Educational and socio-economic trends of students in the last year of Higher Middle Education in the municipality of Tepeji and its influence area.

Abstract

Demand for higher education is increasing and the number of institutions responsible for preparing quality and relevant professionals is growing, so opening up new areas of knowledge that are intended to be offered at the Higher Level requires consider and analyze the characteristics of the regional environment and its area of influence by pointing out on issues such as: expectations of the population segments to which new higher education services are directed, personal and family characteristics, intensity and desire to continue studying, economic possibilities to continue, the level of studies that it intends to continue, the program that it wants to study, educational institution in which it wishes to continue studying and your preference for choice. In this way, the present work managed to determine the socioeconomic factors and educational expectations of 753 students of Higher Middle Education belonging to the Tepeji del Río municipality, Hidalgo and its influence area, in order to make sound decisions for the proposed educational offer.