Non-Academic Student Attrition Cases at UPTC, First Semester 2019

Cases of non-academic student attrition at the Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC) for the first semester of 2019. The dataset includes 13 columns such as student status, program, faculty, and demographic information. It is published via the Colombian open data portal, datos.gov.co, and was last updated on May 18, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze dropout rates by program (NOMBRE_PROGRAMA) and faculty (NOMBRE_FACULTAD) to identify at-risk academic units.
• Profile student demographics using SEXO, ESTRATO, and LUGAR_NACIMIENTO to understand the population affected by non-academic attrition.
• Investigate correlations between study modality (MODALIDAD), campus (NOMBRE_SEDE), and student status (NOMBRE_ESTADO).

Strengths

• Includes 13 distinct columns covering administrative, demographic, and academic dimensions.
• Data is structured for analysis with clear categorical columns like JORNADA (day/night) and TIPO_IDEN_EST (ID type).
• Published on a national open data platform (datos.gov.co), suggesting an official source.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.
• The time range is limited to a single semester (first semester of 2019).

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Likely administrative records from the Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC).

Time Range

First semester of 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:51:13; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, specifically the UPTC university system.