Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies of Non-Business College Students of the University of Southern Mindanao: Basis for Entrepreneurial Mind Module Enhancement

Entrepreneurship education has become an integral component of higher education curricula in the Philippines, emphasizing the development of entrepreneurial knowledge and competencies across academic disciplines. This study examined the level of Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies (PECs), the level of entrepreneurial knowledge, and the relationship between PECs and entrepreneurial knowledge among non-business college students who completed the Entrepreneurial Mind course at University of Southern Mindanao (USM).
A descriptive–correlational research design was employed. The respondents consisted of 798 non-business students enrolled during the First Semester of School Year 2025–2026. Data were gathered using two instruments: an adapted Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies (PEC) questionnaire based on the framework of David McClelland, and a researcher-made entrepreneurial knowledge test aligned with the official course syllabus. Descriptive statistics (mean, frequency, and percentage) were used to determine the levels of PECs and entrepreneurial knowledge, while Pearson’s Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient was applied to examine the relationship between the two variables. The PEC instrument demonstrated excellent reliability (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.96).

Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies, Entrepreneurial Knowledge, Entrepreneurship Education

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