A study of factors influencing student's choice of FPT university

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the factors influencing student’s

choice of university. This study also compared the most influencing factors among

students by grade 12 GPA, living area and household income. Finally it compared

the influence of these factors between first-year students of FPT University and two

other universities to see if there were any significant differences among different

groups of students. The main research method applied in this study was quantitative

study. Through One-sample T-Test and analysis of variance, the results showed that

the most influencing factors are employment opportunity, educational facility,

English instruction language, lecturers’ qualification, university reputation, cost, and

admission opportunity. Results also indicated that there were more similarities than

differences of most influencing factors among students by grade 12 GPA, living area,

household income and university.

Key words: factors, choice of university, FPT University