Initial Evidence on the Influence of College Student Engagement on Early Career Earnings

Shouping Hu; Gregory C. Wolniak

doi:10.1007/s11162-010-9176-1

Initial Evidence on the Influence of College Student Engagement on Early Career Earnings

Shouping Hu, Gregory C. Wolniak

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Using data from three waves of longitudinal surveys of the 2001 freshman cohort of the Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) program, this study examined linkages between student engagement in college activities and early career earnings in the labor market. The results indicated that social engagement was positively related to early career earnings of college graduates while academic engagement was not. When considering students who majored in STEM fields versus those in non-STEM fields, results showed academic engagement to be positively related to early career earnings for non-STEM students but slightly negatively related to earnings in the labor market for STEM students. Social engagement was positive for graduates in the STEM fields but not significant for non-STEM students. Altogether, results show a complex relationship between student engagement and early career earnings. Implications for research and institutional policy are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	750-766
Number of pages	17
Journal	Research in Higher Education
Volume	51
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-010-9176-1
State	Published - Dec 2010

Keywords

Economic returns
Labor market outcomes
Student engagement

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Education

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