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Top 26 Degrees in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 26 largest degrees in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree or higher and Bachelor of Science in Nursing lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 8.6M people. Across all 26 entries the average audience size is 399k, and the largest, Bachelor's degree, reaches around 4.5M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each degree, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 26, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Japan. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Japan, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Japan. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Bachelor's degree 4.5M 31.8 62.6% Degree
2 Bachelor's degree or higher 2.7M 24.6 32.7% Degree
3 Bachelor of Science in Nursing 1.5M 40.1 58.9% Degree
4 Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery 699k 36.3 51.2% Degree
5 Bachelor of Pharmacy 320k 45.7 56.0% Degree
6 Bachelor of Business Administration 271k 42.6 35.9% Degree
7 Bachelor of Technology 206k 31.5 53.6% Degree
8 Bachelor of Information Technology 169k 32.5 58.0% Degree
9 Bachelor of Science in Information Technology 61k 29.5 63.3% Degree
10 Bachelor of Science 18k 36.3 55.5% Degree
11 Bachelor of Engineering 16k 36.4 53.3% Degree
12 Bachelor of Economics 4.1k 37.2 50.6% Degree
13 Bachelor of Computer Science 4.1k 35.4 49.7% Degree
14 Bachelor of Laws 3.7k 22.8 14.0% Degree
15 Bachelor of Commerce 3k 24.4 19.1% Degree
16 Bachelor of Education 2.2k 36.4 53.8% Degree
17 Bachelor of Business 1.6k 43.4 35.9% Degree
18 Bachelor of Psychology 944 35.0 57.6% Degree
19 Bachelor of Accountancy 689 23.6 17.2% Degree
20 Bachelor of Business Management 566 30.1 50.7% Degree
21 Bachelor of Veterinary Science 357 35.2 58.0% Degree
22 Bachelor of Computing 301 34.0 58.3% Degree
23 Bachelor of Marketing 276 34.1 51.4% Degree
24 Bachelor of Business Information Systems 128 35.6 50.3% Degree
25 Bachelor of Arts in Clinical Psychology 100 33.7 63.2% Degree

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 26 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each degree by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest degree in Japan?

Bachelor's degree currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.5M people in Japan.

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