What to study in Chile: every programme, compared

Taught inOrder

212 programmes

Health and welfare · Technical (IP and CFT)Técnico en Enfermería14,392entrants 2026▼ −13%73%still in it in year 220.7%dropped out after year 156%titled in 4 years40–90%employed, year 1$1.1–3.5yearly fee, M3.0real length, years38 institutions · 77 comunas
Business and law · Technical (IP and CFT)Técnico en Administración de Empresas11,695entrants 2026▼ −30%68%still in it in year 225.6%dropped out after year 146%titled in 4 years31–86%employed, year 1$1.2–3.3yearly fee, M3.3real length, years44 institutions · 83 comunas
Social sciences · UniversityPsicología10,999entrants 2026▲ +41%88%still in it in year 26.8%dropped out after year 167%titled in 7 years44–90%employed, year 1$3.6–8.4yearly fee, M5.7real length, years49 institutions · 31 comunas
Business and law · UniversityIngeniería Comercial10,322entrants 2026▼ −4%83%still in it in year 27.3%dropped out after year 158%titled in 6 years49–93%employed, year 1$3.0–9.5yearly fee, M6.1real length, years49 institutions · 29 comunas
Business and law · UniversityDerecho9,962entrants 2026▲ +13%83%still in it in year 27.4%dropped out after year 130%titled in 7 years34–92%employed, year 1$3.5–8.4yearly fee, M8.4real length, years48 institutions · 27 comunas
Information technology · Technical (IP and CFT)Ingeniería en Computación e Informática9,068entrants 2026▲ +83%77%still in it in year 214.8%dropped out after year 144%titled in 6 years59–97%employed, year 1$1.9–12.0yearly fee, M5.3real length, years34 institutions · 45 comunas
Education · Technical (IP and CFT)Técnico Asistente del Educador de Párvulos8,407entrants 2026▼ −29%72%still in it in year 223.0%dropped out after year 159%titled in 4 years14–80%employed, year 1$1.1–2.7yearly fee, M2.9real length, years33 institutions · 62 comunas
Engineering and industry · Technical (IP and CFT)Técnico en Electricidad y Electricidad Industrial7,868entrants 2026▲ +42%68%still in it in year 225.3%dropped out after year 135%titled in 4 years57–84%employed, year 1$1.2–3.3yearly fee, M3.5real length, years32 institutions · 63 comunas
Business and law · Technical (IP and CFT)Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas7,567entrants 2026▼ −6%73%still in it in year 220.4%dropped out after year 150%titled in 6 years55–93%employed, year 1$1.3–12.0yearly fee, M5.0real length, years31 institutions · 45 comunas
Health and welfare · UniversityEnfermería7,398entrants 2026▲ +11%88%still in it in year 25.3%dropped out after year 166%titled in 6 years65–93%employed, year 1$4.1–7.7yearly fee, M6.0real length, years40 institutions · 31 comunas
Health and welfare · Technical (IP and CFT)Trabajo Social6,673entrants 2026▼ −4%75%still in it in year 218.0%dropped out after year 160%titled in 6 years38–85%employed, year 1$1.3–6.4yearly fee, M5.0real length, years41 institutions · 33 comunas
Engineering and industry · Technical (IP and CFT)Técnico en Mecánica Automotriz6,497entrants 2026▼ −2%69%still in it in year 225.3%dropped out after year 134%titled in 4 years53–71%employed, year 1$1.8–3.3yearly fee, M4.2real length, years10 institutions · 38 comunas
Business and law · Technical (IP and CFT)Técnico en Logística6,376entrants 2026▲ +70%69%still in it in year 225.9%dropped out after year 145%titled in 4 years42–91%employed, year 1$1.4–2.9yearly fee, M3.0real length, years36 institutions · 57 comunas
Engineering and industry · UniversityIngeniería Civil Industrial6,275entrants 2026▲ +6%86%still in it in year 25.0%dropped out after year 151%titled in 7 years72–96%employed, year 1$4.1–7.8yearly fee, M6.9real length, years40 institutions · 23 comunas
Information technology · Technical (IP and CFT)Técnico en Computación e Informática6,139entrants 2026▲ +32%68%still in it in year 222.7%dropped out after year 136%titled in 4 years35–86%employed, year 1$1.4–3.3yearly fee, M3.7real length, years36 institutions · 69 comunas
Engineering and industry · Technical (IP and CFT)Ingeniería en Mecánica Automotriz6,093entrants 2026▲ +58%81%still in it in year 216.0%dropped out after year 138%titled in 6 years73–80%employed, year 1$2.0–3.4yearly fee, M5.3real length, years6 institutions · 33 comunas
Business and law · Technical (IP and CFT)Contador Auditor5,930entrants 2026▼ −2%79%still in it in year 214.2%dropped out after year 149%titled in 6 years63–95%employed, year 1$1.8–7.1yearly fee, M5.3real length, years48 institutions · 33 comunas
Health and welfare · UniversityKinesiología5,822entrants 2026▲ +32%85%still in it in year 27.0%dropped out after year 152%titled in 6 years39–72%employed, year 1$3.1–7.7yearly fee, M6.1real length, years41 institutions · 29 comunas
Services · Technical (IP and CFT)Técnico en Gastronomía y Cocina5,790entrants 2026▲ +11%75%still in it in year 218.9%dropped out after year 145%titled in 4 years33–55%employed, year 1$2.1–6.7yearly fee, M3.5real length, years14 institutions · 36 comunas
Engineering and industry · Technical (IP and CFT)Ingeniería Industrial5,670entrants 2026▲ +75%72%still in it in year 222.0%dropped out after year 151%titled in 6 years74–94%employed, year 1$1.4–5.8yearly fee, M5.0real length, years25 institutions · 37 comunas
Engineering and industry · UniversityIngeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería5,465entrants 2026▲ +17%77%still in it in year 23.6%dropped out after year 110%titled in 7 years73–94%employed, year 1$4.6–10.3yearly fee, M7.9real length, years24 institutions · 16 comunas
Engineering and industry · Technical (IP and CFT)Ingeniería en Electricidad4,603entrants 2026▲ +135%77%still in it in year 216.9%dropped out after year 146%titled in 6 years80–92%employed, year 1$2.0–6.0yearly fee, M5.7real length, years13 institutions · 35 comunas
Agriculture and veterinary · UniversityMedicina Veterinaria4,569entrants 2026▲ +98%87%still in it in year 26.9%dropped out after year 140%titled in 7 years44–78%employed, year 1$4.8–8.1yearly fee, M7.2real length, years18 institutions · 19 comunas
Information technology · UniversityIngeniería Civil en Computación e Informática4,509entrants 2026▲ +89%82%still in it in year 26.1%dropped out after year 135%titled in 7 years77–99%employed, year 1$4.1–7.8yearly fee, M7.0real length, years34 institutions · 24 comunas

The trend compares the yearly average of 2017–2019 with 2024–2026 and is printed only where both average at least 100 entrants; the line beside it is the whole series since 2007. "Still in it" and "dropped out" add up the cohorts of 2023–2025, found in the next year's register: still in the same programme at the same institution, or enrolled at no institution at all (some come back later); a programme with fewer than 30 entrants in those years has neither. "Titled" is the last cohort followed long enough, with a title in the same programme from any institution. Employment is the lowest and highest figure SIES publishes for the programme among institutions — never their average — and the fee, the cheapest and dearest campus.

The main changes

2007–2026

Fastest growth

+814%

Técnico en Logística: from 640 to 5,843 a year.

20072026

Fastest fall

−72%

Técnico Jurídico: from 4,159 to 1,180 a year.

20072026

Most people gained

+6,487

more entrants a year: Técnico Asistente del Educador de Párvulos.

20072026

Most people lost

−3,921

fewer entrants a year: Pedagogía en Educación Básica.

20072026

More women

+27.1 pp

Publicidad: 42.7% → 69.8%.

20072026

Fewer women

−17.0 pp

Diseño de Vestuario: 94.7% → 77.7%.

20072026

Moved into universities

+40.4 pp

Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos: 59.6% of entrants at a university, now 100.0%.

20072026

Moved out of universities

−83.3 pp

Ingeniería en Automatización, Instrumentación y Control: 90.9% of entrants at a university, now 7.6%.

20072026

How fast

84

The change between the average of 2007–2009 and that of 2024–2026, for programmes averaging at least 500 entrants a year in both: a programme that went from 4 to 12 is not the fastest-growing in Chile, it is eight people.