The aim of this paper is to examine what kind of students in art universities have experienced yobiko (prep schools) life and how they evaluate the experiences, using quantitative data obtained from students in four art universities in Japan. The main results are summarized as follows: (1) About 80% of the respondents have attended classes at yobiko before entering university; (2) experiencing yobiko life is influenced by factors such as social class, place of origin and type of high school; (3) most of the students who have regularly attended classes at yobiko think that they had positive experiences there.