STEM PUSH College Success

With a national longitudinal study, STEM PUSH is researching the impacts of pre-college STEM program (PCSP) experiences on student enrollment and persistence in STEM in higher education.

STEM PUSH is conducting a novel research study on the impact of PCSP participation on college-going behavior

STEM PUSH has studied pre-college STEM program impact on college-going across 39 programs nationwide.

The study is following 41,310 PCSP participants and 16,600 non-participant applicants with current college-going records through National Student Clearinghouse.

The earliest PCSP college-going records in this study date back to xxxx, with xx% of records reflecting college-going behaviors in the last decade. Research findings are current to student college enrollment behaviors as of fall 2024.

Yellow dots on the map reflect locations of each of the 39 programs in this study, with several PCSPs clustered in urban areas including San Francisco, LA, Chicago, Tucson, Pittsburgh, and NYC.

From the data, we found that of PCSP students…

77% enroll

in STEM undergraduate study

76% persist

for at least one year in STEM, of all students that enroll

Students who participate in a STEM PUSH PCSP are

30% more likely

than non-participants to persist in STEM undergraduate study for at least one year

STEM PUSH also found that of Black, Latina/o/e, and Indigenous PCSP students

74% enroll and persist

in STEM undergraduate study for at least one year

Black, Latina/o/e, and Indigenous PCSP students are

54% more likely

than non-participants to enroll in STEM undergraduate study

33% more likely

than non-participants to persist in STEM for at least 1 year

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