Pengaruh Kualitas Layanan Akademik Dan Harga (Biaya Pendidikan) Terhadap Word of Mouth Melalui Kepuasan Mahasiswa Sebagai Variabel Intervening (Studi Pada LPK Sekolah Perhotelan Bali)

Abstract

In Indonesia, particularly in Bali, these are a lot of Training Centers (LPK) in tourism sectors which grow and evolve rapidly, by selling trend working on Cruise ship and over seas such as in hotels and restaurants, it is the main attraction for prospective students to continue their education after they have completed their educations in vocational or high school. The purposes of this study are to describe the effect of the quality of academic services to the student’s satisfaction, the effect of price (education expenses) to the student’s satisfaction, the influence of the quality of academic services to the word of mouth, the effect of price (education expenses) on word of mouth, the influence of the student’s satisfaction on word of mouth, the effect of the quality of academic services to the word of mouth through the students’ satisfaction, the effect of price (education expenses). The data analysis technique in this quantitative research using statistical analysis (descriptive statistics and inferential statistics es) to the word of mouth through the student’s satisfaction.). This research is analyzed by SEM with its analysis instrument the program Partial Least Square (PLS). In this research, it was found that: the quality of academic services and prices (education expenses) have positive and significant impact on the students’ satisfaction; quality of academic services have a positive and significance impact on word of mouth where students’ satisfaction have a role as full mediation, price (education expenses) have a positive and significance impact on word of mouth where students’ satisfaction have a role as partial mediation, price (education expenses) and the students’ satisfaction have positive and significant effect on word of mouth, the quality of academic services have positive however there is non significance effect on word of mouth.

Brand Image, Educational Cost, and Facility on Student Satisfaction and Loyalty at Stie Pelita Indonesia Pekanbaru

“…The findings from this study conclude that the cost of education has a positive and significant influence on student satisfaction. This is in line with the results of research conducted by Wijaya, et al (2016) revealed that the price or cost of education has a positive and significant effect on student satisfaction. Likewise with the results of Gofur's research (2019), Fachmy, et al (2019), and Sari & Kurnia (2018 confirm that price has a positive and significant effect on satisfaction.…”

Level of Student Satisfaction with Facilities Education with Tuition as a Moderation Variable

“…The cost of education is inseparable from 2, 4., March 2023 student satisfaction. This is because competitive education costs emphasize student satisfaction (Kinung & Rudini, 2020;Wijaya et al, 2016).…”

“…In addition to educational facilities in the form of facilities and infrastructure, attention to competitive education costs emphasizes student satisfaction in order to attract prospective students, and serve and retain them (Wijaya et al, 2016). In the end, the factor of education costs that must be incurred by students also needs to be considered because the cost of education can also affect student satisfaction (Kinung & Rudini, 2020).…”