Table 3.
OLS Estimates of High School Peer Group on First-Semester College GPA and Two-year Persistence: High School Fixed Effects
| Fixed Effects? | First -Semester GPA
|
Two-year Persistence
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year/School (1) | Year/School (2) | Year/School (3) | Year/School (4) | Year/School (5) | Year/School (6) | |
| Male | −0.107*** (0.007) | −0.107*** (0.007) | −0.107*** (0.007) | −0.012*** (0.003) | −0.012*** (0.003) | −0.012*** (0.003) |
| Black | 0.051*** (0.019) | 0.052*** (0.019) | 0.052*** (0.019) | 0.039*** (0.008) | 0.039*** (0.008) | 0.039*** (0.008) |
| Hispanic | 0.023** (0.011) | 0.023** (0.011) | 0.023** (0.011) | 0.001 (0.005) | 0.001 (0.005) | 0.001 (0.005) |
| Asian | 0.000 (0.012) | 0.000 (0.012) | 0.000 (0.012) | 0.025*** (0.004) | 0.025*** (0.004) | 0.025*** (0.004) |
| Other race | −0.103** (0.047) | −0.102** (0.047) | −0.102** (0.047) | −0.031 (0.023) | −0.030 (0.023) | −0.030 (0.023) |
| Maternal education | 0.016*** (0.003) | 0.016*** (0.003) | 0.017*** (0.003) | 0.005*** (0.001) | 0.005*** (0.001) | 0.005*** (0.001) |
| Missing maternal education | −0.184*** (0.012) | −0.184*** (0.012) | −0.184*** (0.012) | −0.150*** (0.006) | −0.150*** (0.006) | −0.150*** (0.006) |
| SAT/ACT score | 0.024*** (0.000) | 0.024*** (0.000) | 0.024*** (0.000) | 0.004*** (0.000) | 0.004*** (0.000) | 0.004*** (0.000) |
| High school class rank | 0.001*** (0.000) | 0.001*** (0.000) | 0.001*** (0.000) | −0.005*** (0.001) | −0.005*** (0.001) | −0.005*** (0.001) |
| Top 10 percent | 0.233*** (0.011) | 0.233*** (0.011) | 0.233*** (0.011) | 0.029*** (0.005) | 0.029*** (0.005) | 0.029*** (0.005) |
| Number of high school classmates | 0.001*** (0.000) | 0.003*** (0.001) | 0.0003** (0.000) | 0.001*** (0.000) | ||
| Number of high school classmates (squared) X 100 | −0.001*** (0.000) | −0.000*** (0.000) | ||||
| Second quartile high school classmates | 0.023 (0.015) | 0.002 (0.007) | ||||
| Third quartile high school classmates | 0.062*** (0.020) | 0.008 (0.008) | ||||
| Fourth quartile high school classmates | 0.084*** (0.026) | 0.022** (0.010) | ||||
| Constant | −0.514*** (0.061) | −0.546*** (0.059) | −0.526*** (0.057) | 0.651*** (0.026) | 0.641*** (0.025) | 0.652*** (0.025) |
| Observations | 66654 | 66654 | 66654 | 66654 | 66654 | 66654 |
| Number of high schools | 1179 | 1179 | 1179 | 1179 | 1179 | 1179 |
| R 2 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 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.