.6 | 53.4 |
| Okayama | 17,054 | 8,726 | 51.2 | 46.2 | 56.1 |
| Ehime | 11,505 | 5,851 | 50.9 | 47.8 | 54.1 |
| Tochigi | 17,391 | 8,836 | 50.8 | 48.9 | 52.8 |
| Tokushima | 6,616 | 3,340 | 50.5 | 45.6 | 55.5 |
| Ibaraki | 24,897 | 12,380 | 49.8 | 49.1 | 50.5 |
| Wakayama | 8,937 | 4,418 | 49.4 | 48.2 | 50.7 |
| Miyagi | 19,657 | 9,496 | 48.3 | 47.1 | 49.5 |
| Nagano | 18,851 | 9,029 | 47.9 | 42.9 | 52.9 |
| Niigata | 19,626 | 9,168 | 47.3 | 47.6 | 47.0 |
| Shimane | 6,183 | 2,906 | 47.1 | 43.8 | 50.5 |
| Oita | 10,419 | 4,733 | 45.5 | 40.4 | 50.6 |
| Kumamoto | 15,968 | 7,192 | 45.1 | 40.5 | 49.8 |
| Yamagata | 10,553 | 4,715 | 44.7 | 41.4 | 48.0 |
| Kochi | 6,413 | 2,865 | 44.7 | 37.4 | 52.8 |
| Akita | 9,089 | 4,039 | 44.4 | 41.3 | 47.7 |
| Fukushima | 18,103 | 8,011 | 44.3 | 40.8 | 47.8 |
| Nagasaki | 13,182 | 5,731 | 43.5 | 39.5 | 47.6 |
| Miyazaki | 10,617 | 4,612 | 43.5 | 39.1 | 48.1 |
| Aomori | 12,594 | 5,378 | 42.8 | 39.0 | 46.5 |
| Iwate | 11,873 | 5,035 | 42.4 | 39.1 | 46.0 |
| Yamaguchi | 11,261 | 4,748 | 42.2 | 37.7 | 46.6 |
| Saga | 8,278 | 3,475 | 42.0 | 38.4 | 45.8 |
| Tottori | 4,923 | 2,054 | 41.8 | 35.7 | 47.7 |
| Hokkaido | 43,573 | 17,993 | 41.3 | 42.2 | 40.4 |
| Kagoshima | 15,374 | 6,302 | 41.0 | 33.7 | 48.2 |
| Okinawa | 14,649 | 5,518 | 37.7 | 36.9 | 38.5 |
Source is Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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