The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between selected demographic and academic factors, on the one hand, and the persistence rate and academic achievement of community college students, on the other, as well as to examine the predictability of this persistence rate and academic achievement using these selected demographic and academic factors. Specifically, this study was concerned with the predictive power of demographic and academic factors of age, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic status, attendance, tutoring, homework habits, and study time relative to the persistence rate and academic achievement of community college students. The population of this study consisted of community college students enrolled in a large urban community college system in the southern region of the United States. A sample of two hundred twenty-eight (228) community college students was selected to participate in the study. Two multiple regression procedures (Standard Multiple Regression Procedures and the Logistic Regression Technique) were employed in this investigation to test the four hypotheses. Relative to hypotheses one and two, the demographic factors of gender, age, ethnicity and socio-economic status (SES) were found not to be related to the persistence rate and grade point average scores of community college students. In addition, with regard to hypothesis three, the academic factors of attendance, study time, and tutoring had some predictive power with regard to the persistence rate among community college students. Finally, with regard to the predictive power of value of the academic factors relative to the grade point average of community students, hypothesis four was found to be significant. To be sure, study time, tutoring, and attendance were found to be independent predictors of the grade point average scores of community college students. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]