Analysis of the relevance of educational programs for applicants and the labor market

The article is devoted to the analysis of the specialties and directions of training realized by Russian higher education institutions, the quality of admitted students, the identification of popularity among applicants and the demand in the labor market. The purpose of the article is to investigate the correspondence of the training directions to the real needs of the labor market for qualified specialists, to analyze the quality of training of the entrants for the training directions funded from the federal budget. The practical importance of the article is connected with the possibility of applying its results by higher education institutionswhen developing the basic professional educational programs for the necessary profiles inthe labor market, compiling a directory of popular and promising professions with further state funding for training the most demanded specialties. The article will be useful to a wide range of readers who are faced with the choice of profession and the direction of training, advanced training or retraining.peer-reviewe