North Carolina State University
2002-2003 Graduating Senior Survey:
Frequency Distributions for Survey Item #21

(Campus Climate towards Student Groups)

This document reports the frequency distributions by gender and race/ethnicity of survey item #21 of the 2002-2003 Graduating Senior Survey. A table comparing mean ratings is available on the web.

Exact wording of question: How would you assess the campus climate for the following groups of students?


Rate campus climate for women

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Rate campus climate for women 43.9 44.0 43.8 33.5 44.9 42.5
5: Strongly Supportive (%)
4: Mildly Supportive (%) 32.0 34.0 30.4 41.9 31.9 24.0
3: Neutral (%) 21.4 18.6 23.9 19.4 20.7 31.5
2: Mildly Nonsupportive (%) 2.3 2.9 1.8 4.7 2.2 2.0
1: Strongly Nonsupportive (%) 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.0

Rate campus climate for men

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Rate campus climate for men 51.6 62.9 41.8 54.2 51.7 48.0
5: Strongly Supportive (%)
4: Mildly Supportive (%) 19.8 15.2 23.8 22.1 19.4 22.0
3: Neutral (%) 24.8 21.0 28.1 23.7 24.5 29.5
2: Mildly Nonsupportive (%) 2.7 0.9 4.4 0.0 3.2 0.5
1: Strongly Nonsupportive (%) 1.0 0.1 1.8 0.0 1.2 0.0

Rate campus climate for African Americans

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Rate campus climate for Afr Amer 45.2 45.9 44.6 20.0 47.9 40.5
5: Strongly Supportive (%)
4: Mildly Supportive (%) 26.3 26.8 25.9 32.6 26.0 23.5
3: Neutral (%) 24.0 21.7 25.9 21.6 23.3 33.0
2: Mildly Nonsupportive (%) 3.9 4.8 3.2 21.6 2.5 2.0
1: Strongly Nonsupportive (%) 0.6 0.8 0.4 4.2 0.2 1.0

Rate campus climate for ethnic minorities

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Rate campus climate for ethnic minorities 34.6 33.4 35.7 16.0 36.6 31.0
5: Strongly Supportive (%)
4: Mildly Supportive (%) 30.0 30.1 29.9 36.2 29.9 25.5
3: Neutral (%) 28.7 28.7 28.7 26.6 28.4 34.0
2: Mildly Nonsupportive (%) 5.9 7.1 4.8 18.1 4.6 8.0
1: Strongly Nonsupportive (%) 0.8 0.6 1.0 3.2 0.5 1.5

Rate campus climate for international stdnts

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Rate campus climate for international stdnts 36.9 38.1 35.8 23.0 38.6 31.7
5: Strongly Supportive (%)
4: Mildly Supportive (%) 28.8 27.4 30.0 26.2 29.2 27.1
3: Neutral (%) 29.3 28.7 29.8 35.6 28.4 32.7
2: Mildly Nonsupportive (%) 4.4 5.4 3.6 13.6 3.4 6.5
1: Strongly Nonsupportive (%) 0.6 0.3 0.9 1.6 0.4 2.0

Rate campus climate for disabled students

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Rate campus climate for disabled stdnts 33.1 32.1 34.0 25.4 34.0 31.0
5: Strongly Supportive (%)
4: Mildly Supportive (%) 27.7 28.0 27.4 26.5 28.2 23.0
3: Neutral (%) 31.3 30.7 31.8 34.9 30.3 39.0
2: Mildly Nonsupportive (%) 6.6 7.7 5.7 12.7 6.3 4.5
1: Strongly Nonsupportive (%) 1.3 1.5 1.1 0.5 1.2 2.5

Rate campus climate for gay/lesbian stdnts

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Rate campus climate for gay/lesbian stdnts 17.5 17.8 17.2 6.8 18.4 17.9
5: Strongly Supportive (%)
4: Mildly Supportive (%) 20.0 21.4 18.9 18.4 20.8 12.8
3: Neutral (%) 46.6 44.5 48.4 50.0 45.3 57.7
2: Mildly Nonsupportive (%) 11.4 13.1 10.0 16.8 11.5 6.1
1: Strongly Nonsupportive (%) 4.4 3.2 5.4 7.9 4.0 5.6
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For more information on the 2002-2003 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: September, 2003

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