2024-04-13 07:40:00
Although, as statistics show, the lowest family purchasing power It is not an obstacle for a person to study at the university if they wish, the truth is that the socioeconomic circumstances that a student brings from his or her crib are decisive when choosing the grade to take. A recent study of Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities He is blunt about it. But the report also highlights that the Medicine It is the ‘favorite’ path for 68.7 percent of students whose father or mother has a high occupation and for 82.3 percent of those whose mother or father has higher education.
He study of the socioeconomic profile of university students in Spain It is the result of the work of Integrated University Information System (SIIU), in collaboration with the National Institute of Statistics (INE). Using data from almost one million students from the 2017-2018 academic year, it is concluded that students with “high-profile families” have “greater predisposition” to enroll in Health Sciencesamong other branches of knowledge such as Sciences, Engineering, Industry y Construction. But, in the range of specialties linked to these disciplines, it stands out that the most popular is Medicine. This contrasts with students with “medium or low” profiles, who are more oriented toward higher education studies. Education, Artes y Humanities. High occupations are considered Business managementscientific and intellectual technical and professional positions, and support technicians and professionals.
The fact that the socioeconomic factors decisive when choosing an academic branch is reinforced by another circumstance: according to the same report, in that same academic year 17-18, the parents of 27.7 percent of university students – on average from public and private institutions – either had low occupations or were unemployed, while students whose two parents had high occupations represented only 17.6 percent. It is true, however, that, although these figures are similar only taking into account the public universitiesthe trend is reversed in private schools, in which 27.7 percent of the students had parents with high occupations and those whose parents had high occupations or did not work constituted 14.6 percent.
Within the Health SciencesMedicine prevails over studies such as Nursing clearly. Cases in which both or one of the parents work in highly paid positions represent 68.7 percent of all Medicine students, compared to 45 percent of Nursing students. When both parents have low occupations or do not work, the figures drop to 11.2 percent and 19.6 percent, respectively.
Medical students whose parents – one or both – have higher education are even more and constitute 82.3 percent of all students. medical students, compared to 17.7 percent whose two parents do not have that level of academic training. In Nursing, the majority are also students with parents with higher educationbut the difference is smaller compared to the opposite case: 63 percent versus 37 percent, respectively.
Different variables in the preference for Medicine
This trend regarding the choice of a degree in Medicine is common in both the public and private spheres. In the case of public universities, choose to train as optional 60 percent of students whose father or mother has a high occupation, around 10 percent more than those who choose degrees such as Mathematics y Statistics, Vet and any Engineering. The figure drops to around 30 percent when both parents are the ones in important positions, but it remains well above the rest.
The figure rises to almost 80 percent, also in public universities, if at least one of the two Parents of the medical student have higher education, compared to Mathematics, Veterinary Medicine and Engineering, which barely exceed 60 percent. If both parents have higher educationthe trend when choosing Medicine remains at the forefront with just over 50 percent of the students.
In reference to the private universities, the preference for medical studies is also at the top and even rises to almost 80 percent when one of the parents has a high-paying job. The percentage is reduced to just under 50 percent if both the mother and the father have high occupations.
But the figure increases to exceed 80 percent in private universities if one of the student’s parents has higher education, something that also only happens, although to a lesser extent, with Engineering. Medicine is also the preferential grade for just over 70 percent of students whose two parents have higher education.
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