Factors influencing the decision to study for a bachelor's degree Music Department, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University

Abstract

This research aimed to study the factors that are important to the decision to study for a bachelor’s degree in music of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University students.
A questionnaire was created using Google Form and distributed to students by distributing it in the LINE group of all music students. A total of 76 sets of questionnaires were received, representing 100 percent of the total number of questionnaires. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, including frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. In conclusion, the majority of the sample were male (76.32%), 19 years old (72.37%), living in the central region, having (42.11%) a high school diploma (90.79%), a GPA of 2.51-3.00 (47.37%), graduating from a government school (81.58%), choosing to study as a major instrument, electric guitar (36.84%), and having a family occupation as a private company employee (31.58%), and having an average income of 10,001 - 20,000 baht (51.32%). They learned about the recruitment news from the guidance activities the most (43.42%).
The results of the research found that the factors that influenced the decision to study for a bachelor's degree were generally at a high level. Including confidence in the cost of education and personal factors, average (4.69), university location (4.58), university image (4.56) and curriculum (4.54). The results of the study concluded that opinions on factors influencing the decision to study at the bachelor's degree level, when classified by gender, age, place of residence, parent's occupation, family income, and decision to study at the bachelor's degree level in Western music, major in music, of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University students.