The Influences of Undermatching on College Completion for Students From Varying High School Settings

• In Event: 31.047 - Charting Trajectories for College Success

Abstract

Using ELS dataset, this study examines the effect of college undermatching on college completion, and whether the influences of undermatching on college completion vary depending on high school settings. This study found that students who had undermatched are less likely to graduate college within four years, as well as six years, than their counterparts. In terms of the likelihood of degree attainment within six years, the negative undermatching gradient was steeper for those who were from a rural high school as compared to the other student groups: public urban, private urban, and private suburban. That is, since undermatching negatively affected completion within six years, the disadvantage was more apparent among the rural high school students

Author

• chungseo kang, University at Buffalo - SUNY