1998 First-Year Student Survey:
College Comparisons
Introduction
This Web document points to tables reporting the frequency distributions of responses by college to questions in the 1998 First-Year Survey. You can use the index below to link to web tables of college comparisons by topic, or directly download an excel file of results by college for all survey items. Survey results for all respondents are provided in "1998 First-Year Student Survey: All Respondents." For information about the survey and analysis methods see "1998 First-Year Student Survey: Introduction, Methods, and Student Demographic Profile."
The number of first-year students responding from each college varies widely. As noted in the introductory report on the survey's methods, both the actual number of respondents and the response rate effects the margin of error of the results reported. Table 1 below provides information on the number and proportion of students responding to the survey from each college, as well as the response rate and margin of error for the college. The margin of error in results reported for individual colleges in the 1998 First-Year Student Survey ranges from +0.3 percent in Engineering to +3.1 percent in the Agricultural Institute. When looking at reported response distributions, it is important to keep the college margin of error in mind.
Table 1: Response Rate and Margin of Error by Academic Unit
|
First-Year Class |
Survey Respondents |
Response rate |
Margin of Error |
|||
|
Academic Unit |
% |
N |
% |
N |
||
|
Agriculture |
15.0% |
567 |
15.6% |
505 |
89.1% |
.5% |
|
Design |
2.2% |
83 |
2.3% |
74 |
89.2% |
1.2% |
|
Education and Psychology |
3.1% |
119 |
3.1% |
101 |
84.9% |
1.5% |
|
Engineering |
30.0% |
1,134 |
31.1% |
1,009 |
89.0% |
.3% |
|
Forest Resources |
2.8% |
106 |
2.7% |
88 |
83.0% |
1.8% |
|
Humanities and Social Sciences |
7.2% |
274 |
7.1% |
231 |
84.3% |
1.0% |
|
Management |
6.8% |
259 |
6.5% |
210 |
81.1% |
1.3% |
|
Physical and Mathematical Sciences |
3.1% |
119 |
3.0% |
98 |
82.4% |
1.8% |
|
Textiles |
3.8% |
144 |
4.1% |
132 |
91.7% |
.7% |
|
First-Year College |
22.1% |
837 |
21.4% |
695 |
83.0% |
.6% |
|
Agricultural Institute |
3.7% |
141 |
3.0% |
97 |
68.8% |
3.1% |
|
Total |
100.0% |
3,783 |
100.0% |
3,240 |
85.5% |
.3% |
Index of Results of College Comparisons by Topic
Background and Interests:
Financial aid | Parent/guardian income | Parent/guardian educational attainment | First Generation Students | Household dependents | Home community size | Preparation for college | Religious preference | Disabilities | Musical instruments played | Location of future employment |
Evaluation of the Application Process:
Number of colleges applied to | Factors influencing decision to attend NCSU | Most influential factor in decision to attend NCSU | Satisfaction with admissions process | Contacts during the admissions process |
Educational Intents and Interests:
Interest in co-curricular activities | Enrollment status | Reasons for less than 15 cr. hrs. | Intended time to complete Bachelor's degree | Highest level of education planned | Goal/objective for attending NCSU | Certainty of college major | Semester employment |
Goals for Undergraduate Education:
Current Development: General education goals | Personal development goals | World view goals |
Goal Importance: General education goals | Personal development goals | World view goals |
For more information on the 1998 First-Year Student Survey
contact:
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: May, 2000
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