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Stone  \nThe George Washington University  \nKarina A . Évora  \nThe George Washington University  \nWhile rural students enter higher education at lower rates than their urban and suburban counterparts, an even smaller number of rural students make the active choice to leave their community and pursue a postsecondary degree in an urban setting. As part of a larger phenomenological study, this article explored the motivating factors for rural students who chose to attend an urban university and how the rural students understood the role of their rural community in their decision to attend an urban institution.  \nPlease direct inquires about this manuscript to: Ashley N. Stone, [ashley_stone@gwu.edu](ashley_stone@gwu.edu)  \nCollege Student Affairs Journal, Volume 39(2), pp. 150-164 ISSN 2381-2338  \nCopyright 2021 Southern Association for College Student Affairs All rights of reproduction in any form reserved.  \n151 College Student Affairs Journal Vol. 39 No. 2, 2021  \nR  \nural Students are a growing population on college and university campuses in the United States (Koricich et al.,  \n2018; Legutko, 2008; NCES, 2014) . With high graduation rates from high school, but matriculation rates into higher education that lag behind their urban and suburban counterparts, some stakeholders in higher education are looking to rural students asan answer to enrollment challenges (Texas A&M, 2014) . Previous research has considered reasons that rural students struggle with the choice to pursue higher education and why they may choose to remain in or near their community if they do pursue a degree (ex. Demi, et al., 2009; Hillman, 2016; Longhurst, 2017) . The current study sought to better understand what factors might motivate those students who do ultimately choose to leave their rural community to pursue their degree in an urban area. Urban institutions interested in enrolling rural students should understand the context rural students are being recruited from and the factors that might motivate rural students to move to an urban area to pursue a degree. Furthermore, understanding the motivations behind rural students’ enrollment decisions may help faculty and staff better meet the needs and expectations of these students once they arrive on an urban campus. Therefore, for the purpose of this study, we examined the research question: What are common factors that motivate rural students to pursue a postsecondary degree in an urban area?  \nCollege Choice for Rural Students  \nCollege choice is described as the process that students experience in the transition from high school to college (Pitreet al., 2006) . Chapman’s (1981) model of student college choice specifies the need to take into account both background and current characteristics of the student, the student’s family, and the characteristics of the college. Hossler and Gallagher’s (1987) model of college choice also identifies both internal and external variables that are  \nnecessary to understand students’ college choice. The internal and external variables intertwine throughout three stages: predisposition, search, and choice (Pitre et al., 2006) . Pitre and colleagues (2006) utilize both of the aforementioned models in their proposed integrated model of college choice that includes behavioral aspects, specifically within the predisposition stage.  \nHillman and Boland (2018) highlight the role of geography in the college choice process, characterizing it as “highly localized”with a majority of students attending public two-year or four-year institutions choosing a school within 25 miles of home, and the largest percentage (41%) of private fouryear institutions coming from within 25 of the institution. The geographic component of college choice can be particularly important for those students with close ties to their community, such as rural students (Longhurst, 2017; Tyler et al., 2011) . 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