Nuevo León education

College and technical high schools

We have 150 technical high schools with over 30,000 students.

At a graduate and postgraduate level, three of the most important universities of Latin America are in Nuevo León: the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, the Universidad de Monterrey and the Tecnológico de Monterrey. All three receive thousands of students from México and other countries.

We have a section devoted to help people find every junior college and college program in the state and information on scholarships: Sistema de Consulta de Opciones Educativas.

Level of schooling

Our population above age 15 has studied up to the first year of high school, on average. 81,398 people cannot read or write.

Out of each 100 people aged 15 and above, the highest level of education is:

Highest level of education of people aged 15 and above:
3%	No schooling
9%	Some elementary
15%	Completed elementary
4%	Some secondary
28%	Completed secondary
9%	Some high school
13%	Completed high school
6%	Some college
12%	Completed college
1%	Completed a postgraduate program

Student population

30% of the people in Nuevo León are students. There are over 30,000 in 150 diploma level schools and 100,000 in universities. There are almost 200,000 children enrolled in preschool.

Type of studies	Students
Preschool	196,416
Elementary	509,835
Secondary	219,326
Job skill training (2005)	51,705
Technical High School	31,994
Highschool	100,554
Teacher’s college	6,720
College	117,851
Postgraduate	12,020

60.3% of 6th grade students and 61% of 9th grade students expect to complete an undergraduate degree.

Schools

There are 2,647 preschools, 2,567 elementary, 821 secondary and 278 high schools in the state.

If we compare the amount of people of the corresponding age and the ones that are going to school, we see that we could have more students in preschool, secondary and high school.

Coverage		%
Preschool	64.8
Primary	101.3
Secondary	83.3
High school	42.4

Computers, Internet and English in schools

We believe in teaching methods that foster creativity, independence and participation we raise better citizens. We try to give our children and young people tools and subjects that agree with their times and help them perform easily and be productive.

Coverage	%
Preschool	64.8
Primary	101.3
Secondary	83.3
High school	42.4

	% of schools with computers
Education level	NL	Education level
Elementary	15.2	Elementary
Secondary	84.8	Secondary
Diploma level secondary	86.6	Diploma level secondary
Distance learning secondary	49.4	Distance learning secondary

1,320 of the elementary schools in the state teach English.

Our teachers

This table describes our public secondary school teachers.

	% of teachers
	NL
Have a computer connected to the internet at home	38.3	Have a computer connected to the internet at home
Went to teachers’ college	93.3	Went to teachers’ college
Years of experience	19.1	Years of experience
Completed the PRONAP refresher training course	38.9	Completed the PRONAP refresher training course
Appointed by the teacher’s union	97.5	Assigned by the union
Have a second job	19.6	Have a job apart from teaching

Sources: II Conteo de Población y Vivienda 2005, Data NL