Higher education plays an important role in regional economic growth and social development, this paper uses the data from Liaoning Statistics Yearbook, research on development of higher education in Liaoning province. The result shows that, from 2000 to 2015, the higher education of Liaoning province has improved a lot. The number of universities and colleges has increased from 58 to 116, nearly half of the universities and colleges are polytechnic university, and most of the universities and

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... olleges are located in Shenyang City and Dalian City. The number of university teachers has increased by 145.3%, the total number of university students on campus has increased by 324.23%; doctoral students have increased by 369.38%; master students have increased by 651.81%; undergraduate students have increased by 311.40%; the number of university students on campus per thousand people has increased by 316.8%. The total research and development expenditure has increased from 0.24 billion yuan to 4.64 billion yuan, it is 19 times of the original, The proportion of basic research has increased from 20.8% to 34.9%; the proportion of application research has increased from 50% to 55.8%.