University differences in the graduation minorities in STEM fields: evidence from California

Peter Arcidiacono, Esteban Aucejo and V. Joseph Hotz

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Abstract: We examine differences in minority science graduation rates among University of California campuses when racial preferences were in place. Less-prepared minorities at higher-ranked campuses had lower persistence rates in science and took longer to graduate. We estimate a model of students' college major choice where net returns of a science major differ across campuses and student preparation. We find less-prepared minority students at top- ranked campuses would have higher science graduation rates had they attended lower-ranked campuses. Better matching of science students to universities by preparation and providing information about students' prospects in different major-university combinations could increase minority science graduation.

Keywords: STEM majors; minorities; college graduation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D14 E23 E32 E43 E52 E61 E62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-03-01
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Published in American Economic Review, 1, March, 2016, 106(3), pp. 525-562. ISSN: 0002-8282

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Journal Article: University Differences in the Graduation of Minorities in STEM Fields: Evidence from California (2016)
Working Paper: University Differences in the Graduation of Minorities in STEM Fields: Evidence from California (2013)
Working Paper: University differences in the graduation of minorities in STEM fields: evidence from California (2013)
Working Paper: University Differences in the Graduation of Minorities in STEM Fields: Evidence from California (2013)
Working Paper: University Differences in the Graduation of Minorities in STEM Fields: Evidence from California (2013)
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