1998 First-Year Student Survey: College Comparisons of Background Characteristics
1998 First-Year Student Survey:
College Comparisons Tables
(Background Characteristics)

Background Characteristics
 * 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

Background Characteristics

Expect financial aid
Financial Aid NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  42.2 38.1 50.0 31.6 37.9 22.7 41.0 33.0 36.4 52.5 53.1 53.8
No %
Yes % 57.8 61.9 50.0 68.4 62.1 77.3 59.0 67.0 63.6 47.5 46.9 46.2

Types of financial aid expected
Academic NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  70.3 68.7 74.3 59.4 63.7 47.7 73.2 46.9 56.8 75.2 85.3 91.8
No %
Yes % 29.7 31.3 25.7 40.6 36.3 52.3 26.8 53.1 43.2 24.8 14.7 8.2

Financial need NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  68.0 63.6 82.4 66.3 67.3 62.5 64.5 72.4 67.4 72.4 70.2 73.2
No %
Yes % 32.0 36.4 17.6 33.7 32.7 37.5 35.5 27.6 32.6 27.6 29.8 26.8

Athletic based NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  97.9 97.6 98.6 98.0 98.8 97.7 97.4 96.9 100.0 98.6 96.3 99.0
No %
Yes % 2.1 2.4 1.4 2.0 1.2 2.3 2.6 3.1 . 1.4 3.7 1.0

Other -- dance, music, etc. NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  98.8 99.2 94.6 97.0 99.0 100.0 99.1 95.9 98.5 99.5 98.8 100.0
No %
Yes % 1.2 0.8 5.4 3.0 1.0 . 0.9 4.1 1.5 0.5 1.2 .

Other aid than listed above NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  88.8 86.9 89.2 80.2 88.4 94.3 84.0 88.8 90.2 91.4 92.1 85.6
No %
Yes % 11.2 13.1 10.8 19.8 11.6 5.7 16.0 11.2 9.8 8.6 7.9 14.4
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Parent/guardian income
Parent/guardian income NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  1.8 1.9 . 5.1 1.9 2.6 2.0 . 0.9 0.5 2.1 1.3
$10,000 or less %
$10,001-$15,000 % 1.8 2.1 1.6 1.3 2.0 . 2.5 . 0.9 1.6 2.1 1.3
$15,001-$20,000 % 2.3 2.8 1.6 5.1 2.0 3.9 1.0 4.5 6.0 2.7 1.4 1.3
$20,001-$25,000 % 3.2 5.6 . 2.5 3.3 1.3 4.4 3.4 3.4 1.6 2.1 2.7
$25,001-$30,000 % 3.8 5.1 . 2.5 3.7 6.6 2.0 5.6 3.4 3.3 3.7 5.3
$30,001-$35,000 % 4.4 4.6 4.8 3.8 4.8 5.3 4.4 3.4 3.4 4.4 3.0 9.3
$35,001-$40,000 % 6.7 7.7 8.1 7.6 6.2 7.9 3.4 10.1 4.3 8.8 6.5 8.0
$40,001-$50,000 % 9.1 9.7 8.1 12.7 9.8 11.8 9.3 6.7 6.0 5.5 8.7 10.7
$50,001-$60,000 % 12.6 11.8 8.1 12.7 14.1 11.8 11.3 9.0 15.5 7.7 11.7 24.0
$60,001-$75,000 % 16.3 13.0 17.7 15.2 17.4 11.8 18.1 20.2 17.2 14.8 17.3 10.7
$75,001-$100,000 % 17.9 18.3 24.2 15.2 17.0 22.4 20.6 21.3 18.1 19.8 17.0 9.3
$100,001-$150,000 % 13.0 9.3 19.4 10.1 12.5 6.6 12.3 11.2 14.7 18.7 16.5 8.0
$150,001-$200,000 % 3.5 4.2 1.6 3.8 3.1 5.3 3.9 3.4 2.6 3.8 3.2 6.7
$200,000 plus % 3.5 3.9 4.8 2.5 2.2 2.6 4.9 1.1 3.4 6.6 4.6 1.3
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Parent/guardian educational attainment
Father/male guardian NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  2.7 2.8 . 5.8 2.7 5.8 0.5 2.1 1.6 2.6 2.4 8.8
Less than high school %
High school grad % 15.4 13.9 9.9 20.9 14.4 17.4 17.2 11.3 14.8 14.4 15.8 30.8
Some college/no degree % 12.2 16.1 7.0 8.1 11.1 12.8 9.8 6.2 18.8 12.9 11.9 14.3
2-4 yr associate degree % 10.3 10.1 4.2 14.0 10.8 9.3 13.0 8.2 13.3 6.7 9.0 17.6
4-year baccalaureate degree % 32.8 29.4 32.4 30.2 34.2 31.4 34.9 37.1 28.9 35.1 34.1 19.8
Some graduate or prof. coursework/no degree % 3.3 4.4 . 3.5 2.7 3.5 3.3 10.3 3.9 4.6 2.7 .
Master's degree % 15.4 15.5 32.4 9.3 15.8 16.3 14.4 15.5 12.5 15.5 15.7 6.6
Doctorate or other professional degree % 7.8 7.7 14.1 8.1 8.1 3.5 7.0 9.3 6.3 8.2 8.3 2.2

Mother/female guardian NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  1.8 1.4 . 2.2 2.3 4.6 0.9 1.0 1.5 0.5 1.9 2.3
Less than high school %
High school grad % 18.5 19.1 8.2 25.8 18.3 19.5 12.3 15.3 16.0 16.6 20.1 31.8
Some college/no degree % 12.9 14.5 6.8 14.0 13.1 4.6 16.9 10.2 16.0 15.1 12.0 5.7
2-4 yr associate degree % 14.9 15.3 11.0 20.4 15.2 18.4 17.8 12.2 9.9 14.1 13.3 20.5
4-year baccalaureate degree % 30.3 25.4 39.7 14.0 30.9 33.3 29.2 43.9 40.5 33.7 29.5 29.5
Some graduate or prof. coursework/no degree % 4.2 4.6 6.8 7.5 3.9 4.6 4.6 7.1 3.1 5.0 3.4 .
Master's degree % 15.3 18.3 26.0 15.1 14.0 13.8 16.4 8.2 12.2 13.6 16.8 8.0
Doctorate or other professional degree % 2.1 1.4 1.4 1.1 2.3 1.1 1.8 2.0 0.8 1.5 3.0 2.3
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First generation students
First Generation NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  89.9 91.4 97.3 81.7 90.0 86.2 93.2 92.9 93.1 90.0 89.3 73.9
Not first gen %
First generation student % 10.1 8.6 2.7 18.3 10.0 13.8 6.8 7.1 6.9 10.0 10.7 26.1

No college: Father/Male guardian NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  81.9 83.3 90.1 73.3 82.9 76.7 82.3 86.6 83.6 83.0 81.7 60.4
No %
Yes % 18.1 16.7 9.9 26.7 17.1 23.3 17.7 13.4 16.4 17.0 18.3 39.6

No college: Mother/Female guardian NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  79.7 79.5 91.8 72.0 79.4 75.9 86.8 83.7 82.4 82.9 78.0 65.9
No %
Yes % 20.3 20.5 8.2 28.0 20.6 24.1 13.2 16.3 17.6 17.1 22.0 34.1
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Household dependents
Number of dependents NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  4.4 4.2 1.4 4.2 4.7 1.1 6.1 4.1 5.4 2.0 3.9 13.0
One %
Two % 11.3 9.5 13.5 13.5 11.5 8.0 11.0 14.3 13.1 9.4 11.0 18.5
Three % 23.2 24.9 25.7 21.9 21.9 17.0 22.4 23.5 23.1 26.7 23.4 26.1
Four % 39.3 40.2 35.1 42.7 38.6 42.0 42.1 31.6 32.3 45.5 40.1 29.3
Five or more % 21.8 21.1 24.3 17.7 23.2 31.8 18.4 26.5 26.2 16.3 21.6 13.0

Number of dependents in college NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  69.2 71.0 61.6 72.9 70.5 60.5 68.4 69.4 76.6 71.1 65.6 71.9
Only self %
2 % 27.2 24.3 38.4 22.9 26.8 37.2 27.1 27.6 20.3 25.9 29.5 27.0
3 or more % 3.6 4.7 . 4.2 2.7 2.3 4.4 3.1 3.1 3.0 4.9 1.1
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Home community size
Home community size NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  18.5 22.2 10.8 21.4 18.6 42.5 11.8 10.2 16.7 15.6 12.7 53.3
Rural area %
Small town % 26.8 27.1 28.4 32.7 25.7 24.1 30.1 20.4 32.6 20.0 26.4 39.1
Moderate city % 29.2 29.7 28.4 18.4 28.9 21.8 27.5 27.6 27.3 33.2 35.2 5.4
Large city % 12.8 10.4 14.9 15.3 12.6 5.7 14.0 22.4 13.6 14.6 14.3 1.1
Urban area % 12.8 10.6 17.6 12.2 14.3 5.7 16.6 19.4 9.8 16.6 11.4 1.1
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Preparation for college
HS prep for college NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  11.3 9.7 6.8 6.0 12.0 19.3 10.0 5.1 14.4 12.4 10.8 19.6
Poorly prepared %
Adequately prepared % 51.4 48.1 40.5 57.0 51.4 54.5 50.6 34.7 59.8 44.3 55.4 62.9
Well prepared % 37.3 42.2 52.7 37.0 36.6 26.1 39.4 60.2 25.8 43.3 33.8 17.5

Self prep for college NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  5.0 3.2 4.1 4.0 6.3 9.1 3.9 3.1 5.3 4.8 5.0 5.2
Poorly prepared %
Adequately prepared % 58.4 54.1 40.5 53.0 58.4 50.0 58.9 42.9 65.9 56.2 64.8 70.1
Well prepared % 36.6 42.8 55.4 43.0 35.3 40.9 37.2 54.1 28.8 39.0 30.1 24.7
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Religious preference
Religious preference NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  28.4 29.4 16.4 29.8 26.9 35.6 23.6 22.1 28.7 26.4 28.7 59.6
Baptist %
Catholic % 11.3 11.2 8.2 9.6 11.3 9.2 15.1 14.7 10.1 12.9 11.6 2.1
Disciples of Christ % 1.0 0.6 1.4 3.2 0.9 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.6 1.5 0.6 1.1
Episcopal % 3.7 3.1 8.2 3.2 3.4 2.3 2.7 6.3 3.9 6.0 4.1 .
Hindu % 0.8 0.6 . . 1.6 . . . . 0.5 0.9 .
Islamic % 0.4 0.8 . . 0.5 . . 1.1 0.8 . 0.5 .
Jewish % 0.8 0.2 1.4 . 0.8 . 2.2 2.1 . 2.0 0.8 .
Latter-Day Saints % 0.6 0.8 . . 0.6 1.1 0.4 . 1.6 0.5 0.5 .
Lutheran % 4.3 5.5 5.5 2.1 4.3 2.3 1.8 4.2 6.2 6.5 3.9 2.1
Methodist % 15.2 17.2 16.4 11.7 12.3 17.2 14.7 14.7 20.2 15.9 17.7 10.6
Moravian % 0.5 . 1.4 1.1 0.5 . . 1.1 . 1.5 0.8 .
Presbyterian % 8.4 7.6 6.8 10.6 7.9 9.2 13.3 2.1 9.3 6.5 8.4 13.8
Unitarian % 0.2 0.4 . . 0.1 . 1.3 . 0.8 . . .
Other % 8.9 9.0 17.8 13.8 10.3 6.9 9.8 12.6 6.2 6.5 6.3 4.3
No preference % 15.5 13.5 16.4 14.9 18.5 14.9 14.2 17.9 10.9 13.4 15.5 6.4
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Disabilities
Legally blind NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  99.6 99.6 100.0 99.0 99.8 100.0 99.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.1 100.0
No %
Yes % 0.4 0.4 . 1.0 0.2 . 0.4 . . . 0.9 .

Mobility impairment NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  99.9 99.8 100.0 99.0 100.0 98.9 100.0 100.0 99.2 100.0 100.0 100.0
No %
Yes % 0.1 0.2 . 1.0 . 1.1 . . 0.8 . . .

Traumatic head injury NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  99.8 99.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.6 100.0 99.2 99.0 100.0 100.0
No %
Yes % 0.2 0.2 . . . . 0.4 . 0.8 1.0 . .

Hard of hearing/deaf NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  99.5 99.6 98.6 100.0 99.6 98.9 100.0 99.0 100.0 99.5 99.3 100.0
No %
Yes % 0.5 0.4 1.4 . 0.4 1.1 . 1.0 . 0.5 0.7 .

Learning disability/ADD NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  97.2 97.8 94.6 98.0 98.0 97.7 96.5 95.9 98.5 96.7 96.5 91.8
No %
Yes % 2.8 2.2 5.4 2.0 2.0 2.3 3.5 4.1 1.5 3.3 3.5 8.2

Psychological NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  99.5 99.2 100.0 99.0 99.8 98.9 100.0 98.0 99.2 99.5 99.6 100.0
No %
Yes % 0.5 0.8 . 1.0 0.2 1.1 . 2.0 0.8 0.5 0.4 .

Other NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  98.4 97.8 98.6 99.0 98.7 97.7 97.8 95.9 98.5 99.0 98.8 97.9
No %
Yes % 1.6 2.2 1.4 1.0 1.3 2.3 2.2 4.1 1.5 1.0 1.2 2.1
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Musical instruments played
Violin/Viola NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  97.7 96.8 95.9 100.0 97.5 96.6 98.3 99.0 96.2 97.6 98.0 100.0
No %
Yes % 2.3 3.2 4.1 . 2.5 3.4 1.7 1.0 3.8 2.4 2.0 .

Cello/Double Bass NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  99.1 99.4 97.3 99.0 98.7 98.9 100.0 99.0 100.0 99.0 99.0 100.0
No %
Yes % 0.9 0.6 2.7 1.0 1.3 1.1 . 1.0 . 1.0 1.0 .

Flute/Piccolo NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  96.1 93.3 91.9 94.1 97.8 100.0 96.1 90.8 97.7 96.7 95.7 100.0
No %
Yes % 3.9 6.7 8.1 5.9 2.2 . 3.9 9.2 2.3 3.3 4.3 .

Oboe/Bassoon NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  99.3 99.2 100.0 99.0 99.4 98.9 98.7 96.9 99.2 99.5 99.4 100.0
No %
Yes % 0.7 0.8 . 1.0 0.6 1.1 1.3 3.1 0.8 0.5 0.6 .

Clarinet/Saxophone NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  91.9 89.1 89.2 87.1 92.5 92.0 90.0 93.9 90.9 94.8 92.9 96.9
No %
Yes % 8.1 10.9 10.8 12.9 7.5 8.0 10.0 6.1 9.1 5.2 7.1 3.1

French Horn/Trumpet/Cornet NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  94.7 94.9 95.9 91.1 93.0 94.3 94.4 93.9 95.5 97.6 96.3 99.0
No %
Yes % 5.3 5.1 4.1 8.9 7.0 5.7 5.6 6.1 4.5 2.4 3.7 1.0

Trombone/Baritone/Euphonium/Tuba NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  96.5 97.2 100.0 98.0 94.5 95.5 96.1 98.0 97.0 98.1 97.6 95.9
No %
Yes % 3.5 2.8 . 2.0 5.5 4.5 3.9 2.0 3.0 1.9 2.4 4.1

Tympani/Mallet/Percussion NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  96.4 96.0 97.3 96.0 96.4 95.5 96.1 92.9 97.7 97.1 96.5 96.9
No %
Yes % 3.6 4.0 2.7 4.0 3.6 4.5 3.9 7.1 2.3 2.9 3.5 3.1

Bagpipes NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  99.7 99.8 100.0 100.0 99.7 98.9 99.1 99.0 99.2 100.0 100.0 99.0
No %
Yes % 0.3 0.2 . . 0.3 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.8 . . 1.0
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Location of future employment
Location of future employ NCSU College/School
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  41.2 36.9 52.7 30.2 43.5 43.7 42.5 39.8 40.9 46.8 41.8 20.7
Anywhere %
In North Carolina % 22.9 25.7 13.5 38.5 20.3 25.3 21.9 18.4 23.5 20.2 20.7 55.4
Outside NC but in USA % 32.4 29.9 29.7 26.0 33.8 31.0 30.3 31.6 34.8 30.5 36.1 21.7
Outside the USA % 0.7 0.4 1.4 1.0 0.8 . 1.3 . 0.8 . 0.9 .
Will not seek employment % 2.8 7.2 2.7 4.2 1.6 . 3.9 10.2 . 2.5 0.6 2.2
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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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