Factors contributing to university dropout: a review Lorenzo Quiles, Oswaldo Galdón López, Samuel Lendínez Turón, Ana Higher education University dropout Retention University community Students Introduction: Dropout is one of the problems that the university education system has to face every year. The educational community is involved in the reasons for its trajectory as a social problem, which does not exempt any student in the world. Its study and improvement of the education system is a key element in changing the course of university dropout and alleviating its rapid growth in society. Methodology: Using a quantitative and qualitative methodology, an attempt is made to provide answers to the objectives pursued by the research. Objectives: To analyze student satisfaction, to specify the causes of dropout, and to determine the most appropriate authors on dropout by means of literature and different databases. Conclusions: It is concluded that, are five main major components would be behind university dropout: student adaptation, personality, socio-economic level, teacher–student relationship, and quality in university education. With them come certain sub-causes that must be taken into account for a better understanding of the reasons for university dropout, such as demotivation, low self-esteem, frustration, pregnancy, among others, reasons why their study is essential for their future eradication. 2023-07-25T10:18:24Z 2023-07-25T10:18:24Z 2023-03-15 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Lorenzo-Quiles O, Galdón-López S and Lendínez-Turón A (2023) Factors contributing to university dropout: a review. Front. Educ. 8:1159864. [doi: 10.3389/feduc.2023.1159864] https://hdl.handle.net/10481/83974 10.3389/feduc.2023.1159864 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución 4.0 Internacional Frontiers