Today I am exploring college completion data from IPEDS which provides detailed information on major choice, admissions related information, and the like.
Amongst universities requiring test scores and reporting them, 6-year graduation rates by estimated SAT score.
Correlations
- White: 0.78
- Asian: 0.69
- Black: 0.70
- Hispanic: 0.71
- Women: 0.79
- Men: 0.82
- Total: 0.82
Note: The (white) male-female “achievement gap” with respect to bachelor degree completion is mostly found in a few subjects: nursing, education, psychology, communications, and the arts. It is also predominantly occurring in fairly middling universities. Males, by contrast, are found disproportionately in more technical, more quantitive, and generally what are traditionally vocationally-oriented majors (the main exceptions would be nursing and perhaps teaching).
PDF: Percent of completions by major (detailed) by race/ethnicity and sex
Major choice/completion as compared to white men
White women
Hispanic women
Hispanic men
Asian men
Black women
Black men
That is about it for now. Perhaps I’ll touch this post up later.