12 On February 22nd, the Ministry of Education issued the latest announcement: the 2022 national postgraduate entrance examination will be held from February 25th to 27th on 12, and the number of applicants nationwide will be 4.57 million, an increase of 850,000 compared with 3.77 million in 20021year, with a growth rate of 23%, setting a new record high. Since it became the national unified examination for graduate students in China, in recent years, although the number of graduate students enrolled in colleges and universities is expanding, the growth rate is far lower than the number of applicants. In 2020, the number of postgraduate candidates is 34 1 000, and the number of students admitted is 990,500, with an admission rate of 29.05%. 202 1 the number of applicants was 3.77 million, and the number of applicants was11.4 million, with an admission rate of 29.55%. According to the latest data released by the Ministry of Education, in 2022, the number of graduate students in China was 4.57 million, and the number of students admitted was 1 107000, with an admission rate of only 24.22%.

Through the investigation and analysis of the motivation of postgraduate entrance examination, it is found that those who have already worked can relieve the employment pressure and improve their employment competitiveness through postgraduate entrance examination; Students who are about to graduate want to improve their knowledge and ability, their school and academic background and get better employment opportunities in the future through postgraduate entrance examination. However, the main reason for the increase in the number of previous graduates is that they are not satisfied with their current professional status and want to improve their self-competitiveness and get better employment returns through graduate school.