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Table 3 Determinants of college outcomes of intended STEM majors

From: College major peer effects and attrition from the sciences

Variables

Graduated in sciences

Final major science

Cumulative GPA

Graduated

Time to degree

Peer Ability Index:

     

Intended STEM Majors

−0.196***

−0.105*

−0.158***

−0.150***

0.421**

 

[0.0390]

[0.0444]

[0.0409]

[0.0176]

[0.159]

Intended Non-STEM

0.217***

0.143**

0.0498

0.122***

−0.452***

Majors

[0.0347]

[0.0466]

[0.0306]

[0.0151]

[0.127]

Own Characteristics:

     

Math SAT Score

0.111***

0.109***

0.0824***

0.0154***

−0.0967***

 

[0.00844]

[0.00938]

[0.00569]

[0.00223]

[0.0242]

Verbal SAT Score

−0.0242***

−0.0271***

0.0616***

−0.00106

−0.0367**

 

[0.00315]

[0.00458]

[0.00354]

[0.00378]

[0.0107]

UC-Adjusted HS GPA

0.111***

0.0634***

0.283***

0.0846***

−0.312***

 

[0.00551]

[0.00787]

[0.00592]

[0.00416]

[0.0171]

Asian

0.0437***

0.0276**

−0.0474**

0.0225***

0.0549*

 

[0.00979]

[0.00985]

[0.0134]

[0.00510]

[0.0279]

Black or Hispanic

−0.0240*

−0.00941

−0.106***

−0.0307**

0.414***

 

[0.0109]

[0.0134]

[0.0172]

[0.00883]

[0.0613]

Other non-white

0.0252**

0.0197**

−0.0250*

0.00989

0.0976**

Race/ethnicity

[0.00986]

[0.00672]

[0.0108]

[0.00639]

[0.0367]

Observations

84,466

84,466

83,683

84,466

67,593

R-squared

0.306

0.289

0.435

0.306

0.316

  1. Notes: Each column contains coefficient estimates from separate regressions. Each regression also contains controls for parental education, family income by cohort, college, college selectivity tier by cohort, and UC application-admission pattern fixed effects that account for the intended major listed on each application. Robust standard errors, clustered by campus, are reported in brackets. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1, based on a t-distribution with 5 d.f.