The purpose of this program evaluation was to determine if students at a southern public academic health science center receiving a Title V education grant believe peer mentoring is beneficial and promotes student engagement. Two instruments were used for this evaluation. The Student Engagement Instrument -- College Version (SEI-C;Appleton, Christenson, Kim, & Reschly, 2006) was used as a vetting tool for determining the purposeful sample of students with the highest level of student engagement. The second tool, the Medical Student Engagement Interview Questionnaire (MSEIQ; Bicket, Misra, Wright, & Shochet, 2010), was a structured interview protocol used to collect the primary data for the evaluation. The SEI-C consisted of 35 Likert scale and the MESEIQ consisted of 19 interview questions focusing on student engagement factors. An invitation to participate in the evaluation was sent via email through the school's listserv. The email contained the explanation of the study, and invitation to participate, the informed consent process, and an electronic link to participate in the SEI-C. Once the SEI-C data collection ended, the 12 students with the highest student engagement scores were invited to participate in a 30 minute interview about their perception of their peer mentoring experiences in relation to their level of student engagement. Of the 12, eight students agreed to participate the researcher reached saturation at six interviews. Data collected from the study was analyzed using descriptive coding and organized by fieldnotes, holistic coding for the overview, and pattern coding for categorization. The results of this program evaluation indicated that students perceived the peer mentoring program to be beneficial to their development and did promote student engagement. Data collected from the interviews also highlighted the academic progression impact peer mentoring has on fifth semester nursing students and how students engaged more when they were identified as struggling in the classroom. [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.]