North Carolina State University
2005-2006 Graduating Senior Survey:
College Comparisons of Academic Environment

This document reports survey data on college differences in respondents' overall assessment of the academic environment at NC State. Survey results for all respondents are provided in "2005-2006 Graduating Senior Survey: All Respondents." For information about the survey and analysis methods, see "2005-2006 Graduating Senior Survey: Introduction, Methods, and Student Demographic Profile."

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Satisfaction with Education | Quality of Instruction | Intellectual Environment | Faculty Contributions | Faculty-Student Mentoring Experiences

Satisfaction with Education

Q Choose NC State again?

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
Yes	%	75.8	80.5	82.7	69.9	74.8	80.3	76.3	90.7	81.8
No	%	7.7	7.2	3.8	9.9	6.1	5.6	7.2	2.3	7.3
Not sure	%	16.5	12.4	13.5	20.2	19.1	14.0	16.5	7.0	10.9
Total	N	2,122	348	52	777	115	356	376	43	55

Q Choose same major again?

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
Yes	%	63.1	63.6	71.1	58.6	60.6	67.6	69.0	48.8	65.5
No	%	13.0	12.8	6.7	15.4	13.5	11.2	9.9	12.2	16.4
Not sure	%	23.9	23.5	22.2	26.0	26.0	21.2	21.2	39.0	18.2
Total	N	1,958	327	45	720	104	321	345	41	55

Q Recommend NCSU to a friend

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
Yes	%	89.3	90.2	94.1	87.7	88.7	92.1	88.3	88.4	90.9
No	%	3.3	2.0	2.0	4.0	1.7	3.7	3.5	2.3	1.8
Not sure	%	7.5	7.8	3.9	8.3	9.6	4.2	8.2	9.3	7.3
Total	N	2,118	347	51	775	115	356	376	43	55

Quality of Instruction

Q Quality of instruction in major

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
	Mean	3.46	3.50	3.58	3.51	3.43	3.25	3.48	3.72	3.29
4: Excellent	%	54.3	59.6	59.6	56.9	51.3	43.1	54.4	72.1	41.8
3: Good	%	38.3	32.4	38.5	37.8	41.7	42.3	40.0	27.9	45.5
2: Fair	%	6.1	6.6	1.9	4.4	5.2	11.5	4.8	.	12.7
1: Poor	%	1.3	1.4	.	0.9	1.7	3.1	0.8	.	.
Total	N	2,123	349	52	777	115	357	375	43	55

Q Quality of instruction overall

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
	Mean	3.17	3.20	3.33	3.22	3.17	3.02	3.19	3.19	3.11
4: Excellent	%	27.3	29.2	32.7	30.3	25.2	18.8	27.3	25.6	29.1
3: Good	%	63.3	62.2	67.3	61.3	66.1	65.7	65.2	67.4	54.5
2: Fair	%	8.8	8.3	.	8.0	8.7	13.8	7.0	7.0	14.5
1: Poor	%	0.6	0.3	.	0.4	.	1.7	0.5	.	1.8
Total	N	2,120	349	52	776	115	356	374	43	55

Q Overall Education at NC State

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
	Mean	3.38	3.39	3.67	3.38	3.38	3.35	3.38	3.51	3.22
4: Excellent	%	44.3	46.1	66.7	43.7	43.0	41.7	44.4	51.2	34.5
3: Good	%	50.1	47.3	33.3	50.7	52.6	52.7	50.3	48.8	54.5
2: Fair	%	4.9	6.0	.	5.0	3.5	4.5	4.8	.	9.1
1: Poor	%	0.7	0.6	.	0.5	0.9	1.1	0.5	.	1.8
Total	N	2,112	349	51	773	114	355	372	43	55

Intellectual Environment

Q Intellectual environment on campus

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
	Mean	3.19	3.21	3.37	3.17	3.16	3.21	3.18	3.23	3.19
4: Very strong	%	26.6	29.5	41.2	24.8	20.0	28.1	26.2	27.9	25.9
3: Strong	%	66.3	62.8	56.9	67.9	75.7	65.2	65.8	67.4	66.7
2: Weak	%	6.5	7.4	.	6.6	4.3	5.9	7.5	4.7	7.4
1: Very weak	%	0.6	0.3	2.0	0.8	.	0.8	0.5	.	.
Total	N	2,117	349	51	775	115	356	374	43	54

Q Faculty Contributions

Set high expectations for learning		NCSU	College/School
Set high expectations for learning		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
	Mean	3.44	3.49	3.69	3.43	3.36	3.39	3.41	3.56	3.45
4: Excellent	%	47.5	52.6	69.2	47.4	39.7	43.2	45.4	55.6	48.2
3: Good	%	49.0	44.0	30.8	48.7	56.9	53.5	50.7	44.4	48.2
2: Fair	%	3.4	3.4	.	3.9	3.4	2.8	4.0	.	3.6
1: Poor	%	0.1	.	.	0.1	.	0.6	.	.	.
Total	N	2,136	350	52	779	116	361	377	45	56

Respect diverse talents/ways of learning		NCSU	College/School
Respect diverse talents/ways of learning		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
	Mean	3.19	3.19	3.52	3.25	3.28	2.97	3.19	3.22	3.13
4: Excellent	%	32.6	34.6	57.7	36.9	36.2	19.9	31.0	26.7	28.6
3: Good	%	54.4	50.9	36.5	52.3	56.0	59.3	57.3	68.9	55.4
2: Fair	%	11.9	13.7	5.8	9.5	6.9	18.8	11.4	4.4	16.1
1: Poor	%	1.0	0.9	.	1.3	0.9	1.9	0.3	.	.
Total	N	2,135	350	52	778	116	361	377	45	56

Encourage actively involved learning		NCSU	College/School
Encourage actively involved learning		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
	Mean	3.29	3.28	3.65	3.35	3.47	3.08	3.31	3.34	3.20
4: Excellent	%	40.4	39.7	67.3	43.6	52.6	26.1	41.9	38.6	33.9
3: Good	%	49.2	48.9	30.8	48.1	42.2	56.9	48.0	56.8	51.8
2: Fair	%	9.8	10.9	1.9	7.8	5.2	16.1	9.0	4.5	14.3
1: Poor	%	0.6	0.6	.	0.5	.	0.8	1.1	.	.
Total	N	2,131	348	52	778	116	360	377	44	56

Encourage student-faculty interaction		NCSU	College/School
Encourage student-faculty interaction		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
	Mean	3.16	3.18	3.35	3.21	3.38	2.94	3.13	3.47	3.07
4: Excellent	%	35.5	39.4	44.2	37.8	44.8	24.1	33.7	46.7	28.6
3: Good	%	46.9	40.9	46.2	46.7	48.3	50.7	47.7	53.3	51.8
2: Fair	%	15.8	18.3	9.6	14.4	6.9	20.8	16.7	.	17.9
1: Poor	%	1.8	1.4	.	1.2	.	4.4	1.9	.	1.8
Total	N	2,135	350	52	778	116	361	377	45	56

Give frequent and prompt feedback		NCSU	College/School
Give frequent and prompt feedback		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
	Mean	3.15	3.21	3.33	3.20	3.11	2.91	3.18	3.22	3.23
4: Excellent	%	30.2	33.2	44.2	33.5	25.0	18.0	30.9	28.9	37.5
3: Good	%	55.0	54.7	44.2	53.2	61.2	56.8	56.5	64.4	48.2
2: Fair	%	14.2	11.5	11.5	13.1	13.8	23.0	12.0	6.7	14.3
1: Poor	%	0.6	0.6	.	0.1	.	2.2	0.5	.	.
Total	N	2,132	349	52	778	116	361	375	45	56

Encourage devoting time/energy to coursework		NCSU	College/School
Encourage devoting time/energy to coursework		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
	Mean	3.40	3.45	3.52	3.41	3.44	3.35	3.37	3.43	3.36
4: Excellent	%	46.0	50.0	55.8	47.0	47.4	42.2	43.5	45.5	37.5
3: Good	%	48.5	45.4	40.4	47.4	49.1	50.6	50.4	52.3	60.7
2: Fair	%	5.3	4.3	3.8	5.4	3.4	6.9	5.8	2.3	1.8
1: Poor	%	0.2	0.3	.	0.1	.	0.3	0.3	.	.
Total	N	2,133	350	52	778	116	360	377	44	56

Opp. to learn cooperatively with fellow students		NCSU	College/School
Opp. to learn cooperatively with fellow students		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
	Mean	3.27	3.20	3.54	3.22	3.57	3.30	3.29	3.42	3.16
4: Excellent	%	40.1	36.6	57.7	36.2	61.2	40.2	42.7	46.7	32.1
3: Good	%	48.1	49.1	38.5	50.3	34.5	51.2	44.6	48.9	51.8
2: Fair	%	10.8	12.3	3.8	12.7	4.3	7.5	11.7	4.4	16.1
1: Poor	%	1.0	2.0	.	0.8	.	1.1	1.1	.	.
Total	N	2,135	350	52	778	116	361	377	45	56

Care about your academic success and welfare		NCSU	College/School
Care about your academic success and welfare		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
	Mean	3.18	3.27	3.60	3.20	3.37	2.92	3.16	3.48	3.21
4: Excellent	%	36.7	41.5	63.5	38.8	45.7	23.9	32.8	50.0	33.9
3: Good	%	47.1	46.1	32.7	44.1	47.4	50.0	52.3	47.7	53.6
2: Fair	%	13.9	9.7	3.8	15.7	5.2	20.3	13.3	2.3	12.5
1: Poor	%	2.3	2.6	.	1.4	1.7	5.8	1.6	.	.
Total	N	2,128	349	52	776	116	360	375	44	56

Evaluation on all eight measures		NCSU	College/School
Evaluation on all eight measures		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
	Mean	3.27	3.30	3.56	3.30	3.34	3.12	3.28	3.41	3.20
4: Excellent	%	34.3	37.4	55.8	36.4	37.9	24.4	33.0	40.9	26.8
3: Good	%	59.1	55.1	44.2	57.6	58.6	64.0	62.2	59.1	66.1
2: Fair	%	6.3	7.1	.	5.9	2.6	11.1	4.6	.	7.1
1: Poor	%	0.3	0.3	.	0.1	0.9	0.6	0.3	.	.
Total	N	2,130	350	52	778	116	361	373	44	56

Faculty-Student Mentoring Experiences

Q Independent study project with faculty

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
Yes, had experience	%	20.3%	32.3%	16.0%	20.1%	24.1%	16.4%	7.2%	42.9%	40.0%
Total	N	2,109	347	50	773	116	353	373	42	55

Contribution to growth		NCSU	College/School
Contribution to growth		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
4: A great deal	%	62.0	68.8	50.0	57.1	72.0	55.4	52.4	82.4	61.9
3: Some	%	31.1	24.8	50.0	35.0	20.0	37.5	42.9	17.6	28.6
2: A little	%	5.1	1.8	.	6.4	8.0	7.1	4.8	.	9.5
1: Not at all	%	1.8	4.6	.	1.4	.	.	.	.	.
Total	N	395	109	6	140	25	56	21	17	21

Q Research project with faculty

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
Yes, had experience	%	15.0%	27.3%	6.0%	10.2%	14.8%	18.1%	6.2%	31.0%	40.0%
Total	N	2,104	344	50	771	115	354	373	42	55

Contribution to growth		NCSU	College/School
Contribution to growth		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
4: A great deal	%	67.5	80.2	.	65.7	76.9	58.7	44.4	66.7	61.9
3: Some	%	26.9	18.7	100.0	26.9	23.1	33.3	44.4	16.7	33.3
2: A little	%	4.5	.	.	6.0	.	7.9	11.1	8.3	4.8
1: Not at all	%	1.0	1.1	.	1.5	.	.	.	8.3	.
Total	N	286	91	1	67	13	63	18	12	21

Q Extension/public service project with faculty

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
Yes, had experience	%	7.0%	9.3%	14.0%	5.8%	9.6%	4.5%	6.5%	22.0%	5.5%
Total	N	2,100	343	50	770	115	354	372	41	55

Contribution to growth		NCSU	College/School
Contribution to growth		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
4: A great deal	N	61.5	67.9	40.0	69.7	75.0	35.7	57.9	62.5	50.0
3: Some	%	34.2	28.6	40.0	27.3	12.5	64.3	36.8	37.5	50.0
2: A little	%	3.4	3.6	20.0	3.0	.	.	5.3	.	.
1: Not at all	%	0.9	.	.	.	12.5	.	.	.	.
Total	N	117	28	5	33	8	14	19	8	2

Q Assisted in teaching class/lab

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
Yes, had experience	%	10.5%	21.5%	18.0%	7.6%	12.2%	8.0%	5.4%	14.3%	20.0%
Total	N	2,096	344	50	768	115	351	371	42	55

Contribution to growth		NCSU	College/School
Contribution to growth		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
4: A great deal	%	64.4	73.2	71.4	54.5	54.5	61.5	66.7	80.0	44.4
3: Some	%	32.4	25.4	14.3	38.6	45.5	38.5	26.7	20.0	55.6
2: A little	%	3.2	1.4	14.3	6.8	.	.	6.7	.	.
Total	N	188	71	7	44	11	26	15	5	9

Q Routine academic guidance from faculty

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
Yes, had experience	%	39.1%	44.6%	44.0%	36.8%	44.8%	40.7%	32.1%	51.2%	47.3%
Total	N	2,104	345	50	767	116	354	374	43	55

Contribution to growth		NCSU	College/School
Contribution to growth		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
4: A great deal	%	65.0	64.0	66.7	71.0	56.3	55.0	67.0	71.4	64.0
3: Some	%	30.2	30.7	28.6	24.9	37.5	38.6	29.5	23.8	32.0
2: A little	%	4.3	4.7	4.8	4.1	4.2	5.0	3.6	4.8	4.0
1: Not at all	%	0.5	0.7	.	.	2.1	1.4	.	.	.
Total	N	786	150	21	269	48	140	112	21	25

Q Routine professional guidance/support from faculty

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
Yes, had experience	%	30.8%	35.2%	32.0%	29.6%	39.1%	26.4%	26.8%	58.1%	34.5%
Total	N	2,096	344	50	767	115	352	370	43	55

Contribution to growth		NCSU	College/School
Contribution to growth		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
4: A great deal	%	70.4	68.9	85.7	71.4	68.3	68.9	72.0	78.3	52.6
3: Some	%	26.4	25.2	7.1	27.6	26.8	27.8	24.7	21.7	42.1
2: A little	%	2.8	5.9	7.1	0.5	4.9	3.3	3.2	.	.
1: Not at all	%	0.3	.	.	0.5	.	.	.	.	5.3
Total	N	609	119	14	210	41	90	93	23	19

Q Routine non-academic guidance from faculty

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
Yes, had experience	%	13.4%	13.1%	20.4%	15.4%	20.7%	9.7%	9.0%	20.9%	12.7%
Total	N	2,093	344	49	767	116	351	368	43	55

Contribution to growth		NCSU	College/School
Contribution to growth		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
4: A great deal	%	75.7	69.2	83.3	74.5	85.7	70.0	85.2	87.5	66.7
3: Some	%	23.0	28.2	16.7	24.5	14.3	26.7	14.8	12.5	33.3
2: A little	%	1.3	2.6	.	1.0	.	3.3	.	.	.
Total	N	239	39	6	102	21	30	27	8	6

Q Worked with faculty on campus activities

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
Yes, had experience	%	18.5%	19.2%	26.0%	18.4%	16.8%	16.2%	17.8%	33.3%	20.4%
Total	N	2,086	344	50	765	113	352	366	42	54

Contribution to growth		NCSU	College/School
Contribution to growth		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
4: A great deal	%	53.9	58.3	44.4	58.2	76.5	40.7	52.5	53.8	27.3
3: Some	%	38.8	40.0	44.4	35.2	23.5	50.0	32.2	46.2	63.6
2: A little	%	6.1	1.7	11.1	4.9	.	9.3	11.9	.	9.1
1: Not at all	%	1.2	.	.	1.6	.	.	3.4	.	.
Total	N	345	60	9	122	17	54	59	13	11

For more information on the 2005-2006 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: October, 2006

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