Study on the Influencing Factors of Undergraduate Students’ Major Choice

Based on a Survey from an International High School in Shenzhen

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.220603.057How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Study abroad; Major choice; High school students

Abstract

Due to the economy’s improvement, young people’s plan is different from those in the past as the Major choice is an essential part of the plan; this paper can analyze the changes in the future planning of young people by studying the major choices undergraduate students. This paper conducts a questionnaire survey on the recent graduates of an international high school in Shenzhen and finds that the major choices of international high school students are often affected by school performance and family factors. Students with high school records are more likely to choose social sciences, humanities, and arts majors; students with lower school grades are more likely to choose majors in economics and management. Students from single-child families will choose majors with good employment prospects among family factors. Students from Self-employed families are more likely to choose a major related to their parent’s industry. We can assume that these three factors will affect young people’s major choice, and consequently influence their career path.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zihao Feng
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/07/01
TI  - Study on the Influencing Factors of Undergraduate Students’ Major Choice
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 2nd International Conference on Enterprise Management and Economic Development (ICEMED 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 348
EP  - 352
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220603.057
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220603.057
ID  - Feng2022
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