Perfil del alumnado de nuevo ingreso en la Universidad La Paz (2019).

The purpose of this article was to determine the profile of new students entering the university, to facilitate the educational transition and to intervene in risk factors in the personal, academic and family spheres. The applied method was descriptive, in post-facto, explanatory, transversal modality. The sample consisted of 521 subjects, 187 men and 334 women, enrolled in fourteen careers and students of the first academic year. The instrument for collecting information has been the General Profile of the University Questionnaire, ad hoc. The analysis has focused on general data, educational and work trajectory and reasons for career choice. The nonparametric chi-square test and the Student's parametric t were applied, as was the Spearman correlation. For the analysis of the data, the SPSS v.26 program was used. The most important results indicate that the majority of students study and work without this being a risk factor for dropping out of school. There are excessive modalities of baccalaureate offered, with health being the most demanded by women and technician by men. The main reason for career choice was the job options. The most significant has been that there is no relationship between the baccalaureate course and the chosen career. The need for educational guidance to optimize the transition from secondary school to university has been highlighted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]