A Comparison of Career Outcomes Among Community College Transfers, Four-Year College Transfers, and Native Freshmen

Graduates from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) were studied to determine whether differences in career outcomes as measured by annual income and a socioeconomic index score were related to differences in college origin. Three college origin cohorts were studied: community college transfers, four-year college transfers and native freshmen. In addition, data on gender, family annual salary, family SES occupational index, father's education, mother's education, cumulative grade point average, academic area, current SES occupational index, and current annual salary for each of the three cohorts were compared. To compare career outcomes among the three college origin cohorts and control for possible intervening effects of socioeconomic status (SES) and college achievement, an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) design was employed. The covariates were family SES and academic achievement. The dependent variable, career outcome, was determined by a linear composite of the subject's occupational SES index score and current annual income. The ANCOVA was repeated for each of four curricula areas: humanities and social sciences, natural sciences, science-based professions, and social professions.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Heiser, Linda M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Anderson, Ernest F.

• Education, Community College
• Education, Higher

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8908704

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69211