Education · code 8070
Junior college tuition (private)
短期大学授業料（私立）
Key facts
As of August 2026, junior college tuition (private) prices in Japan are up 0.7% year on year and up 1.9% over five years. The official consumer price index stands at 101.2 (2020 = 100), up 13.3% versus January 1995, when the series begins.
Junior college tuition (private) sits in the education group of Japan's CPI basket, with 380 monthly observations from January 1995 to August 2026. The series peaked at 103.9 in April 2018 and bottomed at 89.3 in January 1995; the latest reading is -2.6% against that peak. Against ten years ago it is -2.1%.
Latest CPI
101.2
2026-08 (2020=100)
YoY %
+0.7%
5y change %
+1.9%
Change since 1995-01
+13.3%
Annual average index by year
| Year | Index | YoY % | Months |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 103.1 | +0.1% | 12 |
| 2016 | 103.3 | +0.2% | 12 |
| 2017 | 103.6 | +0.3% | 12 |
| 2018 | 103.9 | +0.3% | 12 |
| 2019 | 103.9 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2020 | 100.0 | -3.8% | 12 |
| 2021 | 99.1 | -0.9% | 12 |
| 2022 | 99.4 | +0.3% | 12 |
| 2023 | 99.5 | +0.1% | 12 |
| 2024 | 99.7 | +0.2% | 12 |
| 2025 | 100.3 | +0.6% | 12 |
| 2026 | 100.9 | +0.6% | 8 |
Average of the monthly index values in each year (2020 = 100). Blank months are excluded.
Frequently asked questions
- How much have junior college tuition (private) prices changed in Japan over the past year?
- As of August 2026, +0.7% year on year, measured by Japan's official consumer price index (2020 = 100).
- How much have junior college tuition (private) prices changed in Japan over the past five years?
- +1.9% compared with the same month five years earlier. The index now reads 101.2.
- When were junior college tuition (private) prices in Japan at their highest?
- The series peaked at 103.9 in April 2018. The latest reading is -2.6% against that peak.
- What is the difference between the index and the yen price?
- This page carries two kinds of number. The index (2020 = 100) measures percentage change over time and is not a yen amount; the yen figure is an actual average retail price from the government's retail price survey. Source: 総務省統計局 消費者物価指数 (e-Stat table 0003427113, nationwide, monthly).
Other items in this category
Cram school (elementary)
112.8 · +2.3%
Cram school (high school / yobiko)
126.4 · +3.7%
Cram school (junior high)
110.3 · +1.7%
High school tuition (private)
25.3 · -68.8%
High school tuition (public)
5.5 · 0.0%
Junior high tuition (private)
107.7 · +1.9%
PTA fee (elementary)
90.1 · -1.6%
PTA fee (junior high)
90.0 · -4.4%