THESIS
THESIS
THESIS
Chapter I
Introduction
So, picking the best school will take a lot of time, money
and colleges will surely let you acquire more knowledge and
experience.
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choosing our college school in order to achieve the proper
what they have started and our future will be molded during
idea of what career they want to pursue for the future they
dream of.
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and shield while taking the path towards the desired
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Philippines. According to Liu, “Most of the studies in
countries”.
with those results this paper will serve as a guide for the
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characteristics, financial status, institutional
College Choice
in a variety of ways.
College choice will be the one that will play the role
al., 2005).
Financial Aid
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financial support influences the college selection. 48%
students.
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Irish Yvonne Mae O. Ambong found out that the amount
cheapest price.
she found out that the cost and financial aid factor was
college.
Student’s characteristics
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abilities and achievements of the student population
(Chapman 1981, 493). Kim and Hull (2015, 160), as they are
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factor that affects the students’ choice of college. The
Institutional characteristics
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be found at a school is at least as important as quality of
Influential People
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friends had college plans, the odds of moderate to high
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Internet
information sources.
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university and course information. Social media may
Conceptual Framework
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and a favorable attitude, they are expected to have more
school.
people.
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Independent Variable Dependent Variable
Factors Affecting
Profile of the Students’ Choice of
respondents’ College
Financial Aid
Age
Students’
Characteristics
Gender
Institutional
Characteristics
Religion
Influential people
Internet
Figure 1
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Paradigm of the Study
Definition of Terms
vocational training.
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Institution- an organization, establishment,
their choice.
commitment at school.
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College Course Decision-Making- refers to the critical
in to.
questions:
terms of:
1.1 Age
1.2 Gender
1.3 Religion
2.5 Internet
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3. Is there significant relationship between the profile of
Hypothesis
researches.
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Universities or Schools. They can find information on
of students.
particular school.
select.
Main Campus.
data.
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The main source of data information came from
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Chapter II
METHODOLOGY
analysis.
Research Design
data gathering.
Participants
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selected. The Slovin’s formula (Sevilla, 2003) was used to
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The following checklists will be used to gather data:
school in college.
decision-making.
desire.
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For the response on the following checklist, five
5- Strongly Agree
4- Agree
3- Uncertain
2- Disagree
1- Strongly Disagree
Data Collection
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Data Analysis
1. Percentage
𝑃 = 𝑓/𝑁𝑥 100
Where:
P= percentage
f= frequency
2. Weighted Mean
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influential people, and internet towards choosing school in
WM = ∑wX/∑w
Where:
w= Weighting Factor
X= Observed Factors
3. Pearson r Correlation
𝑁 ∑ xy − ∑
𝑟=
√𝑁∑x 2 − ∑(x 2 )[N∑y 2 − ∑(y 2 )]
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Where:
N = number of observations
∑x = sum of x scores
∑y = sum of y scores
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CHAPTER III
TABLE 1
above
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TABLE 2
MALE 119 35
FEMALE 221 65
TABLE 3
OTHERS 20 5.88
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TOTAL 340 100
TABLE 4
school in college
MEAN DESCRIPTION
school.
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income can support my Agree
expenses/tuition in college.
of a university/college school.
Agree
Legend:
they makes sure first that their family income can sustain
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regards to that they consider if the particular college
college.
TABLE 5
MEAN DESCRIPTION
physical characteristics.
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handle my characteristics.
Legend:
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for them to adapt the behavior of their fellow students and
TABLE 6
MEAN DESCRIPTION
a college/university. Agree
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OVER ALL WEIGHTED MEAN 4.28 Strongly
Agree
Legend:
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This favors to the statement of Kinzie, Palmer, Hayek,
comfortable fit.
TABLE 7
school in college
MEAN DESCRIPTION
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Disagree
Legend:
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decision considering other people’s say about the
Disagree”. This proves that not all of them are agree that
TABLE 8
college
WEIGHTED VERBAL
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1 I am technology-based when we make 3.65 Agree
school/university.
university/college school.
Legend:
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choice of school in college. They agreed that making a
proved that social media may therefore have not been the
school.
Table 9
Financial aid.
Financial Aid
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The demographic profile age 0.00530413 and religion
financial aid.”
Students’ characteristics.
Students’ Characteristics
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are accepting the null hypothesis "There is no significant
in students’ characteristic."
Institutional characteristics.
Institutional Characteristics
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hypothesis. Therefore, "There is a significant relationship
characteristics."
Influential people.
Influential People
influential people."
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Table 9.5 Relationship between the Demographic profiles and
Internet.
Internet
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CHAPTER IV
Summary
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utilized the descriptive method of research using
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The gathered data of written questionnaires that
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financial support which in the verbal description, it
support.
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