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Figures & data

Figure 1. Conceptual model.

Table 1. Regression results for Models 1 to 12. For Models 1 to 3, we report the McFadden R². For Models 4 to 12, we report the adjusted R².

	Dependent variable
	Degree attainment (a)			Timely graduation (b)			Average master’s program grades (c)			Master’s program grades in first year (d)
Model type	Binary Logit			OLS			OLS			OLS
Model number	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)
Average bachelor’s program grades		0.765***	0.545**		0.122***	0.116		0.341***	0.190***		0.383***	0.172***
Cognitive relatedness		−0.147	−3.330		0.008	−0.079		−0.038	−2.188***		−0.019	−3.027***
Gender (1 = Male, 2 = Female)	0.041	−0.146	−0.154	0.081	0.057	0.057	0.152***	0.083***	0.072***	0.139***	0.064**	0.049*
Age	−0.178***	−0.182***	−0.180***	−0.012	−0.009	−0.009	−0.009	−0.001	−0.0003	−0.010	−0.0002	0.0004
Educational background: Bachelor’s degree from the same university	−0.886***	−0.983***	−0.979***	0.238**	0.234*	0.233*	0.095*	0.055	0.027	0.071	0.035	−0.003
Educational background: Bachelor’s degree from the Netherlands	−0.339	−0.365	−0.364	0.351*	0.351*	0.351*	−0.009	−0.026	−0.035	−0.048	−0.061	−0.073
Educational background: International student	0.026	−0.116	−0.110	0.542***	0.494***	0.494***	−0.058	−0.212***	−0.208***	−0.074*	−0.240***	−0.234***
Educational background: University of applied sciences	13.940	13.810	13.815	−0.781	−0.779	−0.780	−0.776**	−0.807***	−0.835***	−0.488	−0.507	−0.545*
Educational background: Pre-master program	14.111	14.110	14.087	0.337	0.342	0.340	0.183*	0.173*	0.132	0.169	0.167	0.109
Master program dummies	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Average bachelor’s program grade * Cognitive relatedness			0.455			0.012			0.296***			0.414***
Intercept	5.746***	0.916	2.430	0.415	1.322***	1.277*	7.564***	5.086***	6.210***	7.373***	4.563***	6.129***
Observations	1,307	1,307	1,307	1,169	1,169	1,169	1,169	1,169	1,169	1,154	1,154	1,154
R^2 (McFadden or adjusted)	0.075	0.101	0.102	0.136	0.141	0.141	0.089	0.265	0.285	0.092	0.283	0.317

* p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01

Figure 2. Plot of correlations between master and bachelor grades for groups with low and high cognitive relatedness.

Table 2. Regression results for additional interaction effects.

	Average master’s program grades		Master’s program grades in first year
Model number	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)
Cognitive relatedness	Low	High	Low	High
Average bachelor’s program grades	0.251***	0.500***	0.247***	0.559***
Gender (1 = Male, 2 = Female)	0.094**	0.040	0.066	0.021
Age	0.001	−0.018*	0.003	−0.014
Educational background: Bachelor’s program from the same university	0.050	−0.571	0.084	NA^1
Educational background: Bachelor’s program from the Netherlands	−0.023	−0.129	0.009	−0.149
Educational background: International student	−0.188***	−0.202***	−0.132**	−0.248***
Educational background: University of applied sciences	−0.637*	NA^1	−0.342	NA^1
Educational background: Pre-master’s program	0.124	0.318	0.207*	0.017
Master’s program	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Intercept	5.604***	4.299***	5.356***	3.660***
Observations	597	681	538	616
Adjusted R^2	0.143	0.392	0.144	0.421

* p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01

1: No. of students with this background, a high cognitive relatedness and the required attained master grade exist in the dataset.