Grade-Point Average Differences Between Dual- and Nondual-Credit College Students

• In Event: Experiences of Students With Dual Enrollment, Dual Credit, or Dual Degrees

Abstract

The grade point average (GPA) for the 2006 first semester freshman class and the cumulative GPA for the 2006 class at the end of the 2008 school year at a Texas community college was examined to determine the extent to which dual credit enrollment influenced student GPA. Five statistically significant differences were present by gender and by ethnicity, with dual credit students having higher GPAs than non-dual credit students. As such, this study is the first research investigation of which we are aware in which student GPA in the first college semester was compared between dual credit and non-dual credit students and also student GPA at the end of the second year between dual credit and non-dual credit students.

Authors

• Robert D. Young, Sam Houston State University

• Sheila Ann Joyner, Sam Houston State University

• John R. Slate, Sam Houston State University