Sentences with phrase «stem majors switch»
«One - third of college STEM majors switch fields by graduation.»
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The data, covering 78,000 students at 119 institutions in 2012, showed that 24 % of STEM majors switched their major to a non-STEM field by the end of their freshman year, but 27 % of non-STEM majors switched to STEM fields during the same period.
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«The study, which tracked the students for 6 years, found an attrition rate of 48 % for STEM majors (20 % dropped out and 28 % switched to a non-STEM major).
«Our results indicate that students» intensity of STEM coursework in the first year and their performance in STEM courses may have played an important role in their decision to switch majors.»
One persistent question is: If many of the students who enter STEM degrees and switch majors afterwards are actually passing introductory STEM courses, why are they abandoning their aspirations for STEM?