JURTEKSI
Vol. 12 No. 3 (2026): Juni 2026

IMPLEMENTATION OF XGBOOST FOR PREDICTING STUDENT GRADUATION USING SIMULATED DATASET

Dewi Anggraeni (Universitars Royal)
Sri Rezki Maulina Azmi (Universitas Royal)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2026

Abstract

Abstract: Student graduation is an urgent matter that is an indicator of the success of a university in producing its learning output. Several factors influence student graduation such as GPA, attendance, late taking credits, and lack of student involvement in academic activities. The urgency of this research, universities need a method that is able to predict student graduation early so that it can provide academic intervention to students who have the potential to experience delays or fail to graduate. However, limited access to real academic data is often an obstacle in the development of predictive models, Therefore, this study aims to implement the XGBoost algorithm to predict student graduation based on several academic variables, namely the Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA), the number of credits taken, the percentage of attendance, and the average grade of students. Model training using the XGBoost algorithm using a simulation dataset of 500 students who are labeled as graduating into two classes, namely passed and failed. The results of the study showed that the classification performance was very good with an accuracy value of 99.6%, Precision 99.7%, recall 99.4%. Keywords: xgboost algorithm; data mining; student graduation Abstrak: Kelulusan mahasiswa merupakan hal urgensi yang menjadi indikator keberhasilan sebuah perguruan tinggi dalam menghasilkan output pembelajarannya. Beberapa Faktor yang mempengaruhi kelulusan mahasiswa seperti IPK, kehadiran, keterlambatan pengambilan SKS, serta kurangnya keterlibatan mahasiswa dalam aktifitas akademik. Yang menjadi urgensi penelitian ini, Perguruan tinggi memerlukan suatu metode yang mampu memprediksi kelulusan mahasiswa secara dini sehingga dapat memberikan intervensi akademik kepada mahasiswa yang berpotensi mengalami keterlambatan atau tidak lulus. Namun, keterbatasan akses terhadap data akademik riil sering menjadi kendala dalam pengembangan model prediksi, Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan mengimplementasikan algoritma XGBoost untuk memprediksi kelulusan mahasiswa berdasarkan beberapa variabel akademik, yaitu Indeks Prestasi Kumulatif (IPK), jumlah SKS yang ditempuh, persentase kehadiran, dan nilai rata-rata mahasiswa. Pelatihan model menggunakan algoritma XGBoost dengan menggunakan dataset simulasi 500 mahasiswa yang diberi label kelulusan menjadi dua kelas yaitu lulus dan tidak lulus. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa performance klasifikasi yang sangat baik dengan nilai accurasi sebesar 99,6%, Precision 99,7%, recall 99,4%. Kata kunci: algoritma xgbosst; kelulusan mahasiswa; penambangan data

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Journal Info

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jurteksi

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Subject

Computer Science & IT

Description

JURTEKSI (Jurnal Teknologi dan Sistem Informasi) is a scientific journal which is published by STMIK Royal Kisaran. This journal published twice a year on December and June. This journal contains a collection of research in information technology and computer ...