For the last 20 years, almost 60 % of students at National Taiwan University (NTU) have been from the Greater Taipei area. Only 3-5 % of the university's student body has come from Tainan City, Taichung City and Kaohsiung City. Poorer areas such as Miaoli County, Chiayi County and Hualien County have together accounted for less than 1 %.
近 20 年來，台灣首府──台大的近 6 成學生，就來自鄰近的台北縣市，其餘台南市、台中市、高雄市的都會子弟僅各佔 3 ~ 5 %；苗栗縣、嘉義縣、花蓮縣等平均家庭收入較低的地區，所佔比例更是低於 1 %。