University Prestige and First-Time Undergraduate Migration in the United States.

Abbott, Walter F.; Schmid, Calvin F.

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Publication Date: 1975

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University Prestige and First-Time Undergraduate Migration in the United States

Abbott, Walter F.; Schmid, Calvin F.

Sociology of Education, 48, 2, 168-85, Spr 75

The extent to which university prestige accounted for migration to the major American universities in 1963 is indicated. It was shown that prestige only accounts for a modest proportion of the variation in interstate migration of students. (Author)

Descriptors: College Admission, College Choice, Educational Mobility, Educational Needs, Enrollment Influences, Higher Education, Rating Scales, Relocation, Student Attitudes, Universities

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