대학생 중도탈락에 영향을 주는 고등교육기관 요인 분석

초록

This study aims to identify variables related to higher education institutions that significantly affect the dropout rate in college students. To this end, 2022 data was collected from the college alert site operated by the Ministry of Education and the Korea Council for Higher Education, and two waves of multiple regression analyses were collected using the dependent variable “dropout rate” and seven independent variables (average tuition, scholarships per student, competition rate, number of students per full-time faculty member, secured teaching position, grade point average (percentage), and employment rate). The first analysis was conducted on all 219 universities selected for the study, categorized by institutional type (public, private) and region (metropolitan, non-metropolitan), and the second analysis was conducted by crossing institutional type and region, and reclassifying them into four categories. The findings are as follows. First, “grade point average (-)” was the only variable that significantly affected the dropout rate in college students in schools classified as public in the first analysis and those classified as public in the metropolitan area in the second analysis. Second, “competition rate” and “secured school site” were the variables that affected the dropout rate in college students in all analyses except in the case of public universities. Third, “scholarship per student” was found to be a negative factor related to the dropout rate in the case of private universities in the metropolitan area. Fourth, the variables “number of students per full-time faculty member” and “employment rate” did not show any statistical effect in this study. Discussion of the findings and suggestions for future research on college student dropout are presented in the conclusion.

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