Abstract
The academic achievement of students has been a focus of
social research for decades. Yet little attention has been
paid to social capital and its importance as a university
context factor for academic success. We examine whether
social capital has effects on students’ academic achievement.
The population of this study consisted of all senior agricultural
students of Razi University at Iran (N=257), that 154 of them
were selected as the sample using the proportionate stratified
sampling method. The main instrument in this study was a
questionnaire which its validity was confirmed by a panel of
experts and its reliability was established by Cronbach's Alpha
coefficient (α>0.70). Data was analyzed by SPSSWin22 and
LISREL 8.80 software in two phases of descriptive and
inferential statistics. Results of structural equation modeling
indicated that social capital was the main predictor of agricultural
students’ academic achievement. Findings of this study can
have practical implications concerning agricultural students’
academic achievement for higher agricultural education mangers,
planners and educators.