Enrollments also vary significantly by region.
In terms of student enrollments, numbers of teaching personnel, and financial resources, the public universities comprise the most important subsystem of Mexican higher education. However 2-year programs have only recently been created in the last decade and could very well represent an emerging trend, as has happened in many of the newly industrialized economies in Asia. Although the minister of education has expressed desire to change this, for now, one must go to the private sector for short-cycle liberal arts and business degrees in Mexico. Throughout three decades of expansion, tuition at public universities has been extremely low, but not free. Article 3 of the constitution is ambiguous as to whether higher education is the sole responsibility of the state.