Private schools with low tuition fees include Kweichow Moutai College, Huanghe Institute of Science and Technology, Jilin Animation Institute and Ningxia Institute of Technology.

Kweichow Moutai College costs 7500 to 9000 yuan a year. The tuition fee of general literature and history majors in Yellow River Institute of Technology is one year 1.45 million, that of general engineering majors is one year 1.55 million, that of medical majors is one year 1.6 million, and that of art majors is one year 1.7 million. The tuition fee for marketing major of Jilin Animation Institute is 13800 per year, and most other majors are 19200 per year.

The tuition fees of general arts and sciences majors in Ningxia Institute of Technology are 15000 per year, sports majors are 15000 per year, art majors are 20000 per year, and school-enterprise cooperation is 19000 per year. Private colleges and universities refer to institutions of higher learning and other educational institutions organized by enterprises, institutions, social organizations, other social organizations and individual citizens with non-state financial education funds. Private colleges and universities are divided into junior colleges and undergraduate courses.

The tuition fees of private universities are three to four times that of public universities. The state encourages social forces to establish educational institutions that implement compulsory education as a supplement to the implementation of compulsory education by the state. The state strictly controls social forces to establish institutions of higher learning. The state implements a school-running license system for schools run by social forces. Education administrative departments at all levels shall, in accordance with the prescribed examination and approval authority, issue school licenses to approved educational institutions.

Characteristics and functions of private schools

1. Economic independence: Private schools rely on private funds and self-management to support their operation and development, and have nothing to do with government financial allocation. It can obtain funds by collecting tuition fees, raising sponsorship and donations. Running schools independently, private schools have certain autonomy in education, teaching, management and operation, and can carry out flexible teaching and management models according to their own characteristics and school-running concepts.

2. Rich educational resources: Private schools provide diversified educational choices and enrich educational resources. By supplementing and enriching the educational resources of public schools, parents and students can be provided with more choices to meet different educational needs. The promotion of educational equity and the emergence of private schools can alleviate the enrollment pressure of public schools, reduce the competitive pressure of students and enhance educational equity. Parents and students can choose suitable schools according to their own needs and wishes, which reduces the problem of uneven distribution of school resources.