The Relationship between Background Variables and the Educational Performance (Case Study: Accounting MA Students, Islamic Azad University, Yazd Branch)

The goal of the present study is to investigate the relationship between background variables and educational performance of accounting MA students. This study used a survey method for which statistical population was 134 accounting MA students who had passed at least one semester of their graduate study. The needed data for achieving the research goals was gathered using a standard questionnaire which is currently utilized in international studies. The results of the present study show that the educational improvements of the students is related to being native of the city where they study, their residential status and their employment status; besides the variable motivation for entering university, the influence of the friends and family members in choosing their subject of the study and the university, prior preparation, personal motivation for continuing their studies to higher ranks and the individual expectation of the results of studying have meaningful relationship with educational performance of the individual. A number of practical suggestions have been provided for the subjects of the present study as well as future studies on the basis of the results from the analysis of the statistical sample.