The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to describe the attributes of mentorship that are beneficial from a student's perspective and how those attributes may influence the student's ability to achieve degree completion. The Pathways to Mentoring Influence model guided the study and aided in the development of the research questions: How do mentored college graduates describe the mentoring relationship and its influence on their ability to achieve degree completion? How do mentored college graduates describe the trust and empathy expressed that allowed the relationship to develop and their influence on their ability to achieve degree completion? How do mentored college graduates describe mentorship influences on their social-emotional, cognitive, and identity development and their influence on their ability to achieve degree completion? How do mentored college graduates describe mentorship influences on their personal development leading to character, social, and academic competence and their influence on their ability to achieve degree completion? Data was collected via interviews with 11 participants and two, three participant, focus groups. To qualify to participate in the study, participants needed to be college graduates who were mentored in the United States. Eight themes were identified to describe the attributes of mentorship that are beneficial from a student's perspective and how those attributes may influence the student's ability to achieve degree completion. These findings include the characteristics seen as valuable by the protege, support from the mentor, a sense of security felt through mentorship, actions that led to the development of trust, the development of the protege, ability to view obstacles as opportunities, growth in self-efficacy, and practical areas of growth as a result of mentorship. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]