The number of Bachelor's and Master's degree recipients saw an increase of 2.8% in number compared with the previous year, while there was a decrease of 3.0% recorded in the number of PhD recipients.
According to Central Bureau of Statistics data, 79,300 people received academic degrees from institutions of higher education in Israel, of which 40,500 were from universities, 28 thousand were from academic colleges, and 10,800 from junior colleges.