The paper presents an algorithm to search for a market niche by "top down", in which the segmentation of consumers is the starting point. For segmenting consumers of educational services is k-means used. The pro-posed method makes it possible to divide the potential consumers of educa-tional services into homogeneous groups, to form a marketing strategy of the university.
segmentation, educational services, niche market, poten-tial consumers
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