North Carolina State University
2000 Graduating Senior Student Survey:
College Comparisons
Introduction

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

Campus Climate

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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