Fatores que determinam a escolha de um curso de graduação em Pato Branco - PR

Abstract

Through the Google Forms tool, a questionnaire was applied to identify the profile of high school students in the municipality of Pato Branco, in the state of Paraná. In addition, as the main focus of the present work, the questionnaire helped to identify the main factors that interfere in the moment of choosing a Higher Education Institution (HEI) and an undergraduate course. This study had 208 valid answers, in a form with objective and multiple choice questions with questions related to the characteristics of the respondents, and psychosocial, internal and external factors that may interfere in the choice of graduation. The results identified that high school students from schools in Pato Branco are represented mostly by people who identify with the female gender (73.07%), between 15 and 18 years old (89.37%) and with income family income of R$ 5001.00 or more (32.36%). As for the factors that most interfere in the decision of the HEI and the undergraduate course, the interviewees indicated that their opinion prevails in relation to other people in their social life. In addition, the quality of the HEI is an important factor in choosing, and the HEI most mentioned was the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR). Regarding the desired courses, the most traditional ones such as Medicine, Engineering, Administration, Veterinary Medicine and Agronomy were the most cited.