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This research aims to analyze the factors that influence the interest of accounting study program students in choosing a career as a public accountant at universities in Jember Regency. The data collection method in this research is by distributing questionnaires. The population of this research is students of the Accounting Study Program at universities in Jember Regency, totaling 1,957. The sampling technique was carried out using a purposive sampling technique. The data analysis method used is Multiple Linear Regression. The research results show that academic achievement and gender partially influence the choice of career as a public accountant. Meanwhile, professional training, personality, parental influence, and requirements to become an accountant do not influence the choice of a career as a public accountant. Simultaneously, professional training, personality, academic achievement, parental influence, requirements to become an accountant, and gender influence the career choice of becoming a public accountant.
Suprehatin et al. (Tue,) studied this question.