Abstract:

The universities see a locomotive role in training qualified staff that will contribute to the development of the country and region. The universities in the top of the institutions that raise people’s level of knowledge are interested in almost the entire section of society. But in Turkey in recent years, considering the results of the YKS placement, it is clear that some university departments do not see a sufficient level of demand and that the departments have a container gap. Although one of the main reasons for this situation is the increase in the number of universities opened, it is of great importance to correctly identify the reasons for the competition between universities. The aim of this study is to identify the factors that influence the student’s department preferences. For this purpose, a study was conducted on students at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of the University of Inönü in 2018. In the study, a relative scan method was used from general scan methods. With the participation of 489 students from the 1st and 4th classes in the different departments studying at the faculty, the reasons for the preference of the students in the section they read were studied. The students are placed in the dimensions of the OEM point, Job Find, Department and Social Environment to understand the reasons for the department preference. The analysis of the data obtained in the study was carried out in the SPSS package program. Students have studied whether there is a significant difference in the responses given to the measurements with the t test and the ANOVA test. There have been significant results for some variables.

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