According to a report on the degree to which the training provided by secondary and tertiary education matches the needs of industry, published in 1999 by the Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD), in the period 1988-1997 business management and engineering were the fields in higher education which saw the greatest expansion in the number of students.
根據經建會民國八十八年所公佈「中高級人力培育與需求配合之檢討與建議」顯示，民國七十七年至八十六年間，大學在學生人數增加最多的分別為「商業管理」與「工程」兩大領域。