| | 1995/ 1996 | 1999/ 2000 | 2000/ 2001 | 2001/ 2002 | 2002/ 2003 | 2003/ 2004 | 2004/ 2004 |
| Number of new enrollments of higher education institutions-total | 19238 | 24605 | 26403 | 26944 | 19681 | 25438 | 26988 |
| including: |
| state | 15366 | 19856 | 20498 | 23476 | 18094 | 21998 | 21493 |
| of which by type of attendance:
|
| day | 13206 | 16844 | 17616 | 19606 | 14784 | 18111 | 17878 |
| night | 473 | 40 | 34 | 35 | 47 | 45 | 53 |
| correspondence | 1687 | 2972 | 2848 | 3835 | 3263 | 3842 | 3562 |
| non-state | 3872 | 4749 | 5905 | 3468 | 1587 | 3440 | 5495 |
| of which by type of attendance:
|
| day | 3478 | 3916 | 4839 | 2928 | 1389 | 2792 | 4296 |
| night | 52 | 36 | 29 | 14 | - | - | 9 |
| correspondence | 342 | 797 | 1037 | 526 | 198 | 648 | 1190 |
| Graduates-total | 17436 | 20030 | 24488 | 23903 | 27795 | 28460 | 31232 |
| including: |
| state | 17297 | 16429 | 19631 | 19946 | 23008 | 24343 | 26197 |
| of which day attendance | 10772 | 13932 | 16621 | 17284 | 19227 | 20629 | 21770 |
| non-state | 139 | 3601 | 4857 | 3957 | 4787 | 4117 | 5035 |
| of which day attendance | 139 | 2744 | 3918 | 3022 | 3783 | 3284 | 3993 |
| Number of graduates of higher institutions per 10000 population | 23 | 25 | 31 | 30 | 35 | 35 | 38 |
| including state | 23 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 32 |