Caracterización de la demanda de matrícula en las Universidades cofinanciadas y privadas de Ecuador en el periodo 2015-2018.

Abstract

Abstract: The main objective of this study is to characterize the demand for matriculation in the Ecuadorian s Co-funded and Private Universities in the period 2015-2018 according to behavioral and/or economic factors related to location and setting; based on data referring to private and co-financed enrollment, Gross Added Value, INEVAL tests and age projections for 15 provinces in the study s period, from which it has also been possible to obtain a multilevel model supported by descriptive analysis of each of the variables that compose it.This model, on whole with the respective literature review, has allowed to observe and conclude that private and co-funded university matriculation has a provincial segmentation that is explained by a close relationship with the Gross Value Added, which conditions the presence of higher educationinstitutions, that absorb the demand of students graduating from secondary education -a variable that also increases enrollment.