MEASURING THE SUCCESS OF METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN STUDENTS AT A NONMETROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

<p>Nonmetropolitan students in higher education are an understudied population. This thesis uses data from the freshman class of 2011 at a mid-sized nonmetropolitan university to examine the success of nonmetro students at a nonmetro university. The data studied addresses the similarities and dissimilarities between metro and nonmetro students in the cohort in a number of categories: student location of origin, time to degree completion, whether a degree was attained, grade point average of graduating students, type of degree sought, and type of degree attained. Differences were found in the success rates of metro and nonmetro students at the institution. There was higher than the national average percentage of nonmetro students in the cohort. Nonmetro graduating grade point averages were not significantly different from metro student grade point averages. However, nonmetro students sought and obtained less bachelor’s degrees than metro students, a higher percentage of nonmetropolitan students than metro students did not finish a degree, and nonmetro students took longer to complete a degree than metro students. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education, Leadership and Public Service

Year dc:date.available

2018

Author dc:creator

• Taylor, Janelle

Contributors dc:contributor

• Lisa Eckert

• rural
• retention
• nonmetro
• student success
• belonging
• persistance
• Higher Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.nmu.edu/theses/564

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.nmu.edu:theses-1589