Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Studies ISSN (print): 2644-0490, ISSN (online): 2644-0504 Volume 06 Issue 07 July 2023 Article DOI: 10.47191/jefms/v6-i7-07, Impact Factor: 7.144 Page No: 3078-3085 JEFMS, Volume 06 Issue 07 July 2023 www.ijefm.co.in Page 3078 Comparative Analysis of Student Entrepreneural Interest Inventory Test Hardiyanto Wibowo 1 , Fatmah Bagis 2 , Farah Aprilia Kusuma 3 1,2,3 Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto, Indonesia ABSTRACT: The development of entrepreneurship is one of the factors in the economic development of a country. So that entrepreneurship education is needed to increase student interest in becoming entrepreneurs. This research is a longitudinal study with a descriptive quantitative design with the aim of comparing students' interest in becoming entrepreneurs before obtaining Islamic Entrepreneurship courses with after obtaining Islamic Entrepreneurship courses. The data analysis used in this research is descriptive analysis by using the RIASEC inventory test questionnaire as a data collection tool. The population in this study were new students at one of the universities on the island of Java. The results showed that there was an increase in the number of students who had an interest in entrepreneurship after taking Islamic Entrepreneurship courses compared to before getting Islamic Entrepreneurship courses. KEYWORDS: Inventory test, RIASEC, Entrepreuneurship, I. INTRODUCTION One indicator of a country's economic development can be seen from the growth in the number of entrepreneurs in each country (Reza, 2022). The number of entrepreneurs in Indonesia is now only 3.4 percent, which is still insufficient to become a developed country, which requires 12 to 14 percent. This is still very far juxtaposed to other ASEAN countries such as Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand(Ardiansyah et al., 2021). Entrepreneurs are strategic agents of economic change so that Indonesia can change to be one of country that has upper middle income. (Rasmijaya, 2013). Enterpreuner has role in economic growth and absorb labor, also it has a role in distributing the results of development (Bagis, 2021). The large number of unemployment in Indonesia makes it necessary to make efforts to create new jobs that can accommodate labor, including fostering interest in entrepreneurship (Sukron Djazilan & Darmawan, 2022). This is because in the short term it is an effort to overcome unemployment by opening new jobs and developing entrepreneurship, hoping to arouse the enthusiasm of individuals around so that they have the desire to try to open a business so that they can create jobs for themselves and other individuals(Sukidjo, 2005). Entrepreneurial ability is a very important component in supporting economic development. To become a young entrepreneur, it is necessary to have a strong desire and knowledge to establish a new business and have a positive view of entrepreneurial activities(Sinambela et al., 2021) The lack of interest in entrepreneurship among student is a concern. The fact that there are job vacancies cannot absorb all college graduates in Indonesia, this requires university graduates to equip themselves with knowledge to create jobs. So that entrepreneurship becomes one of the career choices. Higher education has a big role in producing educated workers in their fields or across fields and workers who have insight and entrepreneurial spirit (Alwys, 2016). Entrepreneurial interest cannot just appear without any influencing factors (Mambu et al., 2019) The role of entrepreneurship education is one of the factors of entrepreneurship growth in a country (W et al., 2008). Entrepreneurship education is needed to motivate and foster students' desire for entrepreneurship (Syam et al., 2018) As an perpetration of entrepreneurship development in advanced education in Indonesia, this makes entrepreneurship education courses in the class with a weight range between 2 to 3 credits (Widyawati, 2018). Entrepreneurship literacy in advanced education is anticipated to give benefits in order to foster high competitiveness, increase the capability to introduce, and be suitable to prepare for technology(Darwis et al., 2021). Creating an entrepreneurial spirit in students begins with equipping students with life skills to develop their skills in the field of business both for themselves and for others. The purpose of the existence of entrepreneurship science in the college curriculum is to create a mindset in students so that it creates an orientation to create jobs besides looking for work. Entrepreneurial skills are likened to the two sides of a coin, which have academic knowledge