In 2018, there were 12,725 schools of compulsory education, 7.2597 million primary school students, 3.4572 million students in junior high schools, and 734,100 faculty members. There were 620 senior high schools with 1.6421 million students and 173,400 faculty members. There were 398 secondary vocational schools with 750,100 students and 59,300 faculty members. There were 156 institutions of higher learning with 2.0408 million junior college and undergraduate university students and 158,500 faculty members. There were 33 postgraduate institutions with 121,300 postgraduate students. There were 149 special education schools.