Laureate universities offer highereducation degrees in the Mexican context, an environmentwhere there is a significant, unmet demand for collegedegrees and yet, private universities face a highlycompetitive market to expand their services. This study isan ex-post impact evaluation. Namely, it was planned andimplemented, years after the individuals participating inthis study enrolled and graduated from college, cancellingthe possibility of having baseline information available.Thus, the study relies on data collected directly from thefield, including a college graduate’s survey, an employer’ssurvey, and in-depth interviews to Laureate former students.The analysis is based on a quasi-experimental approach foran impact evaluation, complemented with descriptivestatistics and qualitative information. The outcome resultsassessed in this report can be grouped into threecategories: a) economic capital and employment, which refersto various aspects of the alumni’s professional career andincome generation after graduation; b) career advancement,which measures ability to be promoted and access tomanagerial positions, and c) social progress, which capturesthe change in an individual’s position within a powerhierarchy via occupational prestige and the change insocioeconomic levels during shorter periods of time (asopposed to an intergenerational change).
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