PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — A recent study at Washington State University found that freshmen who were enrolled in science and engineering programs, were members of fraternities or sororities or were varsity athletes had higher graduation rates than other students.
The study was of 6,000 WSU students who enrolled as freshmen in Pullman in the fall of either 2002 or 2003.
All other influences being equal, the study found students enrolled in science or engineering or involved in Greek life were nearly three times as likely to graduate within five or six years of their initial enrollment as students who were not.
Varsity athletes were more than twice as likely as non-athletes to graduate within five or six years.
