1999 First-Year Student Survey: College Comparisons of Background Characteristics
1999 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

Q Expect financial aid
Expect Financial Aid NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  41.5 42.0 43.4 43.3 35.3 24.2 46.0 20.8 37.8 49.5 50.2 52.9
No %
Yes % 58.5 58.0 56.6 56.7 64.7 75.8 54.0 79.2 62.2 50.5 49.8 47.1
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Q Types of aid expected
Academic aid NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  69.2 64.2 67.5 62.2 62.4 60.6 71.4 35.8 71.4 77.9 84.1 93.4
No %
Yes % 30.8 35.8 32.5 37.8 37.6 39.4 28.6 64.2 28.6 22.1 15.9 6.6

Financial need NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  69.3 72.2 70.0 69.4 68.4 67.6 68.6 60.4 67.3 72.9 69.7 69.7
No %
Yes % 30.7 27.8 30.0 30.6 31.6 32.4 31.4 39.6 32.7 27.1 30.3 30.3

Athletic based NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  98.1 98.7 97.5 100.0 99.1 95.8 99.5 98.1 99.0 99.0 95.1 98.7
No %
Yes % 1.9 1.3 2.5 . 0.9 4.2 0.5 1.9 1.0 1.0 4.9 1.3

Other-dance, music,etc. NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  98.9 99.4 93.8 96.9 98.9 100.0 99.0 97.2 99.0 99.5 99.2 100.0
No %
Yes % 1.1 0.6 6.3 3.1 1.1 . 1.0 2.8 1.0 0.5 0.8 .

Other aid than listed above NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  88.5 87.2 85.0 87.8 89.4 85.9 90.0 91.5 90.8 83.9 88.6 92.1
No %
Yes % 11.5 12.8 15.0 12.2 10.6 14.1 10.0 8.5 9.2 16.1 11.4 7.9
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Q Parent/guardian income
Parent/guardian income NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  1.6 0.7 . 3.6 1.5 1.6 0.6 3.2 1.3 2.3 1.8 5.7
$10,000 or less %
$10,001-$15,000 % 1.2 2.5 1.6 1.2 1.0 1.6 1.2 2.1 1.3 . 0.5 1.9
$15,001-$20,000 % 1.7 2.9 1.6 2.4 1.7 . . 4.3 1.3 1.2 0.9 3.8
$20,001-$25,000 % 2.4 3.4 . 2.4 2.6 1.6 1.8 . 2.6 0.6 3.0 .
$25,001-$30,000 % 3.4 3.2 1.6 4.8 3.1 3.2 3.5 5.3 2.6 4.7 3.4 1.9
$30,001-$35,000 % 3.8 3.2 6.5 8.4 4.2 4.8 4.1 3.2 3.9 2.3 3.2 3.8
$35,001-$40,000 % 5.2 5.4 3.2 6.0 6.0 3.2 4.7 5.3 2.6 4.7 4.8 3.8
$40,001-$50,000 % 8.3 10.1 6.5 4.8 8.5 4.8 5.9 10.6 11.7 5.2 8.0 13.2
$50,001-$60,000 % 13.1 12.3 11.3 12.0 15.3 9.7 10.6 10.6 11.7 12.8 11.9 22.6
$60,001-$75,000 % 15.0 17.4 19.4 8.4 15.4 25.8 15.3 8.5 22.1 11.6 13.2 13.2
$75,001-$100,000 % 19.2 17.9 12.9 18.1 18.9 21.0 20.0 27.7 18.2 16.9 20.6 17.0
$100,001-$150,000 % 14.7 13.3 22.6 19.3 15.0 14.5 15.3 12.8 13.0 17.4 14.2 5.7
$150,001-$200,000 % 5.2 3.9 3.2 4.8 3.3 1.6 9.4 3.2 3.9 11.0 7.5 1.9
$200,000 plus % 5.3 3.7 9.7 3.6 3.7 6.5 7.6 3.2 3.9 9.3 6.9 5.7
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Q Parent/guardian educational attainment
Father/male guardian NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  2.5 3.2 5.3 3.1 1.9 . 1.5 2.9 4.5 1.5 2.8 4.3
Less than high school %
High school grad % 14.2 15.7 6.6 27.1 13.2 11.6 12.2 13.6 19.3 12.8 11.9 34.8
Some college/no degree % 11.0 10.0 5.3 11.5 11.8 8.7 16.8 7.8 10.2 10.8 11.0 4.3
2-4 yr associate degree % 10.9 14.0 6.6 10.4 10.7 20.3 6.1 12.6 11.4 7.7 9.1 26.1
4-year baccalaureate degree % 32.9 30.4 36.8 24.0 34.4 20.3 30.5 32.0 38.6 34.4 35.4 23.2
Some graduate or prof coursework/no degree % 4.0 4.9 6.6 3.1 3.9 2.9 2.0 4.9 2.3 4.6 4.5 .
Masters degree % 15.6 14.0 15.8 11.5 15.8 29.0 18.3 13.6 12.5 17.9 16.0 5.8
Doctorate or other professional degree % 8.9 7.7 17.1 9.4 8.3 7.2 12.7 12.6 1.1 10.3 9.2 1.4

Mother/female guardian NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  1.6 1.7 . 4.1 1.2 . 1.5 2.9 3.4 3.6 1.2 1.5
Less than high school %
High school grad % 15.7 18.4 14.5 13.4 15.9 8.8 12.1 15.4 20.2 16.3 13.1 32.8
Some college/no degree % 12.3 12.6 9.2 22.7 12.1 14.7 12.6 16.3 6.7 8.2 12.3 11.9
2-4 yr associate degree % 16.4 17.5 13.2 22.7 15.5 14.7 16.7 12.5 23.6 16.3 15.6 22.4
4-year baccalaureate degree % 33.0 29.7 42.1 21.6 33.3 39.7 33.8 26.9 32.6 36.2 35.8 20.9
Some graduate or prof coursework/no degree % 3.6 2.4 6.6 3.1 3.5 2.9 5.6 6.7 3.4 2.6 3.9 .
Masters degree % 14.9 14.3 10.5 10.3 16.1 17.6 13.1 17.3 10.1 13.8 16.0 10.4
Doctorate or other professional degree % 2.5 3.4 3.9 2.1 2.3 1.5 4.5 1.9 . 3.1 2.2 .
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First Generation Students
First Generation NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  92.1 90.9 97.4 90.7 92.9 97.1 94.0 89.4 85.4 90.9 93.5 80.0
Not first gen %
First generation student % 7.9 9.1 2.6 9.3 7.1 2.9 6.0 10.6 14.6 9.1 6.5 20.0

No college: Father/male guardian NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  83.3 81.1 88.2 69.8 84.9 88.4 86.3 83.5 76.1 85.6 85.3 60.9
No %
Yes % 16.7 18.9 11.8 30.2 15.1 11.6 13.7 16.5 23.9 14.4 14.7 39.1

No college: Mother/female guardian NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  82.7 79.9 85.5 82.5 83.0 91.2 86.4 81.7 76.4 80.1 85.7 65.7
No %
Yes % 17.3 20.1 14.5 17.5 17.0 8.8 13.6 18.3 23.6 19.9 14.3 34.3
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Q Household Dependents
Number of dependents NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  3.6 3.4 1.3 1.0 3.3 4.3 3.0 1.9 3.3 4.6 4.8 4.3
One %
Two % 11.9 9.8 10.7 9.4 14.3 7.2 9.5 12.4 7.8 15.4 11.8 5.8
Three % 22.0 23.7 17.3 30.2 21.1 14.5 27.0 20.0 20.0 22.6 20.2 30.4
Four % 39.6 39.2 44.0 33.3 41.6 40.6 33.5 46.7 42.2 36.9 38.8 39.1
Five or more % 22.9 23.9 26.7 26.0 19.8 33.3 27.0 19.0 26.7 20.5 24.5 20.3

Number of dep. in college NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  68.5 67.5 63.9 76.0 70.6 63.8 65.8 78.6 65.2 72.8 63.6 76.9
Only self %
Two % 28.2 29.5 33.3 20.8 26.1 30.4 31.7 18.4 31.5 25.1 32.3 21.5
Three or more % 3.3 3.0 2.8 3.1 3.4 5.8 2.5 2.9 3.4 2.1 4.1 1.5
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Q Home community size
Home community size NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  17.9 29.3 6.9 20.6 18.7 30.4 11.5 13.3 14.9 10.2 10.2 51.5
Rural area %
Small town % 24.8 20.9 20.8 28.9 27.2 30.4 20.5 23.8 29.9 21.8 24.6 31.8
Moderate city % 28.1 26.1 30.6 26.8 25.5 18.8 28.0 33.3 34.5 29.4 33.4 13.6
Large city % 12.3 12.2 13.9 11.3 11.1 10.1 14.0 13.3 10.3 14.7 14.4 .
Urban area % 16.9 11.5 27.8 12.4 17.6 10.1 26.0 16.2 10.3 23.9 17.3 3.0
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Q Preparation for college
HS prep for college NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  9.6 9.6 7.5 6.1 10.9 12.7 8.1 4.7 12.2 6.5 9.1 14.5
Poorly prepared %
Adequately prepared % 48.3 47.5 41.3 52.0 46.8 60.6 42.9 42.5 62.2 43.7 50.3 64.5
Well prepared % 42.1 42.9 51.3 41.8 42.2 26.8 49.0 52.8 25.5 49.7 40.6 21.1

Self prep for college NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  4.7 3.4 2.5 2.0 4.8 4.2 4.8 1.9 8.2 2.5 5.5 15.8
Poorly prepared %
Adequately prepared % 52.9 53.7 42.5 49.0 52.1 62.0 46.9 43.4 59.8 51.5 55.7 67.1
Well prepared % 42.4 43.0 55.0 49.0 43.1 33.8 48.3 54.7 32.0 46.0 38.8 17.1
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Q Religious preference
Religious preference NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  26.8 28.1 9.7 33.3 26.2 28.6 20.0 25.7 35.2 24.6 26.5 50.7
Baptist %
Catholic % 12.6 13.0 11.1 14.0 12.4 10.0 13.5 11.9 15.4 12.6 13.5 2.9
Disciples of Christ % 0.9 1.1 . . 1.3 1.4 0.5 . . 1.0 0.8 1.4
Episcopal % 3.5 3.6 4.2 5.4 2.2 1.4 5.0 4.0 2.2 4.2 4.6 2.9
Hindu % 0.7 0.4 . . 1.4 . . . . 1.0 0.5 .
Islamic % 0.3 0.6 . 1.1 0.2 . 0.5 . . 0.5 0.3 .
Jewish % 0.7 0.6 2.8 2.2 0.5 . 1.5 . . . 1.1 .
Latter-Day Saints % 0.4 0.4 . . 0.5 1.4 0.5 . . . 0.3 .
Lutheran % 3.6 3.8 4.2 2.2 4.0 2.9 3.5 2.0 3.3 3.1 3.3 5.8
Methodist % 16.5 16.4 18.1 15.1 15.9 24.3 16.0 11.9 16.5 20.4 16.0 20.3
Moravian % 0.3 0.2 1.4 . 0.2 . . 1.0 . 0.5 0.3 .
Presbyterian % 9.0 10.2 4.2 7.5 7.1 11.4 11.0 9.9 6.6 12.6 10.4 5.8
Unitarian % 0.6 0.2 1.4 . 0.5 . . 2.0 . 2.1 0.8 .
Other % 8.6 7.0 15.3 10.8 9.7 8.6 12.0 11.9 6.6 5.2 7.4 4.3
No preference % 15.4 14.3 27.8 8.6 17.8 10.0 16.0 19.8 14.3 12.0 14.3 5.8
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Q Disabilities
Legally blind NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  99.7 99.6 100.0 100.0 99.7 100.0 99.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.7 100.0
No %
Yes % 0.3 0.4 . . 0.3 . 1.0 . . . 0.3 .

Mobility impairment NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  99.8 99.8 100.0 100.0 99.8 100.0 99.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.7
No %
Yes % 0.2 0.2 . . 0.2 . 0.5 . . . . 1.3

Traumatic head injury NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  99.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.8 100.0 99.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.8 100.0
No %
Yes % 0.2 . . . 0.2 . 1.0 . . . 0.2 .

Hard of hearing/deaf NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  99.7 99.8 100.0 100.0 99.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.0 99.5 99.5 100.0
No %
Yes % 0.3 0.2 . . 0.3 . . . 1.0 0.5 0.5 .

Learning disability/ADD NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  97.5 98.5 98.8 100.0 97.0 97.2 98.1 94.3 98.0 97.5 98.2 88.2
No %
Yes % 2.5 1.5 1.3 . 3.0 2.8 1.9 5.7 2.0 2.5 1.8 11.8

Psychological NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  99.5 99.8 100.0 99.0 99.5 100.0 98.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.2 100.0
No %
Yes % 0.5 0.2 . 1.0 0.5 . 1.9 . . . 0.8 .

Other NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  98.5 98.3 100.0 99.0 98.2 98.6 97.6 99.1 100.0 98.5 98.9 97.4
No %
Yes % 1.5 1.7 . 1.0 1.8 1.4 2.4 0.9 . 1.5 1.1 2.6
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Q Musical instruments played
Violin/Viola NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  97.2 97.1 98.8 98.0 97.2 97.2 95.2 93.4 96.9 97.5 98.2 98.7
No %
Yes % 2.8 2.9 1.3 2.0 2.8 2.8 4.8 6.6 3.1 2.5 1.8 1.3

Cello/Double Bass NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  99.2 99.0 100.0 100.0 99.0 98.6 99.5 99.1 99.0 99.5 99.2 100.0
No %
Yes % 0.8 1.0 . . 1.0 1.4 0.5 0.9 1.0 0.5 0.8 .

Flute/Piccolo NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  96.6 94.1 98.8 99.0 97.3 98.6 94.3 92.5 96.9 96.5 97.4 100.0
No %
Yes % 3.4 5.9 1.3 1.0 2.7 1.4 5.7 7.5 3.1 3.5 2.6 .

Oboe/Bassoon NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  99.3 99.6 100.0 99.0 99.2 97.2 99.0 97.2 98.0 100.0 99.8 100.0
No %
Yes % 0.7 0.4 . 1.0 0.8 2.8 1.0 2.8 2.0 . 0.2 .

Clarinet/Saxophone NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  92.4 86.8 96.3 90.8 93.2 95.8 94.3 89.6 94.9 89.9 94.2 97.4
No %
Yes % 7.6 13.2 3.8 9.2 6.8 4.2 5.7 10.4 5.1 10.1 5.8 2.6

French Horn/Trumpet/Cornet NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  95.2 96.4 96.3 94.9 93.2 97.2 95.2 93.4 91.8 98.0 97.0 97.4
No %
Yes % 4.8 3.6 3.8 5.1 6.8 2.8 4.8 6.6 8.2 2.0 3.0 2.6

Trombone/Baritone/Euphonium/Tuba NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  96.5 97.9 98.8 98.0 94.9 94.4 98.1 91.5 100.0 95.5 97.4 97.4
No %
Yes % 3.5 2.1 1.3 2.0 5.1 5.6 1.9 8.5 . 4.5 2.6 2.6

Tympani/Mallet/Percussion NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  95.7 94.8 95.0 98.0 95.1 93.0 95.7 96.2 98.0 97.5 96.2 98.7
No %
Yes % 4.3 5.2 5.0 2.0 4.9 7.0 4.3 3.8 2.0 2.5 3.8 1.3

Bagpipes NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  99.6 99.6 100.0 100.0 99.6 100.0 99.5 99.1 98.0 100.0 99.7 98.7
No %
Yes % 0.4 0.4 . . 0.4 . 0.5 0.9 2.0 . 0.3 1.3
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Q Location of future employment
Loc of future employ NCSU SCH
CALS Design CEP COE CFR CHASS PAMS COT COM FYC AGI
  39.9 38.2 69.4 17.5 43.7 34.8 45.5 32.4 53.4 42.6 35.1 20.9
Anywhere %
In North Carolina % 18.8 22.8 9.7 35.1 17.2 24.6 17.2 9.5 17.0 22.1 13.4 56.7
Outside NC but in USA % 30.8 27.5 20.8 19.6 37.2 33.3 28.8 21.9 25.0 31.8 30.4 19.4
Outside the USA % 0.6 0.4 . 1.0 0.5 . 2.0 1.0 . . 0.8 .
Will not seek employment % 9.9 11.1 . 26.8 1.3 7.2 6.6 35.2 4.5 3.6 20.2 3.0
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For more information on the 1999 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: April, 2000

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