%0 Journal Article %T Analysis of Social, Psychological and Other Factors on College Dropout Rates among African American Students %A Salam Khan %J Advances in Applied Sociology %P 319-326 %@ 2165-4336 %D 2017 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/aasoci.2017.78020 %X This study explored the African American college students¡¯ retention behavior and identifies the effect of different social, psychological and other factors. Randomly selected students from predominant African American university completed the perceived stress scale, self-motivation scale, parental involvement, childhood economic situation, mentorship and drug and alcohol use questionnaire. Non-parametric analyses suggested that higher stress level, childhood poverty, lack of parental involvement or support, without a mentor support and lack of self-motivation increase the likelihood of dropping out from college. This study¡¯s findings have important implications for college retention among African American students. %K Dropout Rate %K Retention %K Psychological Factors %K Social Factors %K African American Students %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=78525