College students.
The educational level of mothers and fathers seems to mark the branch of education of those enrolled in universities. This is corroborated by the statistics prepared jointly by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training and the Ministry of Universities, which highlights that the 40.6 percent of enrolled under 30 years of age in Health Sciences for the 2019-20 academic year, he had parents with a high level of education. In addition, 24.84 percent belonged to a household in which one of them had this high academic profile.
Of course, more than half of these graduates, 50.84 percent, enrolled in a privately owned center, compared to 38.7 percent who entered the public one.
For parents with a average level of studiesthe figure stands at 28.02 percent for those enrolled in this branch of education, while the percentage falls to 0.71 percent in children with parents with primary education or without education.
The level of occupation of the parents is also an indication of the university future of the children. So much so that, according to the statistics of the Executive22.64 percent of graduates in Health Sciences have a home in which both parents have high occupations. In this case, 20.78 percent entered the public university, compared to 29.24 percent who entered the private university. This profile for those enrolled in Social and Legal Sciences is limited to 16.50 percent.
The percentage rises to 27.22 percent for those in which one of them has this range of occupation and, therefore, purchasing power. On the contrary, the number of students enrolled in Health Sciences in 2019-20 drops to 17.49 percent for young people with parents with low occupations or unemployed.
What is the profile of the medical student?
These figures endorse the conclusions of the report that studies the profile of new students at the Complutense University of Madrid for the 2017-2018 academic year. This report indicates that the social origin of medical students and of odontologytwo of the degrees in the Health branch, is the highest, compared to that of the Social Work area.
In fact, according to the UCM 17-18 new admission report, 70 percent of mothers and 69 percent of fathers of medical students are graduates, as is the case with other Health Sciences careers such as Dentistry and Pharmacy. Likewise, in these same Faculties, more than 65 percent of students have mothers with the highest level of education.
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