North Carolina State
University
2002-2003 Graduating Senior Survey:
Frequency Distributions for Survey Item #20
(Knowledge, Skills, and Personal Development)
This document reports the frequency
distributions by gender and race/ethnicity of survey item #20 of the 2002-2003
Graduating Senior Survey. A table comparing mean ratings is available on
the web.
Exact wording of question: To what extent do you think your college education
contributed to your knowledge, skills, and personal development in each of the
following areas?
Respondents selecting "don't know/did not use" have been excluded from the figures reported in this document.
General Education Goals
| Personal Development Goals | World View Goals
Q General Education Goals
|
Enhancing
analytic skills
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 70.0 | 69.6 | 70.3 | 70.3 | 69.9 | 70.4 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 26.7 | 27.3 | 26.1 | 24.0 | 26.9 | 26.6 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
|
Ability
to plan/carry out projects indep
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 70.0 | 73.4 | 67.1 | 70.7 | 70.0 | 69.3 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 26.1 | 23.5 | 28.3 | 24.6 | 26.2 | 25.7 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 4.0 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
|
Critical
analysis of ideas/info
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 65.6 | 69.1 | 62.6 | 63.9 | 65.8 | 65.2 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 30.1 | 27.2 | 32.6 | 33.5 | 30.1 | 26.8 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 6.6 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
|
Developing
computer skills
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 61.7 | 60.6 | 62.7 | 66.7 | 60.7 | 67.8 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 30.2 | 31.7 | 28.8 | 28.6 | 30.9 | 23.8 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 7.1 | 6.4 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
|
Applying
scientific methods
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 57.7 | 54.3 | 60.7 | 56.9 | 57.7 | 58.5 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 32.6 | 34.1 | 31.3 | 32.4 | 32.6 | 32.5 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 8.6 | 10.6 | 6.9 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 6.5 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 2.5 |
|
Science/tech
influence on everyday life
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 58.6 | 60.2 | 57.2 | 58.4 | 58.4 | 60.5 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 34.5 | 33.2 | 35.6 | 32.6 | 34.9 | 32.3 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 5.9 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 7.9 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
| Adapt to changing technologies | All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 58.5 | 60.4 | 56.8 | 59.8 | 58.6 | 56.1 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 34.1 | 33.8 | 34.4 | 33.9 | 34.2 | 33.3 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 6.0 | 5.0 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 9.6 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
|
Comprehension
skills
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 60.1 | 64.0 | 56.7 | 65.6 | 59.5 | 60.9 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 33.5 | 31.7 | 35.1 | 28.6 | 34.2 | 31.7 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 5.6 | 3.7 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 6.4 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
|
Speaking
skills
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 55.9 | 59.3 | 53.0 | 66.7 | 54.6 | 59.9 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 36.7 | 34.5 | 38.5 | 27.6 | 37.8 | 33.2 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 6.5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 6.4 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
|
Writing
skills
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 51.7 | 54.7 | 49.0 | 57.6 | 50.8 | 55.4 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 39.9 | 38.5 | 41.1 | 36.6 | 40.4 | 37.6 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 7.4 | 5.8 | 8.8 | 4.7 | 7.8 | 6.4 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 |
|
Listening
skills
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 54.0 | 59.0 | 49.7 | 61.8 | 52.6 | 61.7 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 36.7 | 34.0 | 39.0 | 33.0 | 37.7 | 28.9 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 8.2 | 6.6 | 9.6 | 4.2 | 8.6 | 8.0 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
|
Using
math skills
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 50.9 | 41.5 | 59.0 | 48.7 | 51.0 | 51.8 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 34.7 | 39.3 | 30.7 | 38.1 | 34.3 | 35.2 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 12.5 | 17.0 | 8.6 | 12.2 | 12.9 | 8.0 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 5.0 |
|
Understand
diverse cultures/values
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 51.6 | 58.3 | 45.8 | 57.4 | 50.4 | 59.1 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 33.9 | 31.4 | 36.0 | 31.1 | 34.6 | 29.3 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 11.6 | 8.3 | 14.6 | 8.4 | 12.2 | 9.1 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 2.9 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
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Q Personal Development
Goals
|
Ability
to function as part of a team
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 65.7 | 70.5 | 61.5 | 70.1 | 64.6 | 73.1 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 29.3 | 25.4 | 32.7 | 27.3 | 30.4 | 19.9 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 5.5 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
|
Potential
for success
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 65.1 | 70.1 | 60.8 | 68.4 | 65.1 | 62.5 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 28.6 | 24.8 | 31.9 | 26.8 | 28.8 | 28.5 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 4.6 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 4.6 | 6.5 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.7 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 2.5 |
|
Personal
growth
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 66.9 | 73.4 | 61.3 | 69.7 | 66.1 | 72.4 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 26.9 | 21.7 | 31.3 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 21.6 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 4.6 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.7 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
|
Value
learning as a life-long process
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 65.7 | 71.5 | 60.7 | 68.6 | 65.3 | 68.0 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 27.9 | 24.0 | 31.3 | 25.1 | 28.4 | 25.5 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 4.5 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 5.0 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.9 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
|
Independence
and self-reliance
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 67.1 | 72.7 | 62.2 | 68.3 | 66.6 | 70.9 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 25.1 | 20.6 | 29.0 | 25.4 | 25.5 | 20.9 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 6.1 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 2.6 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.0 |
|
Self-discipline
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 60.8 | 65.7 | 56.5 | 63.2 | 60.3 | 63.7 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 30.6 | 26.8 | 33.8 | 28.9 | 31.1 | 26.9 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 7.0 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
|
Time
management
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 60.3 | 64.6 | 56.6 | 63.7 | 60.0 | 60.5 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 29.6 | 27.2 | 31.6 | 27.9 | 29.6 | 30.5 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 8.0 | 6.4 | 9.4 | 5.3 | 8.4 | 6.5 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
|
Coping
with change
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 60.7 | 67.5 | 54.7 | 67.6 | 59.8 | 63.5 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 29.4 | 24.3 | 33.9 | 27.1 | 30.2 | 23.9 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 7.4 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 2.7 | 7.7 | 9.6 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 2.5 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.0 |
|
Ability
to lead or guide others
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 53.3 | 58.3 | 49.0 | 56.1 | 52.9 | 55.8 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 37.3 | 34.3 | 40.0 | 33.9 | 38.2 | 32.2 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 7.2 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 9.5 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 2.1 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
|
Taking
responsibility for own behavior
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 60.6 | 66.7 | 55.3 | 62.1 | 60.4 | 60.8 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 28.2 | 23.9 | 31.9 | 26.3 | 28.4 | 27.6 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 7.4 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 8.0 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 3.8 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
|
Ability
to handle stress
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 55.1 | 57.6 | 53.0 | 62.6 | 54.1 | 59.3 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 31.2 | 30.1 | 32.2 | 25.3 | 32.0 | 28.6 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 10.0 | 9.4 | 10.6 | 8.4 | 10.4 | 7.5 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
|
Self-confidence
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 54.1 | 56.8 | 51.9 | 50.5 | 54.2 | 56.9 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 33.6 | 32.1 | 34.8 | 34.7 | 33.7 | 31.5 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 9.2 | 8.4 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 7.1 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 2.7 | 4.6 |
|
Sense
of personal identity
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 56.5 | 62.2 | 51.6 | 57.6 | 56.1 | 59.3 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 31.1 | 27.6 | 34.1 | 27.7 | 31.6 | 28.6 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 8.6 | 7.4 | 9.7 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 8.5 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 3.8 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
|
Recognize/act
upon ethical principles
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 48.2 | 55.6 | 41.9 | 51.6 | 47.3 | 55.6 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 37.7 | 33.7 | 41.2 | 34.6 | 38.4 | 32.7 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 10.7 | 9.0 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 10.7 | 9.2 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 3.4 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 2.6 |
|
Commitment
to personal health/fitness
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 37.0 | 38.6 | 35.7 | 40.0 | 36.8 | 37.0 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 39.3 | 38.1 | 40.4 | 36.3 | 39.7 | 39.0 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 18.2 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 18.9 | 18.4 | 16.0 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 8.0 |
|
Public
responsibility/community svc
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 28.8 | 33.5 | 24.7 | 34.8 | 27.9 | 32.6 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 47.9 | 47.6 | 48.1 | 45.3 | 48.3 | 45.3 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 18.0 | 15.5 | 20.1 | 13.8 | 18.3 | 18.8 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 5.4 | 3.4 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 3.3 |
|
Ability
to work with diverse people
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 58.1 | 64.3 | 52.8 | 62.8 | 56.8 | 68.0 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 33.2 | 29.2 | 36.6 | 29.8 | 34.7 | 20.5 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 6.3 | 5.2 | 7.2 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 7.5 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 2.4 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 4.0 |
|
Developing
tolerance for divergent views
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 53.4 | 60.3 | 47.4 | 58.5 | 52.2 | 61.2 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 35.2 | 31.7 | 38.3 | 32.4 | 36.0 | 29.1 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 8.9 | 6.5 | 11.1 | 6.4 | 9.2 | 8.7 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 2.4 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.0 |
|
Understanding
world issues/problems
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 43.3 | 50.1 | 37.5 | 50.3 | 42.0 | 50.8 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 40.0 | 37.1 | 42.5 | 36.0 | 40.8 | 35.8 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 13.5 | 11.3 | 15.4 | 10.6 | 14.0 | 10.4 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 3.2 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
|
Present
as it relates to history
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 40.0 | 43.9 | 36.7 | 49.7 | 38.5 | 46.6 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 42.8 | 41.1 | 44.3 | 31.7 | 44.5 | 35.2 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 14.1 | 12.6 | 15.4 | 13.8 | 14.1 | 15.0 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
|
Appreciating
gender equity
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 41.4 | 49.1 | 34.6 | 41.7 | 40.7 | 48.2 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 38.9 | 35.0 | 42.3 | 38.5 | 39.2 | 36.4 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 14.6 | 12.3 | 16.7 | 13.4 | 15.1 | 11.3 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 5.1 | 3.7 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
|
Appreciating
racial equity
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 39.2 | 45.1 | 34.0 | 37.2 | 38.6 | 46.9 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 40.1 | 38.2 | 41.7 | 39.9 | 40.4 | 37.1 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 15.0 | 12.7 | 17.0 | 15.4 | 15.3 | 11.3 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 5.7 | 4.0 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 5.7 | 4.6 |
|
Appreciation
of the arts
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 30.3 | 36.2 | 25.2 | 35.7 | 28.7 | 42.8 |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 38.2 | 37.8 | 38.6 | 40.0 | 39.1 | 26.7 |
| 2: Very little (%) | 23.0 | 21.1 | 24.6 | 18.4 | 23.6 | 20.9 |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 8.4 | 4.9 | 11.5 | 5.9 | 8.5 | 9.6 |
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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