Colombian Higher Education Enrollment by Institution, Program, and Demographics

A dataset from datos.gov.co, last updated on 2026-05-18, providing statistics on higher education in Colombia. It likely contains annual enrollment figures broken down by institution, academic program, and student demographics. The data is sourced from the Socrata platform and is available in CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF formats.

Use Cases

• Analyzing enrollment trends over time using the Año (Year) and Cantidad (Quantity) columns.
• Comparing institutional characteristics and enrollment by the Carácter IES (Institution Type) and Categoria (Category) columns.
• Studying gender distribution across academic fields using the Sexo (Gender) and Núcleo Básico del Conocimiento (NBC - Knowledge Area) columns.
• Mapping academic programs to knowledge areas using the Programa Académico (Academic Program) and NBC columns.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple structured formats (CSV, JSON, XML, RDF).
• Includes a detailed breakdown by institution, program, knowledge area, and gender.
• The last update timestamp (2026-05-18) is provided.

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.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Time Range

Implied by the 'Año' (Year) column, but specific range is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:29:39; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely Colombia, inferred from the source domain (.gov.co) and Spanish language.