[Model for estimating costs per student at the medical sciences campus]

The information about cost is considered at present essential for decision making in institutions of higher education. The way this information is collected, and the determination of the variables and cost objectives to be considered on the model depend on the particular characteristics and the objectives of the institution. This article describes the model developed for estimating costs per student and per year of study in the program, in the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico. The information about costs is never completely precise yet, the model presented has tried to consider, whenever possible, all the cost elements that contribute to approximate the estimates to the real costs.