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Table 4.

Reasons for non-Completion of the Scholars Program

Scholars Program (N=31)
			URM Status				Discipline				Gender
	Top Reasons		URM		Non-URM		Behavioral		Biomedical		Male		Female
Program Completion		N	n	% (n/107)	n	% (n/76)	n	% (n/80)	n	% (n/103)	n	% (n/65)	n	% (n/117)
*Did not Complete*		31	20	18.7	11	14.5	11	13.8	20	19.4	12	18.5	18	15.4

Top Reasons		N	n	% (n/20)	n	% (n/11)	n	% (n/11)	n	% (n/20)	n	% (n/12)	n	% (n/18)
	Personal Reasons	16	11	55.0	5	45.5	5	45.5	11	55.0	8	66.7	7	38.9
	Academic Challenges	9	4	20.0	5	45.5	2	18.2	7	35.0	2	16.7	7	38.9
	Change in Career Goals	3	3	15.0	0	0	2	18.2	1	5.0	1	8.3	2	11.1
	Unknown	3	2	10.0	1	9	2	18.2	1	5.0	1	8.3	2	11.1

Note: The data for one participant were omitted from the Gender analysis. This accounts for the discrepancy in overall numbers in this category.