Anik Kusmintarti, Nur Indah Riwadjanti, Ludfi Djajanto, Moh. Abdullah Anshori
Job opportunities for college graduates are low, however, there is an alternate career path, that is, become an entrepreneur instead. For students to become successful entrepreneurs, colleges should encourage students to enhance their entrepreneurial competencies. This study aims to analyze the effect of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intention mediated by entrepreneurial characteristics and entrepreneurial attitude. The sample in this study are students from State Polytechnic of Malang and the Vocational Business Administration Study Program of Brawijaya University, as well as students from State Vocational High School 12 Malang. The sampling technique was based on purposive sampling. Subjects attended entrepreneurship courses and participated in entrepreneurial activities. Data collection used questionnaires. For data analysis, descriptive statistics and path analysis were used. From the results, it was shown that those students who had taken entrepreneurship education, that is, entrepreneurship courses and entrepreneurship activities, seem to have developed high levels of entrepreneurial characteristics. In addition, students who have entrepreneurial characteristics tend to appreciate and like to participate in entrepreneurial activities, as such, students get to realize their business ideas, turning them into real businesses in the future, after accruing capital and through social networking. © 2025 GMP Press and Printing.
Accounting Department, State Polytechnic Malang, Indonesia; Electro Department, State Polytechnic Malang, Indonesia