%0 Journal Article
%T Factors Affecting University Choice: A Study on University Freshman Students
%A Abdurrahman £¿LGAN
%A Adem YURDUNKULU
%A Funda U£¿URLU
%A Orhan ATAMAN
%J -
%D 2018
%X The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that affect students¡¯ university choice in the university/major selection period. The data was obtained via a questionnaire developed by the researchers and applied to sample of participants comprising the 630 freshman students enrolled in two different universities located in north-west part of Turkey. This study was framed within quantitative paradigm. Descriptive survey designs were used to describe the factors that affect freshman¡¯ university preferences. The questionnaire called ¡°Factors Affecting University Choice Scale¡± explained 59.58 % of total variance along with six dimensions. As a result of the study, it was found that the most important factors affecting students' preferences were ¡®future expectation for career¡¯ and ¡®quality and popularity of education given by universities¡¯ dimensions, while the least effective dimension was ¡®familiarities of cities and having familiars in cities¡¯. It was found that students who had ¡®low level¡¯ social economic status give less importance to ¡®quality and popularity of education given by universities¡¯ than any other students. Another result which is supposed to be important is that as the students¡¯ university entrance exam scores increase, they give less importance to the dimensions that are effective in the university preferences
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%U http://dergipark.org.tr/deubefd/issue/41774/415296