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 Enrollment rate in tertiary education (%)
Characteristic Description
Name Enrollment rate in tertiary education (%) by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2001); Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Directorate-General for Education and Science Statistics
First available period 2003 / 2004
Last available period 2013 / 2014
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2001)
Concepts
  • TERTIARY EDUCATION:  Level of education that succeeds to upper secondary education, characterized by high complexity and specialized learning, oriented to the transition into the labor market.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION:  Organizational unit that provides one or more education and training offers.
Definition ENROLLMENT RATE Percentage relation between the number of students aged between 18 and 22 years old, enrolled in initial training courses, and the resident population aged at the same age groups.
Formule

(Students aged between 18 and 22 years old enrolled in initial training courses of tertiary education/ Resident population aged between 18 and 22 years old)*100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations Initial training courses of tertiary education: Courses with academic degree "licenciatura" or "bacharelato".
Last update date 15/12/2017


information presented in 25/11/2024