FACTORS INFLUENCING CHINESE STUDENTS DECISION TO STUDY ABROAD

Abstract

Studying abroad has long been regarded as a very important and complicated thing. Currently, there are many families studying abroad in China. However, even though many Chinese students choose to study abroad, there are still a lot of students who make a wrong judgment in the process of choosing to drop out of school and transfer to another school. In order to avoid the recurrence of this situation, the study abroad of Chinese students needs to be studied. The purpose of this study was to investigate the Factors influencing Chinese Students decision to study abroad. A conceptual framework is proposed to illustrate the relationship between the factors influencing Chinese students' intention to study abroad.

Data were collected by online questionnaire survey. Reliability analysis, descriptive analysis, exploratory factor analysis and multiple regression analysis were used.

The results show that the majority of respondents are willing to study abroad. Academic issues, social issues and financial issues have significant influences on Chinese students intention to study abroad. This study successfully verified the Hayden Model and proposed further research Suggestions, namely, to test the potential factors in qualitative research and discuss the pre-university courses because they are related to the university search process and how they can benefit qualified students.