This Web document points to tables reporting the frequency distributions of responses by college to questions in the 2000 Graduating Senior 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 "2000 Graduating Senior Survey: All Respondents." For information about the survey and analysis methods see "2000 Graduating Senior Survey: Introduction, Methods, and Student Demographic Profile." Exact question wording is available on the web, or by clicking on the survey item number in the tables.
The number of seniors 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 2000 Graduating Senior Survey range from +1.3 percent in the College of Management and the College of Engineering to +8.1 percent in the College of Natural Resources. 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
Academic Unit |
Senior |
Survey |
Response |
Margin |
||
Class |
Respondents |
Rate |
of Error |
|||
% |
N |
% |
N |
|||
Agriculture and Life Sciences |
19.8% |
405 |
17.8% |
229 |
56.5% |
+ 2.8 |
Design |
4.6% |
94 |
3.8% |
49 |
52.1% |
+ 6.7 |
Education and Psychology |
6.7% |
136 |
8.0% |
103 |
75.7% |
+ 2.3 |
Engineering |
24.2% |
494 |
28.5% |
367 |
74.3% |
+ 1.3 |
Natural Resources |
5.5% |
113 |
3.7% |
48 |
42.5% |
+ 8.1 |
Humanities and Social Sciences |
16.3% |
332 |
11.9% |
154 |
46.4% |
+ 4.2 |
Physical and Mathematical Sciences |
4.0% |
81 |
4.3% |
55 |
67.9% |
+ 4.2 |
Textiles |
4.7% |
95 |
4.2% |
54 |
56.8% |
+ 5.8 |
Management |
14.3% |
291 |
17.9% |
231 |
79.4% |
+ 1.3 |
Total |
100.0% |
2041 |
100.0% |
1290 |
63.2% |
+ 1.0 |
Index of Results of College Comparisons by Topic
Student Goals and Intentions:
Goals and Objectives | Post-Graduate Plans
Academic Environment and Faculty Contributions:
Satisfaction with Education | Intellectual Environment | Quality of Instruction | Faculty Contributions
Services for Students
Academic Services : Academic Advising | Research Support | Technology Services
Non-Academic Services: Service Areas | Staff Responsiveness
Financial Aid
Knowledge, Skills and Personal Development:
NC State's Contributions
Goals: General Education | World Views | Personal Development
Employment and Extracurricular Activities:
Employment | Activities
For more information on the 2000 Graduating Senior 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, 2001
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