University of Buenos Aires is experiencing a phenomenon that surprises analysts and education specialists: young people are no longer enrolling en masse in historically saturated programs or those with limited job prospects. The change, which began to consolidate in recent years, marks a trend toward more technical and scientific fields.
The chart released by UBA and Chequeado shows that Dentistry leads the ranking with a 39% increase in enrollment compared to 2020. There are also notable increases in Exact and Natural Sciences (15.5%), Pharmacy and Biochemistry (12.2%), Architecture (7.9%), and Engineering (4.8%).
Declines in massive and "less viable" programs
The contrast is striking: programs with the highest overpopulation of graduates are experiencing a collapse in the number of new students. Social Sciences fell by 47.1%, followed by Philosophy and Literature (-38.1%), Law (-29.5%), Medicine (-23.6%), Economic Sciences (-15.2%), and Agronomy (-14.1%). Even Psychology, one of the most in-demand in previous decades, showed a decrease of 10.9%.
