Abstract:
This research aimed to study 1) personal factors of undergraduate Home Economics Students, Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon 2) decision-making factors to pursue a bachelors degree of Home Economics Students, Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon, and 3) compare decision-making factors to pursue a bachelors degree of Home Economics Students, Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon as classified according to personal factors. This research is quantitative using a questionnaire. The sample group was 200 of the first-year undergraduate students, the academic year 2023. Statistics used in data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, One-way ANOVA, and testing of mean differences in pairs using Scheffes method.
The results found that 1) most of the personal factors were female, 19 years old, with a cumulative average score of 3.51 - 4.00. The chosen field of study was the field of food and nutrition with an average family income 10,00115,000 baht living in a dormitory/condominium 2) the students had the high level of importance in decision-making factors to pursue studying. By considering each aspect, the highest average was teachers, followed by the facultys image, and the least was environment and facilities, and 3) the results of comparing decision-making factors for the students to pursue studying bachelors degree in the Faculty of Home Economics Technology classified by the personal factors, it was found that the students with gender, age, average accumulative scores and average family income were no significant effects on decision-making factors for choosing to study. It was excepted for the field of study and students accommodation which had a significant difference in the factors affecting the decision to choose further education at the .05 level.