Abstract:
The objective of this research is to study the unit costs and cost-effectiveness of curriculum management to enhance the efficiency of curriculum administration at the Faculty of Business Administration, Burapha University. Data for this study were collected from documents related to the graduate production plan and budget, including financial and budgetary information available on the Faculty's website, and data on student numbers from the registration system. Income data, including tuition and fees for each program, were analyzed according to Burapha University's regulations. Descriptive statistics, such as mean, percentage, maximum, and minimum values, were employed for data analysis. The findings indicate that the total cost and unit cost for undergraduate programs from 2020 to 2023 amounted to 185,974,034.93 THB, with an average unit cost of 133,602.04 THB per student. For graduate programs, the costs were as follows: the Master of Accountancy program had a total cost of 4,299,141.79 THB with an average unit cost of 171,965.67 THB; the Master of Management program had a total cost of 5,824,852.51 THB with an average unit cost of 194,161.75 THB; and the Master of Business Administration program had a total cost of 28,125,315.22 THB with an average unit cost of 175,783.22 THB. In terms of cost-effectiveness, for undergraduate programs, the number of students required to reach the break-even point was lower than both the enrollment plan and actual student numbers. Tuition fees exceeded unit costs, leading to higher revenue than expenses, indicating that curriculum management is cost-effective. For graduate programs, including master's and doctoral degrees, the number of students needed to break even was lower than the enrollment plan but higher than the actual student numbers. In these cases, tuition fees also exceeded unit costs, suggesting cost-effective management. However, one program had revenue lower than expenses, where the number of students at the break-even point was lower than the enrollment plan but higher than the actual number of students, indicating that curriculum management for this program is not yet cost-effective