Main factors influencing the selection of higher studies of the students of the University of Lagos, Chiloé headquarters

Abstract

The purpose of the work carried out is to find out what are the main factors considered by the students of the University of Los Lagos, headquarters Chiloé, Castro - Ancud, of the entire cohort 2019 (all first-year students), on the selection of an Institution of Higher education. As well as, what factors influenced to choose the career in which they enrolled: social, academic, economic and bonding. The explanatory, non-experimental and quantitative paradigm was used with the conviction of achieving the most objective background possible. The survey technique was applied for the collection and subsequent input of the analysis of quantitative data. The results indicate that the most important factor on the part of the students is the access to the scholarships and benefits that the institutions of Higher Education can deliver. Finally, different actions are proposed that must be carried out, where the main one is the strengthening of links with the Educational Establishments of the Province, to carry out activities in aid of the students who graduate from their classrooms, such as the accompaniment of obtaining scholarships or test preparationof general admission of the Chilean universities.