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Health Sector Statistics
The number of Health Sciences’ Students enrolled in Public and Private Universities by Course and Sex for the
academic years 2017/18 to 2021/22 is shown in Table below. The total number of undergraduate and postgraduate
medical students increased by 4.3 per cent to 23,164 in the 2021/22 academic year. The number of undergraduate
students increased by 6.5 per cent to 20,280 while that of postgraduate students decreased by 9.6 per cent to 2,884
in 2021/22. For both undergraduate and post-graduate students, the male students accounted for 57.4 per cent of
the total during the review period.

Health Science Students Enrollment in Public and Private Universities by Course and Sex
as at 31st December, 2017/18– 2021/22

UNDER 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
GRADUATE
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
STUDENTS
Medicine &
1,653 1,327 2,980 2,318 1,429 3,747 3,149 1,707 4,856 2,936 1,530 4,466 3,148 1,458 4,606
Surgery
Dental Surgery 119 108 227 182 117 299 193 96 289 231 114 345 193 49 242
Pharmacy 768 573 1,341 1032 717 1,749 1,218 791 2,009 1,025 609 1,634 1,505 912 2,417
Nursing 1,212 1,780 2,992 1,583 1,865 3,448 1,766 1,862 3,628 1,921 1,982 3,903 2,437 2,293 4,730
Clinical
Medicine and 552 436 988 867 677 1,544 1076 793 1,869 786 576 1,362 890 731 1,621
Surgery
Public Health 346 348 694 235 218 453 207 188 395 636 473 1,109 445 418 863
Medical
Laboratory 623 469 1,092 698 526 1,224 613 438 1,051 1,158 689 1,847 1,056 667 1,723
Sciences
Nutrition &
369 570 939 419 585 1,004 274 578 852 250 574 824 247 401 648
Dietetics
Environmental
384 310 694 280 237 517 202 172 374 485 405 890 469 566 1,035
Health
Physiotheraphy 118 117 235 76 126 202 151 171 322 191 269 460 197 223 420
Occupational
24 36 60 19 30 49 11 14 25 29 41 70 72 99 171
Therapy
Health Records
191 248 439 228 328 556 254 319 573 569 695 1,264 554 601 1,155
Management
Health System
240 281 521 282 367 649 245 241 486 94 74 168 253 202 455
Management
Community
Health and 252 337 589 237 303 540 164 261 425 293 337 630 68 84 152
Development
Medical
17 28 45 16 23 39 16 5 21 31 37 68 21 21 42
Psychology
Sub-Total 6,868 6,968 13,836 8,472 7,548 16,020 9,539 7,636 17,175 10,635 8,405 19,040 11,555 8,725 20,280
Post graduate
1,310 841 2,151 1,713 775 2,488 1,660 722 2,382 1,843 1,317 3,160 1,741 1,143 2,884
students
Total 8,178 7,809 15,987 10,185 8,323 18,508 11,199 8,358 19,557 12,478 9,722 22,200 13,296 9,868 23,164

Table below shows the number of Health Sciences’ Graduates in Public and Private Universities by Course and
Sex for the period 2017/18 to 2021/22. The total number of graduates and post-graduates increased to 3,399 in
2021/22. This was as a result of students whose graduation had been delayed from the previous academic year
graduating within 2021/22 academic year. Male graduates accounted for 52.4 per cent of the total graduates in
2021/22 academic year.

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