The Relationship Between Financial Aid and Graduation Rates for Rural Community College Students
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ohiou14879498822822622021-08-03T06:59:34Z The Relationship Between Financial Aid and Graduation Rates for Rural Community College Students Venezia, Shannon M. Higher Education Higher Education Administration Rural community colleges financial aid graduation rates This study was designed to examine the relationship between financial aid and graduation rates for rural community college students. The main purpose of this study is to help fill the large gap in research that currently exists about rural community college students, and, more specifically, financial aid and rural community college students. This study uses data collected for the 2004/2009 Beginning Postsecondary Student Longitudinal Study (BPS:04/09), as well as data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Two research questions focused on the descriptive statistics. Four additional questions used logistic regression for the findings. Two of these questions focused on all community college students, and two questions focused solely on rural community college students. All of the data for the six research questions were analyzed using STATA.The findings from this study are that there is a relationship between financial aid and graduation rates for both all community college students and rural community college students separately. Rural community college students showed the highest graduation rates through six-years for associate degree graduates, and rural community college students had the highest graduation rates through three- and six-years for associate degree and certificate graduates. In terms of financial aid, the Federal Unsubsidized Loan was found to be negatively related to graduation rates for both groups of students. The Pell Grant was found to have a positive association with graduation rates for rural community college students through three-years for associate degree and certificate graduates. 2017-07-05 English text Ohio University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1487949882282262 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1487949882282262 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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