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Table 7 Determinants of college outcomes of non-URM intended science 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

−0.181***

−0.125**

−0.125**

−0.116***

0.416*

 

[0.0400]

[0.0462]

[0.0445]

[0.0164]

[0.184]

Intended non-STEM

0.225***

0.161***

0.0461

0.125***

−0.482**

Majors

[0.0388]

[0.0449]

[0.0367]

[0.0172]

[0.155]

Own Characteristics:

     

Math SAT score

0.112***

0.106***

0.0912***

0.0194***

−0.0980***

 

[0.00753]

[0.00861]

[0.00596]

[0.00249]

[0.0252]

Verbal SAT score

−0.0265***

−0.0290***

0.0592***

−0.00259

−0.0300**

 

[0.00319]

[0.00566]

[0.00489]

[0.00384]

[0.00971]

UC-Adjusted HS GPA

0.110***

0.0634***

0.291***

0.0806***

−0.322***

 

[0.00518]

[0.00776]

[0.00528]

[0.00465]

[0.0202]

Observations

72,352

72,352

71,727

72,352

59,120

R-squared

0.296

0.283

0.424

0.298

0.302

  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.