PAUL CHUA
ACCORDING to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) there are currently 2,299 institutions of higher education registered in the Philippines, of which 1,643 (71 percent) are in the private sector. Of the 656 institutions in the public sector, 547 are state universities or colleges, 95 are local universities and colleges. (World Education News). According to the commission, there were 553,706 college graduates in 2014 and 656,284 in 2015.