Colombian Higher Education Access Program Beneficiaries with Geographic Data

Anonymized records of students benefiting from academic support programs aimed at bridging the gap between secondary and higher education in Colombia. The dataset includes geographic, demographic, and program participation details for each student. It is hosted on the Colombian open data portal www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyzing geographic distribution of program beneficiaries using Geo, MUNICIPIO DE RESIDENCIA, and SUBREGIÓN DE RESIDENCIA columns.
• Modeling program participation or student characteristics based on PROGRAMA, GRADO, GÉNERO, and VICTIMA DEL CONFLICTO ARMADO columns.
• Mapping educational institution locations and student residences using Latitud, Longitud, MUNICIPIO DE LA INSTITUCIÓN EDUCATIVA, and CODIGO MUNICIPIO columns.
• Studying the reach of specific program calls or cohorts using the CONVOCATORIA column.

Strengths

• Includes explicit geographic coordinates (Latitud, Longitud) for spatial analysis.
• Contains specific demographic and vulnerability indicators such as GÉNERO and VICTIMA DEL CONFLICTO ARMADO.
• Data is explicitly described as anonymized to protect student privacy.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• License and author information are unknown, which may affect terms of use.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian open data portal).

Collection Method

Likely administrative data collected from educational support programs.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 19:03:59; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, indicated by municipality and subregion columns.