North Carolina State University
2010 First-Year Student Survey:
College Comparisons
Paying for College
This document reports college differences in how respondents say they plan to pay for college-related expenses, their experiences with the financial aid process, and what types of financial aid they are receiving. For information about the survey and analysis methods see "2010 First-Year Student Survey: Introduction, Methods, and Student Demographic Profile". Exact question wording is available on the web or by clicking on the "Q" next to the table heading.
Sources to Cover Educational Expenses | Financial Aid | Satisfaction with Financial Aid Process
| Family resources (parents, relatives, spouce, etc.) | NCSU | College/School | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALS | CED | CHASS | CNR | COE | COM | COT | Design | FYC | PAMS | ||
| None | 12.6% | 13.3% | 15.3% | 14.0% | 13.1% | 11.9% | 9.6% | 10.1% | 11.5% | 12.3% | 16.4% |
| Less than $1,000 | 12.6% | 14.0% | 12.2% | 16.7% | 10.3% | 16.1% | 7.0% | 6.4% | 14.8% | 8.4% | 10.2% |
| $1,000-$2,999 | 13.0% | 12.5% | 12.2% | 16.7% | 13.1% | 12.5% | 11.4% | 15.6% | 13.1% | 12.5% | 12.5% |
| $3,000-$5,999 | 13.2% | 12.9% | 12.2% | 10.2% | 14.0% | 12.9% | 12.7% | 12.8% | 9.8% | 16.3% | 14.8% |
| $6,000-$9,999 | 13.7% | 12.7% | 14.3% | 14.4% | 14.0% | 14.2% | 18.3% | 10.1% | 16.4% | 12.3% | 11.7% |
| $10,000 or more | 34.9% | 34.5% | 33.7% | 28.0% | 35.5% | 32.3% | 41.0% | 45.0% | 34.4% | 38.2% | 34.4% |
| Total (N) | 2,696 | 542 | 98 | 264 | 107 | 703 | 229 | 109 | 61 | 455 | 128 |
| My own resources (savings from work, other income) | NCSU | College/School | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALS | CED | CHASS | CNR | COE | COM | COT | Design | FYC | PAMS | ||
| None | 34.4% | 33.5% | 34.8% | 29.5% | 34.3% | 36.4% | 36.8% | 35.2% | 37.5% | 32.6% | 36.3% |
| Less than $1,000 | 41.1% | 43.3% | 43.5% | 42.2% | 37.1% | 39.3% | 37.7% | 34.3% | 35.7% | 46.0% | 37.1% |
| $1,000-$2,999 | 17.7% | 14.3% | 19.6% | 21.1% | 21.0% | 17.3% | 17.9% | 24.8% | 21.4% | 16.2% | 20.2% |
| $3,000-$5,999 | 3.6% | 4.3% | . | 4.0% | 3.8% | 4.4% | 5.2% | 1.0% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 4.0% |
| $6,000-$9,999 | 1.6% | 2.4% | 2.2% | 1.2% | 2.9% | 1.2% | 0.5% | 1.9% | . | 1.6% | 2.4% |
| $10,000 or more | 1.6% | 2.2% | . | 2.0% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 1.9% | 2.9% | 3.6% | 1.6% | . |
| Total (N) | 2,557 | 510 | 92 | 251 | 105 | 676 | 212 | 105 | 56 | 426 | 124 |
| Aid that does not need to be repaid (grants, scholarships, military funding, etc.) | NCSU | College/School | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALS | CED | CHASS | CNR | COE | COM | COT | Design | FYC | PAMS | ||
| None | 28.8% | 22.4% | 21.9% | 25.6% | 26.9% | 28.5% | 36.3% | 39.6% | 24.6% | 34.8% | 28.8% |
| Less than $1,000 | 9.7% | 9.4% | 8.3% | 7.6% | 10.2% | 8.9% | 10.2% | 10.4% | 19.3% | 11.1% | 9.6% |
| $1,000-$2,999 | 15.3% | 19.5% | 11.5% | 11.5% | 22.2% | 15.6% | 14.4% | 7.5% | 12.3% | 13.4% | 17.6% |
| $3,000-$5,999 | 13.1% | 15.9% | 12.5% | 10.7% | 11.1% | 11.1% | 14.4% | 20.8% | 21.1% | 12.2% | 10.4% |
| $6,000-$9,999 | 11.0% | 9.6% | 25.0% | 14.9% | 8.3% | 13.0% | 8.8% | 7.5% | 10.5% | 7.6% | 8.0% |
| $10,000 or more | 22.2% | 23.2% | 20.8% | 29.8% | 21.3% | 23.0% | 15.8% | 14.2% | 12.3% | 21.0% | 25.6% |
| Total (N) | 2,612 | 522 | 96 | 262 | 108 | 687 | 215 | 106 | 57 | 434 | 125 |
| Aid that must be repaid (loans, etc.) | NCSU | College/School | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALS | CED | CHASS | CNR | COE | COM | COT | Design | FYC | PAMS | ||
| None | 47.2% | 46.7% | 46.8% | 41.0% | 51.4% | 49.9% | 51.2% | 49.0% | 43.6% | 44.6% | 47.2% |
| Less than $1,000 | 4.7% | 6.7% | 4.3% | 5.1% | 3.7% | 3.9% | 2.3% | 2.9% | 10.9% | 4.2% | 5.6% |
| $1,000-$2,999 | 14.5% | 13.3% | 12.8% | 18.0% | 13.1% | 14.6% | 14.9% | 9.6% | 16.4% | 16.0% | 12.8% |
| $3,000-$5,999 | 19.4% | 18.0% | 23.4% | 20.7% | 15.9% | 20.2% | 18.6% | 16.3% | 16.4% | 19.2% | 23.2% |
| $6,000-$9,999 | 6.8% | 6.7% | 8.5% | 8.6% | 10.3% | 5.8% | 5.1% | 11.5% | 9.1% | 5.4% | 8.0% |
| $10,000 or more | 7.3% | 8.5% | 4.3% | 6.6% | 5.6% | 5.7% | 7.9% | 10.6% | 3.6% | 10.6% | 3.2% |
| Total (N) | 2,559 | 505 | 94 | 256 | 107 | 672 | 215 | 104 | 55 | 426 | 125 |
| Other than above | NCSU | College/School | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALS | CED | CHASS | CNR | COE | COM | COT | Design | FYC | PAMS | ||
| None | 93.8% | 94.3% | 86.8% | 93.7% | 91.0% | 94.2% | 94.9% | 94.6% | 95.2% | 93.8% | 93.2% |
| Less than $1,000 | 2.8% | 2.2% | 4.4% | 3.1% | 3.8% | 3.0% | 0.7% | 2.7% | 4.8% | 3.4% | 2.3% |
| $1,000-$2,999 | 1.7% | 1.4% | 7.4% | 1.0% | 2.6% | 1.7% | 2.2% | 2.7% | . | 1.0% | 1.1% |
| $3,000-$5,999 | 0.9% | 1.1% | . | 1.6% | . | 0.7% | 1.4% | . | . | 0.3% | 2.3% |
| $6,000-$9,999 | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1.5% | . | . | 0.2% | . | . | . | . | . |
| $10,000 or more | 0.6% | 0.5% | . | 0.5% | 2.6% | 0.2% | 0.7% | . | . | 1.4% | 1.1% |
| Total (N) | 1,878 | 368 | 68 | 191 | 78 | 539 | 138 | 74 | 42 | 292 | 88 |
| Self or parents/guardians submitted FAFSA | NCSU | College/School | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALS | CED | CHASS | CNR | COE | COM | COT | Design | FYC | PAMS | ||
| Yes | 79.2% | 80.6% | 84.0% | 83.0% | 72.1% | 82.2% | 73.0% | 73.0% | 83.6% | 76.0% | 77.7% |
| No | 15.0% | 14.2% | 14.0% | 11.8% | 15.3% | 13.6% | 21.9% | 19.1% | 11.5% | 15.8% | 16.9% |
| Don't know/Don't remember | 5.8% | 5.2% | 2.0% | 5.2% | 12.6% | 4.3% | 5.1% | 7.8% | 4.9% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Total (N) | 2,780 | 557 | 100 | 271 | 111 | 723 | 237 | 115 | 61 | 475 | 130 |
| College/School | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCSU | CALS | CED | CHASS | CNR | COE | COM | COT | Design | FYC | PAMS | |
| Academic/Merit scholarship or grant | 42.7% | 48.7% | 56.0% | 46.9% | 39.8% | 46.2% | 31.0% | 34.7% | 47.6% | 33.3% | 41.4% |
| Need-based scholarship or grant | 39.2% | 37.1% | 43.0% | 48.0% | 37.2% | 40.0% | 35.1% | 34.7% | 31.7% | 38.3% | 42.9% |
| Federal or state loans (incl. non-need and/or need-based) | 42.3% | 41.1% | 43.0% | 49.1% | 39.8% | 41.9% | 39.3% | 44.1% | 38.1% | 41.6% | 46.6% |
| Athletic aid | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2.0% | 0.4% | 1.8% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 3.2% | 2.3% | 0.8% |
| Veterans/ROTC/Private scholarship or grant | 4.3% | 3.0% | 7.0% | 8.8% | 4.4% | 4.2% | 4.2% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 4.1% | 3.8% |
| Private loan | 5.5% | 6.5% | 3.0% | 4.8% | 5.3% | 5.7% | 4.6% | 7.6% | 1.6% | 4.5% | 8.3% |
| Other | 7.9% | 10.4% | 10.0% | 8.1% | 12.4% | 6.2% | 5.9% | 8.5% | 7.9% | 7.6% | 5.3% |
| No financial aid at all | 27.2% | 23.0% | 18.0% | 22.7% | 26.5% | 26.8% | 33.9% | 32.2% | 28.6% | 32.9% | 26.3% |
| Total (N) | 2,837 | 569 | 100 | 273 | 113 | 743 | 239 | 118 | 63 | 486 | 133 |
Back to Top Q Satisfaction with financial aid process
| Satisfaction with NC State financial aid process | NCSU | College/School | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALS | CED | CHASS | CNR | COE | COM | COT | Design | FYC | PAMS | ||
| Mean Rating | 3.10 | 3.15 | 3.13 | 3.24 | 2.98 | 3.03 | 3.05 | 3.08 | 2.96 | 3.15 | 3.06 |
| 4: Very satisfied | 30.5% | 32.7% | 28.6% | 40.6% | 21.6% | 25.4% | 28.4% | 31.3% | 29.2% | 34.4% | 28.6% |
| 3: Moderately satisfied | 53.4% | 53.1% | 57.1% | 44.7% | 60.2% | 57.0% | 55.7% | 49.4% | 47.9% | 50.4% | 56.1% |
| 2: Moderately dissatisfied | 11.6% | 10.5% | 13.1% | 12.3% | 12.5% | 13.1% | 8.0% | 15.7% | 12.5% | 11.3% | 8.2% |
| 1: Very dissatisfied | 4.4% | 3.7% | 1.2% | 2.3% | 5.7% | 4.5% | 8.0% | 3.6% | 10.4% | 3.9% | 7.1% |
| Total (N) | 2,209 | 456 | 84 | 219 | 88 | 602 | 176 | 83 | 48 | 355 | 98 |
Dr. Nancy Whelchel, Associate Director for Survey Research
Office of Institutional Planning and Research
Box 7002
NCSU
Phone: (919) 515-4184
Email: Nancy_Whelchel@ncsu.edu
Posted: January 2011
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