Abstract: This study investigated the relationship between five independent variables (high school grade point averages, college entrance exam scores, personality, self-concept and college student satisfaction) and one dependent variable (college grade point average) concerning specially admitted black students at the University of Florida. This study also examined the relationship between college student satisfaction scores for these black students and two other variables, personality and self-concept. Dissertation Discovery Company and University of Florida are dedicated to making scholarly works more discoverable and accessible throughout the world. This dissertation, "Academic and Nonacademic Factors Related to the Attrition Rate of Specially Admitted Black University Freshman Students" by Betty Jean Stewart, was obtained from University of Florida and is being sold with permission from the author. A digital copy of this work may also be found in the university's institutional repository, IR@UF. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation.