Study Abroad, Graduate on Time:

“At the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, for example, institutional research shows that 64.5 percent of students who study abroad graduate in four years, compared to 41 percent of students who don’t; at the five-year mark the numbers increase to 90 percent for participants, and 58.6 percent for nonparticipants”

“At the University of California at San Diego, five-year graduation rates are 92 percent for study abroad participants, and 78 percent for non- participants”

“Higher graduation rates for students who study abroad can be observed across a wide variety of variables, including race, gender, major, first-generation status, parental income, SAT score, and grade-point average”

“Furthermore, a recent study by Heather Barclay Hamir at the University of Texas at Austin found that the effect of study abroad was particularly pronounced among students with lower freshman G.P.A.s: students with a 2.0 who studied abroad were 30 percent more likely to graduate in four years than nonparticipants, and 45 percent more likely to graduate in five years”

“study abroad is a “high-impact educational practice” that can contribute to increases in student engagement and retention”

“one of the highest-ranked components is, ‘I’ve made new friends that I wouldn’t have made otherwise.’ When you’re connected on a social level on campus it’s harder to leave.”

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/07/10/new-studies-link-study-abroad-time-graduation#sthash.GXygYPn8.dpbs
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