Number of postgraduate students at the end of the reporting year
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow City | 36.632 | 43.037 | 45.536 | 44.775 | 42.973 | 38.518 | 34.597 | 31.344 | 28.350 |
| St. Petersburg City | 13.746 | 14.906 | 15.447 | 15.281 | 14.356 | 13.290 | 11.921 | 11.575 | 11.011 |
| Tatarstan, Republic of | 2.743 | 3.345 | 4.233 | 4.342 | 4.032 | 3.599 | 3.603 | 3.464 | 3.268 |
| Rostov Region | 3.342 | 3.954 | 4.296 | 4.211 | 4.039 | 3.770 | 3.518 | 3.082 | 2.680 |
| Novosibirsk Region | 3.087 | 3.681 | 4.014 | 4.187 | 3.834 | 3.503 | 3.126 | 2.901 | 2.619 |
| Sverdlovsk Region | 2.642 | 3.372 | 3.425 | 3.363 | 3.287 | 2.965 | 2.713 | 2.566 | 2.243 |
| Tomsk Region | 2.168 | 2.279 | 2.278 | 2.349 | 2.314 | 2.248 | 2.283 | 2.216 | 2.164 |
| Nizhny Novgorod Region | 2.244 | 3.360 | 3.002 | 3.067 | 2.940 | 2.724 | 2.322 | 2.324 | 2.104 |
| Krasnodar Krai | 1.499 | 2.648 | 3.197 | 3.162 | 2.811 | 2.408 | 2.149 | 2.073 | 2.007 |
| Moscow Region | 2.829 | 2.740 | 3.008 | 2.916 | 2.889 | 2.684 | 2.307 | 2.081 | 1.997 |
| Bashkortostan, Republic of | 2.025 | 2.329 | 3.156 | 3.259 | 2.867 | 2.612 | 2.452 | 2.249 | 1.961 |
| Samara Region | 1.669 | 2.209 | 3.125 | 3.283 | 3.147 | 2.904 | 2.484 | 2.137 | 1.812 |
| Krasnoyarsk Krai | 1.966 | 2.411 | 2.288 | 2.298 | 2.142 | 2.016 | 1.878 | 1.912 | 1.794 |
| Saratov Region | 2.155 | 2.643 | 2.910 | 2.839 | 2.796 | 2.506 | 2.303 | 2.101 | 1.727 |
| Voronezh Region | 1.991 | 2.347 | 2.641 | 2.617 | 2.506 | 2.302 | 2.030 | 1.897 | 1.647 |
| Chelyabinsk Region | 1.333 | 1.900 | 2.578 | 2.622 | 2.439 | 2.160 | 1.822 | 1.779 | 1.573 |
| Irkutsk Region | 2.035 | 2.665 | 3.035 | 3.005 | 2.749 | 2.385 | 2.115 | 1.810 | 1.483 |
| Tyumen Region | 1.024 | 2.339 | 2.894 | 2.885 | 2.397 | 2.097 | 1.850 | 1.644 | 1.446 |
| Belgorod Region | 560 | 1.003 | 1.257 | 1.283 | 1.275 | 1.420 | 1.386 | 1.394 | 1.384 |
| Stavropol Krai | 1.138 | 2.258 | 2.701 | 2.528 | 2.147 | 1.760 | 1.584 | 1.429 | 1.249 |
| Omsk Region | 1.575 | 1.730 | 2.180 | 2.139 | 1.889 | 1.740 | 1.473 | 1.326 | 1.170 |
| Primorsky Krai | 1.731 | 1.784 | 2.044 | 1.898 | 1.706 | 1.592 | 1.470 | 1.314 | 1.158 |
| Perm Krai | 1.037 | 1.100 | 1.438 | 1.482 | 1.458 | 1.419 | 1.318 | 1.270 | 1.077 |
| Volgograd Region | 1.467 | 2.157 | 1.957 | 2.037 | 1.982 | 1.696 | 1.459 | 1.196 | 945 |
| Dagestan, Republic of | 889 | 1.194 | 1.045 | 1.034 | 1.000 | 931 | 942 | 844 | 797 |
| Altai Krai | 1.443 | 1.733 | 1.770 | 1.583 | 1.426 | 1.238 | 1.067 | 935 | 775 |
| Kursk Region | 734 | 960 | 1.242 | 1.253 | 1.127 | 1.056 | 937 | 872 | 755 |
| Mordovia, Republic of | 728 | 842 | 916 | 966 | 950 | 837 | 783 | 762 | 715 |
| Khanty-Mansiysky Autonomous District - Ugra | 67 | 641 | 752 | 768 | 765 | 741 | 734 | 704 | 705 |
| Ulyanovsk Region | 645 | 778 | 1.164 | 1.078 | 909 | 778 | 728 | 675 | 664 |
| Khabarovsk Krai | 1.107 | 1.193 | 1.248 | 1.184 | 1.055 | 1.011 | 866 | 767 | 649 |
| Kemerovo Region | 1.195 | 1.150 | 972 | 1.041 | 1.058 | 980 | 919 | 817 | 623 |
| Tambov Region | 752 | 919 | 1.159 | 1.166 | 1.024 | 847 | 707 | 677 | 581 |
| Orel Region | 694 | 1.054 | 1.052 | 1.112 | 1.050 | 875 | 774 | 700 | 566 |
| Udmurtia, Republic of | 833 | 880 | 824 | 822 | 741 | 672 | 640 | 618 | 558 |
| Kaliningrad Region | 514 | 604 | 750 | 789 | 822 | 750 | 752 | 683 | 556 |
| Astrakhan Region | 447 | 817 | 899 | 793 | 734 | 672 | 623 | 618 | 554 |
| Buryatia, Republic of | 802 | 833 | 1.070 | 1.111 | 1.025 | 893 | 763 | 669 | 553 |
| Penza Region | 619 | 840 | 1.035 | 1.080 | 996 | 826 | 703 | 597 | 494 |
| Yaroslavl Region | 858 | 1.180 | 1.155 | 1.140 | 1.058 | 932 | 810 | 670 | 492 |
| Tver Region | 736 | 713 | 678 | 743 | 819 | 737 | 686 | 551 | 462 |
| Kirov Region | 407 | 596 | 659 | 678 | 636 | 565 | 577 | 534 | 443 |
| Ivanovo Region | 989 | 919 | 1.054 | 1.076 | 1.038 | 910 | 785 | 620 | 436 |
| Ryazan Region | 568 | 759 | 751 | 825 | 745 | 721 | 533 | 478 | 432 |
| North Ossetia-Alania, Republic of | 430 | 627 | 786 | 796 | 684 | 626 | 553 | 489 | 429 |
| Orenburg Region | 746 | 950 | 882 | 848 | 790 | 704 | 629 | 526 | 419 |
| Arkhangelsk Region | 397 | 580 | 536 | 556 | 591 | 507 | 455 | 430 | 405 |
| Sakha, Republic of (Yakutia) | 399 | 620 | 727 | 746 | 714 | 545 | 449 | 417 | 387 |
| Vladimir Region | 481 | 606 | 718 | 680 | 622 | 533 | 456 | 430 | 373 |
| Chechnya, Republic of | 152 | 151 | 159 | 155 | 290 | 361 | 370 | ||
| Kabardino-Balkaria, Republic of | 528 | 674 | 640 | 641 | 532 | 489 | 460 | 409 | 355 |
| Tula Region | 607 | 561 | 939 | 899 | 773 | 582 | 520 | 456 | 352 |
| Chuvashia, Republic of | 410 | 531 | 753 | 784 | 699 | 543 | 492 | 418 | 336 |
| Mariy El, Republic of | 327 | 285 | 410 | 439 | 387 | 370 | 380 | 328 | 332 |
| Bryansk Region | 350 | 472 | 695 | 649 | 579 | 478 | 424 | 368 | 313 |
| Kaluga Region | 272 | 366 | 423 | 437 | 415 | 386 | 355 | 335 | 273 |
| Murmansk Region | 292 | 539 | 504 | 462 | 420 | 385 | 356 | 309 | 266 |
| Lipetsk Region | 457 | 504 | 592 | 598 | 573 | 293 | 394 | 343 | 256 |
| Kostroma Region | 368 | 438 | 494 | 493 | 435 | 359 | 310 | 273 | 233 |
| Kalmykia, Republic of | 60 | 128 | 263 | 267 | 266 | 335 | 323 | 329 | 220 |
| Vologda Region | 515 | 651 | 735 | 684 | 605 | 452 | 328 | 266 | 218 |
| Amur Region | 329 | 393 | 435 | 395 | 336 | 277 | 265 | 233 | 217 |
| Komi, Republic of | 352 | 350 | 421 | 470 | 392 | 347 | 314 | 259 | 216 |
| Smolensk Region | 281 | 418 | 470 | 402 | 356 | 275 | 276 | 251 | 208 |
| Trans-Baikal Krai | 231 | 397 | 582 | 552 | 530 | 447 | 343 | 252 | 194 |
| Karachayevo-Cherkessia, Republic of | 197 | 209 | 244 | 224 | 229 | 208 | 193 | 188 | 172 |
| Kurgan Region | 237 | 296 | 359 | 343 | 290 | 238 | 236 | 208 | 158 |
| Adygeya, Republic of | 219 | 333 | 334 | 418 | 386 | 329 | 283 | 233 | 149 |
| Karelia, Republic of | 393 | 415 | 480 | 353 | 333 | 264 | 247 | 224 | 143 |
| Pskov Region | 143 | 143 | 264 | 249 | 204 | 185 | 179 | 157 | 141 |
| Novgorod Region | 479 | 450 | 278 | 273 | 254 | 236 | 220 | 231 | 141 |
| Kamchatka Krai | 64 | 175 | 150 | 129 | 135 | 129 | 120 | 111 | 87 |
| Khakassia, Republic of | 106 | 161 | 284 | 242 | 197 | 184 | 130 | 95 | 82 |
| Ingushetia, Republic of | 55 | 35 | 103 | 121 | 127 | 107 | 113 | 106 | 75 |
| Tuva, Republic of | 36 | 39 | 137 | 143 | 130 | 125 | 122 | 75 | 66 |
| Sakhalin Region | 71 | 82 | 194 | 176 | 162 | 105 | 86 | 71 | 63 |
| Altai, Republic of | 130 | 85 | 117 | 127 | 113 | 91 | 66 | 58 | 50 |
| Magadan Region | 65 | 50 | 45 | 38 | 35 | 39 | 43 | 49 | 43 |
| Leningrad Region | 39 | 110 | 101 | 105 | 64 | 69 | 40 | 32 | 26 |
| Jewish Autonomous Region | 50 | 65 | 107 | 87 | 49 | 36 | 37 | 25 | 26 |