University of Cauca Undergraduate Student Origin by Department and Municipality, 2017-2025

Procedencia de los estudiantes en pregrado de la Universidad del Cauca desde el periodo académico 2017-I organizado por el correspondiente departamento y municipio. The dataset is published on the Socrata platform via www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18. It includes columns for academic periods from 2017-I to 2025_II, suggesting it likely contains enrollment counts over time.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional enrollment trends over time using DEPARTAMENTO and period columns like 2017-I and 2025_II.
• Map student origin density by municipality using MUNICIPIO and CODIGO MUNICIPIO for geospatial visualization.
• Compare enrollment changes between academic semesters (e.g., I vs. II) for specific departments using DEPARTAMENTO and paired period columns.
• Join with external demographic data using COD DEPARTAMENTO or CODIGO MUNICIPIO as potential keys for broader regional analysis.

Strengths

• Covers a multi-year time range from the 2017-I to 2025_II academic periods.
• Includes geographic identifiers at both department and municipality levels (DEPARTAMENTO, MUNICIPIO, CODIGO MUNICIPIO).
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Time Range

Academic periods from 2017-I to 2025_II

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 19:18:27; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, likely focused on departments and municipalities of student origin for the University of Cauca.