Table 1. Demographics of undergraduates who did not consider leaving their URE (stayers), who considered leaving their URE but stayed (waverers), and who considered leaving their URE and left (leavers).
| Stayers n = 384 % (n) |
Waverers n = 172 % (n) |
Leavers n = 204 % (n) |
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| Student-level demographics | |||
| Gender | |||
| Female | 71.6% (275) | 79.6% (137) | 74.0% (151) |
| Male | 27.1% (104) | 19.2% (33) | 22.5% (46) |
| Other | 0.3% (1) | 1.2% (2) | 1.0% (2) |
| Decline to state | 1.0% (4) | 0.0% (0) | 2.5% (5) |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| Asian | 28.1% (108) | 25.0% (43) | 24.5% (50) |
| Underrepresented minority (URM)a | 15.4% (59) | 9.3% (16) | 14.2% (29) |
| White | 50.8% (195) | 59.9% (103) | 55.4% (113) |
| Otherb | 4.2% (16) | 3.5% (6) | 2.0% (4) |
| Decline to state | 1.6% (6) | 2.3% (4) | 3.9% (8) |
| College generation status | |||
| First generation | 32.0% (123) | 24.4% (42) | 27.5% (56) |
| Continuing generation | 66.1% (254) | 75.6% (130) | 70.1% (143) |
| Decline to state | 1.8% (7) | 0.0% (0) | 2.5% (5) |
| Grade Point Average (GPA) | |||
| Mean | 3.52 | 3.59 | 3.61 |
| Range | 2.00–4.00 | 0.50–4.00 | 2.00–4.00 |
aUnderrepresented minority (URM) includes students who identified as Black or African American, Hispanic, Latino/a, or of Spanish Origin, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Pacific Islander.
bOther includes students who identified as “other” and wrote in a race/ethnicity not listed on the survey, such as Middle Eastern or multiracial.