Use the website of the Ministry of Education to inquire, and the specific operation steps are as follows, which can be obtained according to Netease News.

1. Find the "Statistics" option in the navigation bar on the homepage of the website and click Enter.

2. In the statistics page, select the column of education information statistics to enter the statistics page of higher education.

3. On the statistics page of higher education, you can see the data of the number and number of colleges and universities in China, including undergraduate, master, doctoral and adult education. Therefore, the number of private colleges and universities in each province is inquired on the website of the Ministry of Education every year.