THE EFFECT OF COLLEGE ACCREDITATION ON STUDENTS’ INTEREST OF PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER 1 TANJUNG REDEB TO SELECT THE COLLEGE WITH REVENUE AS MODERATE VARIABLE

The aims of this study were to find out: (1) the influence of parents' revenue on students' interest in continuing to the college, (2) the effect of accreditation on students' interest in continuing to the college level, (3) the significantly effect of confirmatory variables on the accreditation variables (4) the significantly effect of confirmatory variable towards the variable of interest. This research was conducted at Senior High School N 1 Tanjung Redeb and the instrument of analysis used was Partial Least Square (PLS) with the equation model of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results of this study proved that: (1) Parental revenue did not affect the interest in continuing to the college level, (2) The college accreditation affects the interest of students continuing to the college level, (3) All confirmatory accreditation variables significantly affect the accreditation variable (4) all interest confirmatory variables significantly affect the variable interest. Students misunderstanding in selecting a college for continuing their study. Therefore, this is a consideration in conducting this research. Meanwhile, the geographical conditions and the limitations of the existing the Colleges at Tanjung Redeb Regency make students have limitation in developing their talents