Based on the minimum and maximum values of the specialty index introduced by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1146, they offer:

– correlate the minimum value of maintenance costs with the index of the specialty at 1.2 (I_S = 1.2 for CM_min);

– correlate the maximum value of maintenance costs with the index of the specialty at level 3 (I_S = 3 for CM_max);

– proportionally distribute the specialty index for the rest of the calculated values of maintenance costs in steps of 0.1. That is, the cost of the scale step (SS) will be:

For each specialty, the coefficient is determined taking into account the obtained step of the scale according to the following scheme (Table 4.13).

The specialty indices calculated according to the above method will be really economically justified.

When determining the estimated contingent is also used I_l – the index of higher education level. It should determine the relative complexity and cost of training one specialist at a certain level of higher education for one year, regardless of the specialty. The value for the bachelor’s level is taken as a unit.