The purpose of this paper is to explore the trends of Cambodian government scholarship students’ choice of academic major; the significant association between family socioeconomic status (SES) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) majors, and the patterns of STEM major choices across demographic and geographical characteristics.,Descriptive analysis and cross-tabulation statistical tests were employed to analyze the data of 1,000 students drawn from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport scholarships database of 2018. The study employed a correlational study design.,Findings revealed that the Cambodian government scholarship students were more inclined to major in social science than science and engineering-related fields. Findings also positioned that students’ choice of STEM majors was significantly associated with family SES, gender and locality. Students from families with higher SES, male students and students from the provinces were more likely to choose STEM majors than their counterparts.,These findings point to some practical considerations on how to maximize low SES students’ enrollment in STEM majors at a higher education of Cambodia.

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家庭社会经济地位与学生对STEM专业的选择

本文的目的是探讨柬埔寨政府奖学金生选择专业的趋势。家庭社会经济地位（SES）与科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）专业之间的显着关联，以及跨人口和地理特征的STEM专业选择模式。采用描述性分析和交叉表统计测试进行分析数据来自教育，青年和体育部2018年奖学金数据库的1,000名学生的数据。该研究采用了相关研究设计。研究发现，柬埔寨政府奖学金的学生更倾向于社会科学专业，而不是科学和工程专业。相关领域。研究结果还表明，学生选择STEM专业与家庭SES，性别和地区密切相关。来自SES较高的家庭的学生，男生和来自各省的学生比其对应的学生更可能选择STEM专业。这些发现指出了一些实际的考虑因素，这些问题是如何最大程度地提高低SES学生在STEM专业的入学率的柬埔寨。