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Japanese private university tuition disparities

Overview

Data regarding Japanese private universities indicates significant disparities in tuition costs across various specialized and general programs.

In the field of pharmacy, six-year programs show rising costs, with Keio University’s Faculty of Pharmacy reaching approximately 15.58 million yen. This sector also faces challenges with student retention; while some programs maintain dropout rates near 1%, others have seen rates as high as 39.3% due to academic difficulty and financial burdens.

Costs are even higher in dentistry, where six-year programs at institutions such as Tokyo Dental College and Nippon Dental University can exceed 31 million yen. For general four-year undergraduate programs, total tuition varies by approximately 2.3 million yen between the most and least expensive institutions among those surveyed, with Nihon University among the more affordable and International Christian University among the most expensive.

Entities

Nihon University · Keio University · Showa University · Tokyo University of Science · International Christian University

Timeline

  1. [BUSINESS] 2 sources
    Japan private university tuition comparison shows significant cost disparities

    Tuition comparisons for Japanese private universities show significant gaps, with dental programs reaching over 31 million yen for six years, while four-year undergraduate costs vary by up to 2.3 million yen.

  2. [CULTURE] 2 sources
    Japanese private pharmacy schools see rising tuition and varying dropout rates

    Data on Japanese private pharmacy schools shows high tuition costs, with Keio University reaching over 15 million yen, and significant variations in dropout rates among 57 institutions.

Sources

diamond.jp · fukuishimbun.co.jp · limo.media