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Abstract: Factors influencing the students’ interests in continuing their education to University. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to find out how much interest high school students continue their education to college and what factors influence it. Methods: This study uses a quantitative method that uses a questionnaire that is valid and reliable as an instrument. Results: The results of this study indicate that the interest of high school students in Sungai Penuh continues their education at 80% which falls into the very high category. The factors are categorized by internal and external factors. Internal factors such as; motivation and goals (0.152), interests (0.201), and external factors such as; parents (0.147), friends (0.156), siblings (0.149), and school environment (0.197). Conclusions: All of these factors can have a positive effect on the interest of Shiva High School to continue their education to University.
Keywords: Students’ interest, internal and external Factors, University, quantitative research.
Abstrak: Faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi minat siswa untuk melanjutkan pendidikan mereka ke Universitas. Tujuan: penelitian ini ditujukan untuk mengetahui seberapa besar minat siswa SMA melanjutkan pendidikan ke perguruan tinggi dan faktor apa saja yang mempengaruhinya. Metode: Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif yang menggunakan angket yang telah valid dan reliabel sebagai instrumen. Hasil: Minat siswa SMA kota Sungai Penuh melanjutkan pendidikan sebesar 80% yang termasuk dalam kategori sangat tinggi. Faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi dikategorikan menjadi dua, internal dan eksternal. Faktor internal seperti; motivasi dan cita cita (0,152), ketertarikan (0,201), dan faktor eksternal seperti; orang tua (0,147), teman (0,156), saudara (0,149), dan lingkungan sekolah (0,197). Kesimpulan: Semua faktor tersebut mampu berpengaruh secara positif terhadap minat Siwa SMA untuk melanjutkan ke perguruan tinggi.
Kata kunci: Minat siswa, faktor internal dan eksternal, Universitas, penelitian kuantitatif.
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