Costos de la educación superior suben 6,14% en 2025, con mayor presión en personal y brechas entre sectores

El ICES registró una variación anual de 6,14% en el segundo semestre de 2025, menor al 8,44% de 2024. Foto: iStock

Costos de la educación superior suben 6,14% en 2025, con mayor presión en personal y brechas entre sectores

TL;DR

  • The Higher Education Cost Index (Ices) registered an annual variation of 6.14% in the second half of 2025.
  • This annual variation was 2.30 percentage points lower than in the same period of 2024.
  • Personnel expenses, with a 6.48% annual variation, were the primary driver of the Ices increase.
  • Costs for professors and researchers, administrative staff, and other personnel showed significant annual increases.
  • Some cost categories, such as office equipment, showed negative variations.
  • Public institutions saw higher annual cost increases (7.25%) compared to private institutions (5.10%).
  • Technological institutions and universities reported cost increases above the national average in the annual variation.
  • Semiannual variation showed a 2.77% increase, also largely influenced by personnel expenses.
  • Public institutions experienced a significantly higher semiannual cost increase (5.36%) than private ones (0.41%).