18-8   Basic Statistics on Postgraduate Education
Item	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Institutions Providing Postgraduate Programs (unit)	31	32	31	31	31	31
Regular Institutions of Higher Education           (unit)	26	27	27	27	27	27
Research Institutions                                          (unit)	5	5	4	4	4	4
Enrollment                                                       (person)	15009	16860	18531	21664	23431	24314
Appliants for Doctor's Degree                        (person)	1688	1763	1822	1865	1920	1954
Regular Institutions of Higher Education       (person)	1614	1688	1748	1790	1844	1877
Research Institutions                                      (person)	74	75	74	75	76	77
Appliants for Master's Degree                        (person)	13321	15097	16709	19799	21511	22360
Regular Institutions of Higher Education       (person)	13099	14868	16571	19659	21349	22218
Research Institutions                                      (person)	222	229	138	140	162	142
Total Enrollment                                             (person)	41708	46710	50720	57191	65034	69004
Appliants for Doctor's Degree                        (person)	5734	6108	6707	7068	7487	7871
Regular Institutions of Higher Education       (person)	5499	5851	6481	6853	7275	7664
Research Institutions                                      (person)	235	257	226	215	212	207
Appliants for Master's Degree                        (person)	35974	40602	44013	50123	57547	61133
Regular Institutions of Higher Education       (person)	35325	39931	43619	49714	57106	60690
Research Institutions                                      (person)	649	671	394	409	441	443
Graduates                                                        (person)	9415	11293	13212	14139	15559	19112
Appliants for Doctor's Degree                        (person)	1132	1433	1423	1493	1362	1508
Regular Institutions of Higher Education       (person)	1056	1381	1319	1416	1278	1430
Research Institutions                                      (person)	76	52	104	77	84	78
Appliants for Master's Degree                        (person)	8283	9860	11789	12646	14197	17604
Regular Institutions of Higher Education       (person)	8155	9690	11666	12563	14098	17508
Research Institutions                                      (person)	128	170	123	83	99	96