Academic Achievement and Graduation Rates of Native and Transfer Students in the Department of Agriculture At Missouri State University
Date of Graduation
Spring 2006
Degree
Master of Natural and Applied Science in Agriculture
Department
College of Agriculture
Committee Chair
Weston Walker
Abstract
Predicting academic achievement and graduation is a valuable tool for recruitment and advisement of agriculture students. Such data is not known for Missouri State transfer and native agriculture students. Undergraduate degree-seeking agriculture juniors in the fall of 2003 were selected for the study. Of this group, 58 were native students, 32 were transfer students with an associate degree, and 35 were transfer studnts without an associate degree. Native students' cumulative GPS from fall 2003 to summer 2005 at Missouri State University was significantly higher (p<0.05) than students that transferred both with and without an associate degree. There was a significant difference (p<0.001) in graduation rate among the groups. Data suggests the need for increased academic and retention efforts for junior agriculture majors transferring regardless of associate degree attainment.
Keywords
transfer, academic achievement, graduation rate, retention, agriculture
Subject Categories
Agriculture
Copyright
© Randi L. Manier
Recommended Citation
Manier, Randi L., "Academic Achievement and Graduation Rates of Native and Transfer Students in the Department of Agriculture At Missouri State University" (2006). MSU Graduate Theses. 2702.
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/2702
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