International Journal of Environmental and Ecology Research

authors
Ciptro Handrianto, Sabri Mohd Bin Salleh

abstract
The purpose of this study was to see the environmental factors that affect students who come from outside Java Island for choosing Yogyakarta`s Bimbel (learning Institution) to preparatory pre-collage study. There were 107 respondents from various provinces in Indonesia involved in this study. They were asked about the 5 environmental factors which may be influence their decision to choose bimbel. The factors are parents` consideration, Bimbel`s fee, living cost, social environment, and Bimbel reputation. This study used quantitative method by spreading questionnaire for collecting data. Study found that majority respondents agreed that the environmental factors have affected their decision to choose Yogyakarta Bimbel. In conclusion, the four factors: parents` consideration, living cost, social environment, and Bimbel reputation, were playing significant roles in affecting students` choice to study in Yogyakarta`s Bimbel. Meanwhile, Bimbel`s fee is not the factor of the students in enrolment Bimbel in Yogyakarta.