North
Carolina State University
2003-2004 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 2003-2004
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 | |
| 5: Strongly Supportive (%) | 45.0 | 44.0 | 46.0 | 31.1 | 46.9 | 39.2 |
| 4: Mildly Supportive (%) | 30.7 | 32.4 | 29.0 | 41.2 | 29.7 | 30.9 |
| 3: Neutral (%) | 21.9 | 20.9 | 22.8 | 22.0 | 21.3 | 27.9 |
| 2: Mildly Nonsupportive (%) | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 1: Strongly Nonsupportive (%) | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Rate campus climate for men
| All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other | |
| 5: Strongly Supportive (%) | 53.0 | 63.0 | 44.0 | 57.1 | 53.8 | 42.6 |
| 4: Mildly Supportive (%) | 17.8 | 13.2 | 22.0 | 20.3 | 17.2 | 21.6 |
| 3: Neutral (%) | 25.7 | 23.2 | 28.0 | 20.9 | 25.3 | 33.8 |
| 2: Mildly Nonsupportive (%) | 2.0 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.0 |
| 1: Strongly Nonsupportive (%) | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.0 |
Rate campus climate for African Americans
| All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other | |
| 5: Strongly Supportive (%) | 45.8 | 45.0 | 46.6 | 16.6 | 49.4 | 36.3 |
| 4: Mildly Supportive (%) | 25.9 | 26.0 | 25.8 | 40.0 | 24.4 | 27.9 |
| 3: Neutral (%) | 23.6 | 24.2 | 23.1 | 21.1 | 22.9 | 33.3 |
| 2: Mildly Nonsupportive (%) | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 16.6 | 2.8 | 2.0 |
| 1: Strongly Nonsupportive (%) | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 5.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Rate campus climate for ethnic minorities
| All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other | |
| 5: Strongly Supportive (%) | 36.2 | 35.6 | 36.8 | 15.3 | 39.1 | 26.5 |
| 4: Mildly Supportive (%) | 28.3 | 28.5 | 28.2 | 33.5 | 27.6 | 30.9 |
| 3: Neutral (%) | 29.1 | 29.6 | 28.7 | 33.0 | 28.4 | 32.8 |
| 2: Mildly Nonsupportive (%) | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 15.3 | 4.0 | 8.3 |
| 1: Strongly Nonsupportive (%) | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
Rate campus climate for international stdnts
| All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other | |
| 5: Strongly Supportive (%) | 38.8 | 39.4 | 38.1 | 23.9 | 41.4 | 26.5 |
| 4: Mildly Supportive (%) | 27.4 | 25.1 | 29.4 | 26.7 | 27.0 | 31.9 |
| 3: Neutral (%) | 28.8 | 30.4 | 27.4 | 38.1 | 27.7 | 31.4 |
| 2: Mildly Nonsupportive (%) | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 8.0 | 3.2 | 8.8 |
| 1: Strongly Nonsupportive (%) | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
Rate campus climate for disabled students
| All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other | |
| 5: Strongly Supportive (%) | 36.2 | 35.2 | 37.2 | 28.2 | 37.5 | 31.4 |
| 4: Mildly Supportive (%) | 25.7 | 24.7 | 26.6 | 24.3 | 25.8 | 25.5 |
| 3: Neutral (%) | 30.9 | 31.6 | 30.2 | 31.6 | 30.1 | 37.3 |
| 2: Mildly Nonsupportive (%) | 5.9 | 7.2 | 4.7 | 15.3 | 5.2 | 3.9 |
| 1: Strongly Nonsupportive (%) | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
Rate campus climate for gay/lesbian stdnts
| All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other | |
| 5: Strongly Supportive (%) | 19.4 | 19.6 | 19.2 | 10.2 | 20.4 | 18.2 |
| 4: Mildly Supportive (%) | 19.8 | 20.4 | 19.2 | 20.5 | 19.8 | 18.7 |
| 3: Neutral (%) | 45.6 | 45.6 | 45.6 | 48.9 | 45.1 | 47.3 |
| 2: Mildly Nonsupportive (%) | 10.0 | 10.4 | 9.6 | 11.9 | 10.0 | 8.4 |
| 1: Strongly Nonsupportive (%) | 5.2 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 8.5 | 4.7 | 7.4 |
For more information on the 2003-2004
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, 2004
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