Table 7.
2SLS Estimates of the Number of Same-Race High School Classmates on College Achievement: 1995–2003
| Fixed Effects? | First-Semester GPA
|
Two-year Persistence
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pooled Sample Year/School (1) | White Sample Year/School (2) | Black Sample Year/School (3) | Hispanic Sample Year/School (4) | All Year/School (5) | White Sample Year/School (6) | Black Sample Year/School (7) | Hispanic Sample Year/School (8) | |
| Number of same-race classmates | 0.113* (0.063) | 0.079 (0.051) | 0.048 (0.160) | 0.086 (0.057) | 0.028* (0.016) | 0.022 (0.015) | 0.031 (0.051) | 0.015 (0.015) |
| Male | −0.124*** (0.017) | −0.126*** (0.012) | −0.118** (0.048) | −0.101*** (0.021) | −0.016*** (0.005) | −0.012** (0.005) | −0.001 (0.019) | −0.013 (0.008) |
| Black | 2.619** (1.311) | 0.653* (0.338) | ||||||
| Hispanic | 2.172* (1.157) | 0.514* (0.298) | ||||||
| Asian | 1.449* (0.783) | 0.388* (0.202) | ||||||
| Other race | 2.355* (1.320) | 0.574* (0.340) | ||||||
| Maternal education | 0.039*** (0.012) | 0.041*** (0.011) | 0.018 (0.029) | 0.016 (0.015) | 0.014*** (0.003) | 0.015*** (0.004) | 0.011 (0.013) | 0.008 (0.007) |
| Missing maternal education | −0.201*** (0.049) | −0.203*** (0.027) | −0.250** (0.126) | −0.150*** (0.049) | −0.144*** (0.014) | −0.145*** (0.011) | −0.217*** (0.042) | −0.175*** (0.023) |
| High school class rank | 0.027*** (0.002) | 0.028*** (0.002) | 0.017*** (0.002) | 0.026*** (0.001) | 0.005*** (0.000) | 0.005*** (0.001) | 0.005*** (0.001) | 0.005*** (0.001) |
| Top 10 percent | 0.246*** (0.068) | 0.283*** (0.049) | 0.178 (0.158) | 0.248*** (0.062) | 0.036* (0.019) | 0.051*** (0.019) | 0.021 (0.065) | 0.045* (0.026) |
| SAT/ACT score | 0.001*** (0.000) | 0.001*** (0.000) | 0.001*** (0.000) | 0.001*** (0.000) | 0.001 (0.005) | −0.007*** (0.002) | −0.028*** (0.007) | 0.002 (0.004) |
| Classmates’ SAT/ACT score | 0.001* (0.000) | 0.001 (0.000) | −0.000 (0.001) | 0.001** (0.000) | 0.000 (0.000) | 0.000 (0.000) | −0.000 (0.000) | 0.000 (0.000) |
| Top 10 X black | −1.172** (0.540) | −0.267* (0.140) | ||||||
| Top 10 X Hispanic | −0.805* (0.423) | −0.165 (0.109) | ||||||
| Top 10 X maternal education | 0.019 (0.023) | −0.026** (0.012) | 0.020 (0.040) | −0.016 (0.017) | 0.001 (0.006) | −0.009* (0.005) | −0.005 (0.016) | −0.004 (0.007) |
| Observations | 50264 | 31219 | 1723 | 7433 | 50264 | 31219 | 1723 | 7433 |
| Number of schools | 851 | 699 | 272 | 471 | 851 | 699 | 272 | 471 |
| F-statistic | 4.992 | 4.895 | 8.179 | 12.88 | 4.992 | 4.895 | 8.179 | 12.88 |
Note: Standard errors clustered at the high school level.
***
1%,
**
5%, and
*
10%.
Source: University of Texas at Austin administrative data.