Objective:

To identify the level of perceived academic self-efficacy in students of an institution of higher education in the State of Durango, Mexico and to determine the sociodemographic and academic profile of the students, in relation to their perceived academic self-efficacy.

Method:

The study was developed under the quantitative approach of research, of non-experimental and transeccional design, involving the total of the student population that study curricula under the model of professional competences, being 182 students, 46 % men and 54 % women, and all aged 21 to 23 years. The instrument used consisted of a questionnaire with Likert scaling (a = .91) plus a section with social, academic and demographic information.

Results:

Overall, perceived academic self-efficacy is at an intermediate level; and variables such as the security of having some kind of scholarship, the pleased by the university career, not having economic difficulties, the desire to study a postgraduate course, the amount of subjects not approved in the previous semes ter, the average of high school and the average of the semester previous are variables that affect directly in the perceived academic self-efficacy.

Conclusions:

The defined socio-academic profile provides useful information that can be used as a diagnosis of populations with characteristics similar to the one studied, and with this, the institution can design policies and strategies tending to increase its self-efficacy, and therefore improvement of academic performance.

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