Correlation of Smartphone Usage and Academic Interest among College Students in St Mary’s College of Bansalan Inc

There has been a lot of research done on smartphone use among college students. Although various research have been conducted to investigate the links between mobile phone use and academic ability, the results have been varied. As a result, the primary purpose of this study was to completely synthesize existing research to evaluate the relationship between smartphone usage and Academic Interest among college students at St. Mary’s College of Bansalan Inc. During the data collection phase of this investigation, two adapted questionnaires were used. The survey was digitally conducted to 100 college students in five different SMCBI courses, namely BSIT, BSHM, BSBA, BSED, and BEED, using the Google Forms program. A statistician analyzed and interpreted the acquired data. The interpreted data were presented and discussed further by the researchers in a concise manner. The survey results showed that the level of Smartphone usage is high and that the level academic interest is also high. There is no significant difference on the level of both of Smartphone Usage and Academic Interest when grouped according to Gender, Age Group, Year Level and Program.That the relationship between variables, Smartphone Usage and Academic Interest has an r=523, which implies that it has Moderate Positive Relationship