This study was conducted to determine the relationship of socioeconomic status and the academic achievement of the Bachelor of Science in Accounting Information System students of the Cagayan State University. This study was conducted at the College of Business, Entrepreneurship and Accountancy of Cagayan State University-Andrews Campus, Tuguegarao City where the respondents were enrolled First Semester of SY 2018–2019. The respondents of this study were the Pioneer batch of the BS in Accounting Information System program of the college. The data gathered were tabulated, analyzed and interpreted using the descriptive statistics like frequency counts, rank, percentage and weighted mean. Descriptive method was used to come up with a good result of the study. Result of the study revealed that majority of the family monthly income is below the poverty line and that majority of parents are farmers and only finished secondary education. The average family size falls under the bracket of 5 to 6 members and overall the general academic achievement level of the student-respondents falls under the average bracket. The result also shows that the academic achievement of students is significantly affected by the monthly family income, parent's occupation, parents educational attainment and family size. From the generated results it is therefore recommended that additional studies should be conducted to determine other variables that affect academic achievement and make use of more respondents to strengthen the results.
Socio-economic status, Academic achievement, Family income, Parents occupation, Parents educational qualifications, Family size, Bachelor of Science in Accounting Information System
