| The primary purpose of this research study was to predict student success in four programs at a technical university. The predictors of success: Scholastic Aptitude Test Verbal (SATV) and mathematics (SATM) scores, high school rank (HR), number of mathematics courses taken in high school (NMC), mathematics grade point average (MGPA), and age were examined to find the relationship with grade point average at the time of graduation (GPA) for each of four degree programs.;Pearson product moment correlation coefficients between GPA and each of the six predictors were computed. For the entire sample, SATM (r =.47, p ;The results of multiple regression analysis indicated that the correlation coefficient was significant for the entire sample (F(6,178) = 14.14, p ;It was recommended that the high school rank be included as an admission criterion in addition to SAT scores. This study could be extended to compare the success rates of students in different programs.;Data was comprised of 254 freshman of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at Daytona Beach in the fall 1982. Of these 254 freshmen, 51 were from the Aeronautical Engineering program, 163 were from the Aeronautical Science program, 25 were from the Computer Science program, and 15 were from the Aviation Management program. |
