Factors Influencing choosing Natural Resources as Major by Working Students ofApplied-Scientific Higher Education Institute of Jahad- e- Agriculture

Interests and motivations of students to select the course of study have roots in their background and family and socio-economic factors. The main goal of this research is determining of factors influencing the enrollment of natural resources higher education employed students in the system of applied scientific higher education.. By the survey method this research was done. The main tool for gathering data was questionnaire. The statistical population of the study consisted of 356natural resources students in higher education centers of Jahad e agriculture. Samples using Cochrans's formula and the initial test was 150. Stratified random sampling method was carried out within the centers. In all of the higher education centerswherehave natural resources courses (Tabriz, Ardabil, Mashhad, Zahedan, Zanjan, Semnan, Shiraz, Karaj and Yazd) 150 questionnaires were sent for the students and 127 of them answered to the questionnaires. The data were analyzed by SPSSwin19. After analyzing the three factors of A:Job benefits(economic) with three variables containing 1. Change and improve employment condition 2. Higher salaries and 3.Improve pension salary B: the characteristics of applied scientific education with 2 variables containing 1.student acceptance without entrance exam 2.lack of time to continue in other courses because of employment, and finally C: obtaining science and skills together with two variables 1.having good experiences from work and 2.integration of science and experiences were determined as effective factors on enrollment of students. There were significant relationships between effective factors and student feathers such as genus and monthly income and school course of them.