Home⇛Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal⇛vol. 25 no. 8 (2024)

Factors Affecting Enrollment Decisions to Transfer to St. Dominic College of Asia: Basis in the Development of Transferee Evaluation and Needs Analysis Form

Stephanie Jhane Daroy | Kate Marie Dawal | Raven Christine Gumapon | Sixtus Nwadike | Lester Jay Pableo

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

This study aimed to assess factors affecting the enrollment decisions of students who have transferred to St. Dominic College of Asia. A total of 103 students participated in the study. Respondents were asked to rate each factor such as family reason, financial reason, social isolation is high, low quality of education, and level of general dissatisfaction. General results showed that family reasons are very high, high financial problems, high social isolation, low quality of education and high dissatisfaction. This would mean that issues in the family, education costs, socialization, poor quality of education and high dissatisfactions are factors why they have left their previous school and transferred to St. Dominic College of Asia.



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