Kenya registered 489.3 thousand students in public universities in the academic year 2020/21. The number increased in comparison to 2019/20. In the academic year 2017/18, it reached a peak of nearly 495 thousand students.
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Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. (December 21, 2021). Student enrollment in public universities in Kenya from 2013/14 to 2020/21 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1237543/public-university-enrollment-in-kenya/
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. "Student enrollment in public universities in Kenya from 2013/14 to 2020/21 (in 1,000s)." Chart. December 21, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1237543/public-university-enrollment-in-kenya/
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Student enrollment in public universities in Kenya from 2013/14 to 2020/21 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1237543/public-university-enrollment-in-kenya/
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Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, Student enrollment in public universities in Kenya from 2013/14 to 2020/21 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1237543/public-university-enrollment-in-kenya/ (last visited July 07, 2025)
Student enrollment in public universities in Kenya from 2013/14 to 2020/21 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, December 21, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1237543/public-university-enrollment-in-kenya/
