Table 2.
Determinants of First-Semester College GPA and Two-year Persistence: Baseline OLS Estimatesa
| Variable | GPA
|
Two-year Persistence
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| Male | −0.152*** (0.007) | −0.146*** (0.007) | −0.149*** (0.007) | −0.022*** (0.003) | −0.020*** (0.003) | −0.021*** (0.003) |
| Black | −0.038** (0.017) | −0.027 (0.017) | −0.026 (0.017) | 0.024*** (0.007) | 0.026*** (0.007) | 0.027*** (0.007) |
| Hispanic | −0.023** (0.010) | −0.015 (0.010) | −0.014 (0.010) | −0.014*** (0.004) | −0.012*** (0.004) | −0.012*** (0.004) |
| Asian | 0.035*** (0.009) | 0.019** (0.009) | 0.027*** (0.009) | 0.036*** (0.003) | 0.032*** (0.003) | 0.033*** (0.003) |
| Other race | −0.151*** (0.051) | −0.144*** (0.051) | −0.147*** (0.051) | −0.041* (0.023) | −0.039* (0.023) | −0.040* (0.023) |
| Maternal education | 0.033*** (0.003) | 0.030*** (0.003) | 0.031*** (0.003) | 0.010*** (0.001) | 0.009*** (0.001) | 0.009*** (0.001) |
| Missing maternal education | −0.203*** (0.012) | −0.199*** (0.012) | −0.200*** (0.012) | −0.155*** (0.005) | −0.154*** (0.005) | −0.154*** (0.005) |
| High school class rank | 0.018*** (0.001) | 0.019*** (0.001) | 0.018*** (0.001) | 0.003*** (0.000) | 0.003*** (0.000) | 0.003*** (0.000) |
| SAT/ACT score | 0.002*** (0.000) | 0.001*** (0.000) | 0.001*** (0.000) | 0.006*** (0.001) | 0.004*** (0.001) | 0.005*** (0.001) |
| Top 10 | 0.186*** (0.011) | 0.200*** (0.010) | 0.200*** (0.010) | 0.018*** (0.004) | 0.022*** (0.004) | 0.022*** (0.004) |
| Number of high school classmates | 0.004*** (0.000) | 0.009*** (0.000) | 0.001*** (0.000) | 0.002*** (0.000) | ||
| Number of high school classmates (squared) X 100 | −0.004*** (0.000) | −0.001*** (0.000) | ||||
| Second quartile high school classmates | 0.098*** (0.011) | 0.034*** (0.004) | ||||
| Third quartile high school classmates | 0.256*** (0.011) | 0.069*** (0.004) | ||||
| Fourth quartile high school classmates | 0.411*** (0.014) | 0.101*** (0.005) | ||||
| Constant | −0.723*** (0.049) | −0.754*** (0.049) | −0.739*** (0.049) | 0.598*** (0.020) | 0.589*** (0.020) | 0.589*** (0.020) |
| Observations | 66654 | 66654 | 66654 | 66654 | 66654 | 66654 |
| R 2 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.37 |
Note: Standard errors clustered at the high school level.
***
1%,
**
5%, and
*
10%.
Source: University of Texas at Austin administrative data.
a
Includes year fixed effects.