Economics of higher education: assessment of the conditions for receiving paid educational services in the largest cities of the Russian Federation

The article examines the economic aspect of the activities of universities in the largest cities of the Russian Federation. The authors conducted a comparative analysis of the presence of universities in small, medium, large, large and largest cities and calculated the corresponding quantitative indicators, including the density of universities, the minimum, average and maximum number of them in cities of various types. The main features of the provision of paid educational services by universities to the population in the largest cities are investigated: the indicators of specialization of universities, the most popular areas of training, as well as the cost of training for them are determined. Based on the correlation matrix method, the relationships between the factors determining the main parameters of the paid higher education system are revealed: quantitative indicators of the presence of universities in cities, the ratio of public and private universities, the level of specialization of universities, the cost of studying in them, as well as the wages of the population. The results obtained convincingly indicate that universities located in the largest cities have significant competitive advantages over other participants in the paid educational services market.

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