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The National Institute for Educational Studies and Research Anisio Teixeira (Inep), a municipality linked to the Ministry of Education (MEC), released, on Monday, September 22, the. Data are available on the Institutes portal. According to the statistical survey, Brazil reached the mark of 10 million students in higher education in 2024. The number of enrollments in EAD in 2024 corresponds to 50.7% of the total graduation enrollment in the country - between 2023 and 2024, the increase was 5.6%.
Inep president Manuel Palacios stressed that the expansion of the systems supply and service capacity is a positive achievement for the country: We have 10 million students, and this is a brand to celebrate. An important portion of this population had access to higher education through new technologies. Distance education (EAD) provided the expansion of the offer and served students who would not have access to higher education, he said.
Palacios stressed that 2025 marked an important advance for the evaluation of higher education in Brazil, with the unprecedented performance of two exams: the National Examination of Medical Training Evaluation (ENAMED) and Teaching National Test (PND). These initiatives, together with the Higher Education Census, make up a fundamental framework for the regulation and evaluation of higher education in Brazil, he said.
Also in relation to the evaluation of the quality of the course, he announced changes from 2026. The conditions of supply of all courses will be evaluated annually and there will be the analysis of face -to -face poles, initially through sample strategies. The measures align with.
Institutions - According to the census, the country has 317 public institutions and 2,244 private. Among public institutions, 43.8%are state (139), 38.5%, federal (122) and 17.7%, municipal (56). In addition, the survey points out that most Brazilian universities are public, representing 56.3% of the countrys total universities.
The data also reveal that, on the national average, 33% of high school graduates in 2023 enrolled in higher education in 2024. This means that one in three young people who conclude the basic stage enters higher education the following year, said Ineps director of educational statistics, Carlos Moreno.
The school analysis, however, reveals that, in the federal network, 64% of high school graduates followed directly to higher education, above the national average. In the state network, which concentrates most students, the index was 27%. Among the students in the private network, the rate reached 60%, level close to that registered by the federal network.
Superior Census - O, conducted annually by Inep, is Brazils most complete research instrument on higher education institutions that offer undergraduate and sequential training courses.
The survey uses the information of the E-MEC System Registration, where the records of all institutions, their courses and places are maintained. From these records, we collect information about the infrastructure of institutions, vacancies offered, candidates, enrollment, entry, graduates and teachers, in different forms of academic organization and administrative category.
It brings the statistics of teachers who are acting and linked to the course, in the year of reference of the collection.
MEC Communication Advisory, with information from Inep
