STEM Magnet High Schools and Student Intent to Declare a STEM Major

Abstract

This study employed design-based logistic regression to examine the extent to which attending a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) magnet high school, school demographics, and student-level factors explain a student’s intent to declare a STEM major in the first semester of college. The results show only student-level factors are statistically significantly associated with a student’s likelihood of intending to declare a STEM major.

Keywords:

• College major choice
• HSLS:09
• magnet high schools
• social cognitive career theory
• STEM education

Additional information

Funding

The research reported here was partially supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R305B170009 to Peabody College at Vanderbilt University. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education.