China’s University Popularity Rankings: Xiamen University ranks first overall

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Recently, China Education Online compiled a list of the most popular universities in China for 2016, based on large-scale data regarding searches, interests, and inquiries about universities by nationwide candidates on various websites and search engines in 2016. Comprehensive College Application Popularity Ranking School Name Popularity 1 Xiamen University 17611360 2 Wuhan University 14979552 3 Sichuan University 14015031 4 Peking University 12460756 5 Sun Yat-sen University 12436843 6 Shandong University 10569337 7 Zhejiang University 10532660 8 Central South University 10459051 9 Chongqing University 9330098 10 Fudan University 9328180 Normal University Application Hot List Ranking School Name Popularity 1 Beijing Normal University 6258028 2 East China Normal University 6049866 3 Sichuan Normal University 4443949 4 Tianjin Normal University 4360755 5 Central China Normal University 4218533 6Shanghai Normal University 4110402 7Shaanxi Normal University 3980871 8Nanjing Normal University 3858003 9Shandong Normal University 3837373 10Northeast Normal University 3756508 Popularity list for political and legal universities application school name popularity 1 Southwest University of Political Science and Law 4737974 2China University of Political Science and Law 4524388 3 Northwest University of Political Science and Law 3789391 4 China People's Public Security University 3127223 5 East China University of Political Science and Law 2846302 6 Shanghai University of Political Science and Law 2113405 7 Central Judicial Police College 1763605 8 China Institute of Labor Relations 1750911 9 China Youth University of Political Science and Law 1700711 10 Shandong University of Political Science and Law 1613500 Medical College Application Popularity Ranking School Name Popularity 1 Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 7894081 2 Chongqing Medical University 4796922 3 Tianjin Medical University 3324262 4 China Pharmaceutical University 3232567 5 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 3192567 6 Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2992214 7 Harbin Medical University 2916940 8 Shanxi Medical University 2865329 9 Xi'an Medical College 2712826 10 Southern Medical University 2640816 Ranking of ethnic minority colleges application popularity school name popularity 1 Central University for Nationalities 3908809 2 Southwest University for Nationalities 3481719 3 South Central University for Nationalities 3467025 4 Northwest University for Nationalities 2813638 5 Dalian University for Nationalities 2701560 6 Northern University for Nationalities 2315467 7 Guangxi University for Nationalities 2235205 8 Yunnan University for Nationalities 1602834 9 Guizhou University for Nationalities 1161414 10 Tibet University for Nationalities 664219 Sports College Application Popularity Ranking School Name Popularity 1 Beijing Sport University 1844314 2 Shanghai Institute of Sport 742439 3 Tianjin Institute of Physical Education 724527 4 Wuhan Institute of Physical Education 704299 5 Chengdu Institute of Physical Education 663297 6 Guangzhou Institute of Physical Education 518847 7 Xi'an Institute of Physical Education 512683 8 Shenyang Institute of Physical Education 494540 9 Shandong Institute of Physical Education 355428 10 Jilin Institute of Physical Education 303349 Independent College Application Hot List Ranking School Name Popularity 1 Chongqing University City College of Science and Technology 2451603 2 Xiamen University Jiageng College 2424110 3 Beijing Normal University Zhuhai College 2414766 4 Sichuan University Jincheng College 2330065 5 Qingdao University of Technology Qindao College 2293748 6 University of Electronic Science and Technology Chengdu College 2241508 7 Nankai University Binhai College 2129097 8 Jilin University Zhuhai College 2068601 9 Sun Yat-sen University Southern College 1997795 10 Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications Yitong College 1902876 Science and Engineering University Application Popularity Ranking School Name Popularity 1 Tsinghua University 11397536 2 Southwest Jiaotong University 10116671 3 Tianjin University 9518010 4 Chang'an University 9325545 5 South China University of Technology 9046965 6 Huazhong University of Science and Technology 8562645 7 Tongji University 8203296 8 Dalian University of Technology 8149843 9 Beijing Institute of Technology 7706324 10 Qingdao University of Science and Technology 7489432 Ranking of Finance College Application Popularity Ranking School Name Popularity 1 Southwestern University of Finance and Economics 7613580 2 Shanghai University of Finance and Economics 6847986 3 Central University of Finance and Economics 6765121 4 Zhongnan University of Finance and Economics 6547913 5 Chongqing Technology and Business University 6168055 6 Northeast University of Finance and Economics 5230004 7 Tianjin University of Finance and Economics 5225829 8 Tianjin University of Commerce 5001020 9 Nanjing University of Finance and Economics 4941834 10 Henan University of Finance and Economics 4909956 Foreign Language College Application Popularity Ranking School Name Popularity 1 Beijing Institute of Translation and Education 7763029 2 Beijing Foreign Studies University 4344230 3 Xi'an International Studies University 3484939 4 Shanghai International Studies University 3298000 5 Dalian International Studies University 3178751 6 Tianjin International Studies University 3146845 7 Guangdong University of Foreign Studies 3116979 8 Zhejiang University of Communication 2897654 9 Sichuan International Studies University 2675147 10 Beijing Language and Culture University 2143746 Agricultural and Forestry College Application Popularity Ranking School Name Popularity 1 Northwest A&F University 4998162 2 China Agricultural University 4663624 3 Qingdao Agricultural University 4027790 4 Shandong Agricultural University 4025487 5 Sichuan Agricultural University 3759499 6 Dalian Ocean University 3745652 7 Beijing Forestry University 3609636 8 Guangdong Ocean University 3414883 9 Nanjing Agricultural University 3244698 10 Central South University of Forestry and Technology 3027364 Art College Application Hot List Ranking School Name Popularity 1 Communication University of China 5370213 2 Nanguang College of Communication University of China 1558015 3 Code College of Capital Normal University 1405356 4 Beijing Film Academy 757761 5 Hebei University of Communication 742886 6 Nanjing Art Institute 716024 7 Chongqing Art Engineering Vocational College 715026 8 Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts 691432 9 Dalian Art Institute 658347 10 Shanghai Conservatory of Music 606509 Popularity list for private universities application School name popularity 1 Beijing City University 2225001 2 Xi'an Foreign Affairs University 2089535 3 Chongqing Communications Vocational College 2075229 4 Jiangxi University of Science and Technology 2041299 5 Yanjing Institute of Technology 1962360 6 Changsha Medical College 1743572 7 Xijing University 1534193 8 Nanchang Institute of Technology 1529603 9 Huanghe University of Science and Technology 1488570 10 Sanya University 1459007 Vocational College Application Popularity Ranking School Name Popularity 1 Rizhao Vocational and Technical College 2725211 2 Chongqing Communications Vocational College 2278200 3 Henan Mechanical and Electrical College 1685935 4 Xiamen Medical College 1350751 5 Chongqing Medical College 1331323 6 Henan Vocational and Technical College 1303394 7 Tianjin Vocational University 1271486 8 China Environmental Management Cadre College 1217728 9 Nanjing Railway Vocational and Technical College 1078521 10 Wuhan Vocational and Technical College 1007955 The list data and popularity are comprehensive evaluations of China Education Online based on user access, popularity index, recommendation index and other indicators. 　　The rankings in this list are intended solely as a reference for filling out college application forms. Parents of candidates are advised to consider various data sources when making their decisions and to apply in a thorough and careful manner. Which major in big data analysis has the best prospects, and which fields are likely to see further development in the future?