The effects of undergraduate nursing student–faculty interaction outside the classroom on college grade point average

BackgroundThe effects of student–faculty interactions in higher education have received considerable empirical attention. However, there has been no empirical study that has examined the relation between student–faculty interaction and college grade point average.PurposeThis is aimed at identifying the effect of nursing student–faculty interaction outside the classroom on students’ semester college grade point average at a public university in Jordan.MethodsThe research was cross-sectional study of the effect of student–faculty interaction outside the classroom on the students’ semester college grade point average of participating juniors and seniors.ResultsTotal interaction of the students was crucial as it is extremely significant (t = 16.2, df = 271, P ≤ 0.001) in relation to students’ academic scores between those students who had ≥70 and those who had <70 academic scores. However, gender differences between students, and other variables were not significant either to affect students’ academic scores or students’ interaction.ConclusionThis study provides some evidence that student–faculty interactions outside classrooms are significantly associated with student’s academically achievements.