Thanks to the seminar audiences at the World Bank DIME-KDI School Development Impact Conference Nov 2023, UC Davis Development Tea May 2023, the CEGA’s Working Group on African Political Economy initiative meeting in Kigali, Rwanda Jun 2022, as well as Bulat Gafarov, Paco Martartorell, and Aleksandr Michuda. We are thankful for the permission granted by the former academic registrar, Mr. Alfred Masikye, to utilize de-identified student records for this research. We received assistance from MUK’s Deputy Academic Registrar Admissions, Mr. Charles Ssentongo, and his team, including Mr. Justus Karegyeya and MUK’s data team. It is important to note that the views expressed in this research are our own and do not represent the stance the institutions where the data used in this paper are from. We acknowledge the support from the UC Davis Henry A. Jastro Graduate Research Award, and the ARE Summer Research funding from the Erika C. H. Meng Award and the Jean Kinsey Graduate Fellowship. This study was reviewed by the UC Davis Institution Review Board. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.