This study aims to examine the effects of family environment and entrepreneurship education on college students’ entrepreneurial intentions, with entrepreneurial motivation serving as a mediating variable. The study was motivated by the persistently low interest in entrepreneurship among college students, even after they have taken entrepreneurship courses, prompting an investigation into the factors influencing the development of such aspirations. This study employed a quantitative methodology using a survey technique, distributing questionnaires to students in the Management Program at Muhammadiyah University of Ponorogo via purposive sampling, resulting in 128 respondents. Data analysis was conducted using the Partial Least Squares (PLS) approach, facilitated by the SmartPLS software. The findings indicate that the family environment and entrepreneurship education do not have a significant effect on entrepreneurial intent but do have a positive and significant impact on entrepreneurial motivation. Meanwhile, entrepreneurial motivation acts as a mediator of the influence of the family environment and entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intent. This study concludes that students’ entrepreneurial intentions are primarily shaped by internal factors—specifically motivation—rather than external influences. Therefore, a practical, contextual, and effective entrepreneurship education strategy is needed to enhance students’ entrepreneurial motivation.
Keywords: Family Environment, Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurial Intentions, Entrepreneurial Motivation.