The Influence of Parental Employment on Student Persistence of Bukidnon State University-Malitbog Campus in the Academic Year 2024-2025

This study aims to investigate how parental employment influences student persistence at Bukidnon State University-Malitbog Campus, during the academic year 2023-2024. Examining the type of employment, working hours, and income levels of parents also seeks to understand their impact on students' ability to remain committed to their academic pursuits. This study used a descriptive correlational research design and regression analysis with 86 respondents. This study involved college students of Public Administration at Bukidnon State University-Malitbog Campus for the Academic Year 2024-2025. It covered research design, sampling techniques, instrumentation, and statistical treatments. This study used a descriptive correlational research design and regression analysis with 86 respondents. Additionally, the chapter provided information on the collection implementation, including relevant details about the participants and the subsequent procedures. The result of the study revealed that more of the respondents were female, the majority were in the range of 18-20 years old, the majority were single, most of them were third-year students, the majority had 4-6 siblings, the majority of their parents were farmer and unemployed most of the student parents earned less than 9,520.00php as their monthly income. The perception of parental employment that influences student persistence on job stability had an overall mean of 3.00, the influence on students' persistence on parental support had 3.10, and Parental employment that Influenced student persistence on parental support 3.10, the depiction of the relationship between parental employment and student academic persistence had 3.27, all indicators described as "always aware." The findings of this study indicate a clear relationship between parental employment and student persistence at Bukidnon State University-Malitbog Campus. Students whose parents hold stable, regular jobs tend to exhibit higher levels of academic motivation and persistence. This underscores the importance of financial stability and emotional support in fostering an environment conducive to academic success.