North
Carolina State University
2003 Baccalaureate Alumni Survey:
College Comparisons of Further Education
This Web document reports survey data on college differences in respondents' overall assessment of post-baccalaureate education. Survey results for all respondents are provided in "2003 Baccalaureate Alumni Survey: All Respondents." For information about the survey and analysis methods, see "2003 Baccalaureate Alumni Survey: Introduction, Methods, and Student Demographic Profile." Exact question wording is available on the web or by clicking on the "Q" in the section heading of the tables.
Further
Education
Graduate/professional study status
Interest in graduate/professional
school
Enrollment status
Preparation for graduate/professional
school
Q Current status regarding graduate/professional study
| NCSU | College/School | ||||||||||
| CALS | Design | CED | COE | CNR | CHASS | PAMS | COT | COM | |||
| 63.9 | 54.9 | 69.2 | 63.8 | 65.4 | 79.6 | 59.6 | 54.9 | 65.1 | 73.7 | ||
| Have not applied | % | ||||||||||
| Have applied | % | 4.8 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 7.2 | 4.0 |
| Have been accepted | % | 2.2 | 1.7 | . | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| Curr enrolled | % | 15.1 | 23.7 | 6.8 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 10.6 | 15.6 | 21.8 | 11.8 | 8.6 |
| Already completed | % | 14.1 | 13.8 | 16.2 | 11.6 | 15.1 | 5.6 | 16.6 | 14.1 | 13.8 | 12.7 |
Q Interest in graduate/professional school (among alumni who have not attended and are not currently enrolled)
| NCSU | College/School | ||||||||||
| CALS | Design | CED | COE | CNR | CHASS | PAMS | COT | COM | |||
| Mean | 2.93 | 2.83 | 2.80 | 2.92 | 2.92 | 2.77 | 3.12 | 2.86 | 2.95 | 2.91 | |
| 10.3 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 8.5 | 15.3 | 6.1 | 11.0 | 8.8 | 10.6 | ||
| 1: Not interested | % | ||||||||||
| 2: Low interest | % | 19.6 | 19.6 | 20.2 | 17.6 | 21.9 | 17.8 | 16.7 | 22.0 | 21.9 | 19.3 |
| 3: Mod interest | % | 37.4 | 35.0 | 39.3 | 31.4 | 38.6 | 41.5 | 36.6 | 37.4 | 35.1 | 38.9 |
| 4: High interest | % | 32.7 | 31.1 | 27.0 | 37.3 | 31.0 | 25.4 | 40.7 | 29.7 | 34.2 | 31.2 |
Q Current enrollment status
| NCSU | College/School | ||||||||||
| CALS | Design | CED | COE | CNR | CHASS | PAMS | COT | COM | |||
| 63.9 | 80.4 | 87.5 | 40.0 | 44.6 | 50.0 | 69.6 | 74.2 | 66.7 | 38.6 | ||
| Full time | % | ||||||||||
| Part time | % | 33.2 | 18.8 | 12.5 | 60.0 | 48.9 | 37.5 | 29.3 | 25.8 | 27.8 | 56.8 |
| Do not know | % | 2.9 | 0.7 | . | . | 6.5 | 12.5 | 1.1 | . | 5.6 | 4.5 |
Q Preparation for graduate/professional school (among alumni who are currently enrolled or who have already completed)
| NCSU | College/School | ||||||||||
| CALS | Design | CED | COE | CNR | CHASS | PAMS | COT | COM | |||
| Mean | 4.20 | 4.18 | 4.08 | 4.41 | 4.23 | 4.16 | 4.22 | 4.12 | 4.03 | 4.26 | |
| 0.8 | 0.9 | . | . | 1.1 | . | 1.0 | 2.0 | . | . | ||
| 1: Poor Prep. | % | ||||||||||
| 2: Fair Prep. | % | 2.6 | 1.8 | . | . | 2.6 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 5.4 | 3.7 |
| 3: Average Prep. | % | 12.0 | 12.9 | 25.0 | 5.9 | 12.2 | 16.0 | 9.3 | 13.7 | 18.9 | 8.3 |
| 4: Good Prep. | % | 45.3 | 47.5 | 41.7 | 47.1 | 40.7 | 40.0 | 47.7 | 47.1 | 43.2 | 46.3 |
| 5: Excellent Prep. | % | 39.4 | 36.9 | 33.3 | 47.1 | 43.4 | 40.0 | 39.4 | 35.3 | 32.4 | 41.7 |
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