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	Naval Academy	Military Academy	High Schools
1880	90	28	31.1
1888	635	55	8.7	758	118	15.6
1901	1,704	200	11.7	2,469	504	20.4	5,054	1,704	33.7
1916	2,456	130	5.3	4,328	226	5.2	10,187	2,121	20.8
1930	4,188	130	3.1	4,892	315	6.4	35,283	6,155	17.4
1937	7,329	300	4.1	10,122	1,686	16.7	34,082	4,635	13.6

	Naval Academy	Military Academy	High Schools
1880	90	28	31.1
1888	635	55	8.7	758	118	15.6
1901	1,704	200	11.7	2,469	504	20.4	5,054	1,704	33.7
1916	2,456	130	5.3	4,328	226	5.2	10,187	2,121	20.8
1930	4,188	130	3.1	4,892	315	6.4	35,283	6,155	17.4
1937	7,329	300	4.1	10,122	1,686	16.7	34,082	4,635	13.6

Table 2.

Entrance competition at the three major higher education institutions.

	Naval Academy			Military Academy			High Schools
	Applicants	Accepted applicants	Acceptance rate	Applicants	Accepted applicants	Acceptance rate	Applicants	Accepted applicants	Acceptance rate
1880	90	28	31.1
1888	635	55	8.7	758	118	15.6
1901	1,704	200	11.7	2,469	504	20.4	5,054	1,704	33.7
1916	2,456	130	5.3	4,328	226	5.2	10,187	2,121	20.8
1930	4,188	130	3.1	4,892	315	6.4	35,283	6,155	17.4
1937	7,329	300	4.1	10,122	1,686	16.7	34,082	4,635	13.6

	Naval Academy			Military Academy			High Schools
	Applicants	Accepted applicants	Acceptance rate	Applicants	Accepted applicants	Acceptance rate	Applicants	Accepted applicants	Acceptance rate
1880	90	28	31.1
1888	635	55	8.7	758	118	15.6
1901	1,704	200	11.7	2,469	504	20.4	5,054	1,704	33.7
1916	2,456	130	5.3	4,328	226	5.2	10,187	2,121	20.8
1930	4,188	130	3.1	4,892	315	6.4	35,283	6,155	17.4
1937	7,329	300	4.1	10,122	1,686	16.7	34,082	4,635	13.6

Source: Department of Education (1903, 1919, 1937); Jitsugyō no Nihonsha (1938); Kaigun Heigakkō (1880); Kaigunshō (1924); Kaigunshō (1934); Kyōiku Sōkanbu (1902); Monbushō Sōmukyoku Chōsaka (1943); Rikugunshō (1888a); Rikugunshō (1888b); Rikugunshō (1918, 1932, 1939).

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