North Carolina State University
2006-2007 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 "2006-2007 Graduating Senior Survey: All Respondents." For information about the survey and analysis methods, see "2006-2007 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	%	75.5	77.9	76.9	69.7	75.7	80.9	76.6	70.8	74.1
No	%	7.1	7.5	4.6	7.5	7.0	6.0	6.9	4.6	12.3
Not sure	%	17.5	14.6	18.5	22.8	17.4	13.1	16.5	24.6	13.6
Total	N	2379	362	65	683	115	549	449	65	81

Q Choose same major again?

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
Yes	%	65.1	59.9	75.9	58.7	63.6	69.1	73.9	50.8	70.1
No	%	13.6	17.7	7.4	16.9	16.8	10.2	8.6	18.6	14.3
Not sure	%	21.3	22.4	16.7	24.4	19.6	20.7	17.5	30.5	15.6
Total	N	2191	339	54	620	107	508	418	59	77

Q Recommend NCSU to a friend

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
Yes	%	89.8	88.9	89.4	90.3	90.4	89.8	90.7	93.8	84.1
No	%	2.4	1.4	3.0	2.2	1.7	3.1	2.2	1.5	6.1
Not sure	%	7.8	9.7	7.6	7.5	7.8	7.1	7.1	4.6	9.8
Total	N	2379	361	66	683	115	547	450	65	82

Quality of Instruction

Q Quality of instruction in major

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
	Mean	3.43	3.53	3.54	3.47	3.31	3.22	3.54	3.62	3.48
4: Excellent	%	52.3	59.4	55.4	54.1	40.0	39.8	59.8	61.5	56.1
3: Good	%	40.3	35.6	43.1	39.9	52.2	45.8	35.3	38.5	37.8
2: Fair	%	5.8	3.9	1.5	5.1	7.0	10.7	4.0	.	3.7
1: Poor	%	1.6	1.1	.	0.9	0.9	3.6	0.9	.	2.4
Total	N	2381	360	65	684	115	550	450	65	82

Q Quality of instruction overall

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
	Mean	3.17	3.20	3.15	3.22	3.11	3.05	3.24	3.31	3.05
4: Excellent	%	28.3	30.6	30.3	30.7	22.6	21.1	32.5	33.8	24.4
3: Good	%	61.3	59.1	56.1	61.2	66.1	64.6	59.2	63.1	59.8
2: Fair	%	9.5	9.7	12.1	7.5	11.3	12.7	7.8	3.1	12.2
1: Poor	%	0.9	0.6	1.5	0.6	.	1.6	0.4	.	3.7
Total	N	2380	359	66	683	115	551	449	65	82

Q Overall Education at NC State

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
	Mean	3.37	3.41	3.29	3.41	3.28	3.28	3.45	3.52	3.29
4: Excellent	%	44.4	47.1	36.4	46.7	35.3	37.0	50.0	55.4	43.9
3: Good	%	49.4	47.9	56.1	48.0	56.9	55.4	44.7	41.5	43.9
2: Fair	%	5.4	4.2	7.6	4.6	7.8	6.0	5.3	3.1	9.8
1: Poor	%	0.8	0.8	.	0.7	.	1.6	.	.	2.4
Total	N	2377	357	66	681	116	551	450	65	82

Intellectual Environment

Q Intellectual environment on campus

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
	Mean	3.18	3.23	3.29	3.16	3.05	3.15	3.20	3.38	3.16
4: Very strong	%	27.2	29.5	33.3	25.7	18.4	26.0	28.7	38.5	29.3
3: Strong	%	64.7	64.6	63.6	65.8	70.2	64.6	63.3	61.5	58.5
2: Weak	%	7.1	5.0	1.5	7.5	9.6	8.2	7.6	.	11.0
1: Very weak	%	1.0	0.8	1.5	1.0	1.8	1.3	0.4	.	1.2
Total	N	2380	359	66	684	114	551	449	65	82

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	3.48	3.55	3.48	3.30	3.36	3.47	3.58	3.42
4: Excellent	%	48.7	51.6	56.1	51.5	34.8	42.8	49.3	60.0	50.6
3: Good	%	47.4	45.1	42.4	45.3	60.9	51.0	48.2	38.5	42.2
2: Fair	%	3.6	2.7	1.5	2.9	3.5	5.7	2.4	1.5	6.0
1: Poor	%	0.4	0.5	.	0.3	0.9	0.5	.	.	1.2
Total	N	2407	366	66	691	115	559	452	65	83

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	3.21	3.24	3.50	3.28	3.28	3.02	3.27	3.35	3.10
4: Excellent	%	35.7	37.5	56.1	39.7	38.3	23.5	39.6	46.2	28.9
3: Good	%	51.4	50.7	37.9	50.0	52.2	57.5	48.9	43.1	55.4
2: Fair	%	11.5	10.4	6.1	9.3	8.7	16.3	10.8	10.8	12.0
1: Poor	%	1.4	1.4	.	1.0	0.9	2.7	0.7	.	3.6
Total	N	2404	365	66	690	115	558	452	65	83

Encourage actively involved learning		NCSU	College/School
Encourage actively involved learning		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
	Mean	3.28	3.23	3.58	3.39	3.41	3.04	3.37	3.51	3.07
4: Excellent	%	40.5	37.7	60.6	47.8	49.6	25.6	45.2	55.4	25.9
3: Good	%	48.1	48.4	36.4	44.4	42.6	55.2	47.2	40.0	56.8
2: Fair	%	10.2	13.1	3.0	7.3	7.0	16.5	6.4	4.6	16.0
1: Poor	%	1.2	0.8	.	0.6	0.9	2.7	1.1	.	1.2
Total	N	2401	366	66	689	115	558	451	65	81

Encourage student-faculty interaction		NCSU	College/School
Encourage student-faculty interaction		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
	Mean	3.16	3.21	3.45	3.23	3.32	2.94	3.16	3.45	3.12
4: Excellent	%	35.6	38.5	53.0	38.8	46.5	25.1	33.5	50.8	36.6
3: Good	%	47.0	45.3	39.4	46.2	41.2	48.3	51.2	44.6	45.1
2: Fair	%	14.9	14.8	7.6	13.7	10.5	21.5	13.5	3.1	12.2
1: Poor	%	2.4	1.4	.	1.3	1.8	5.0	1.8	1.5	6.1
Total	N	2397	364	66	688	114	557	451	65	82

Give frequent and prompt feedback		NCSU	College/School
Give frequent and prompt feedback		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
	Mean	3.18	3.28	3.36	3.22	3.04	2.98	3.28	3.26	3.16
4: Excellent	%	31.8	39.7	47.0	32.7	28.7	20.1	35.1	41.5	32.5
3: Good	%	55.3	49.6	43.9	57.3	49.6	59.3	57.6	46.2	50.6
2: Fair	%	12.0	9.3	7.6	9.6	19.1	19.2	7.1	9.2	16.9
1: Poor	%	1.0	1.4	1.5	0.4	2.6	1.4	0.2	3.1	.
Total	N	2398	365	66	686	115	558	450	65	83

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	3.39	3.45	3.56	3.41	3.37	3.31	3.41	3.48	3.28
4: Excellent	%	46.5	51.9	57.6	47.5	47.0	40.2	46.9	50.8	38.6
3: Good	%	46.9	40.7	40.9	46.4	43.5	51.7	47.8	47.7	50.6
2: Fair	%	6.1	7.4	1.5	5.5	8.7	7.2	4.6	.	10.8
1: Poor	%	0.6	.	.	0.6	0.9	0.9	0.7	1.5	.
Total	N	2403	366	66	690	115	557	452	65	83

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	3.16	3.47	3.24	3.50	3.19	3.39	3.60	3.05
4: Excellent	%	40.8	36.8	53.0	36.8	56.5	37.7	46.2	61.5	31.7
3: Good	%	46.6	44.5	40.9	51.2	37.4	45.6	46.9	36.9	48.8
2: Fair	%	11.4	17.0	6.1	11.3	5.2	14.8	6.5	1.5	12.2
1: Poor	%	1.3	1.6	.	0.7	0.9	1.8	0.4	.	7.3
Total	N	2399	364	66	690	115	559	448	65	82

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	3.21	3.27	3.48	3.24	3.30	2.99	3.28	3.45	3.28
4: Excellent	%	38.8	42.4	53.0	40.3	46.1	27.0	40.0	56.9	45.8
3: Good	%	45.9	43.5	42.4	44.4	40.9	50.8	49.1	32.3	39.8
2: Fair	%	13.0	13.3	4.5	14.1	10.4	16.4	9.3	9.2	10.8
1: Poor	%	2.4	0.8	.	1.2	2.6	5.8	1.5	1.5	3.6
Total	N	2396	361	66	689	115	555	452	65	83

Evaluation on all eight measures		NCSU	College/School
Evaluation on all eight measures		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
	Mean	3.28	3.31	3.51	3.32	3.31	3.12	3.31	3.48	3.20
4: Excellent	%	35.8	38.3	53.8	38.3	37.4	26.9	35.9	50.8	32.5
3: Good	%	56.8	55.6	43.1	56.2	56.5	59.8	58.9	46.2	56.6
2: Fair	%	6.6	4.7	3.1	5.1	6.1	11.7	4.9	3.1	9.6
1: Poor	%	0.8	1.4	.	0.4	.	1.6	0.2	.	1.2
Total	N	2396	363	65	690	115	557	448	65	83

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	%	19.3%	31.8%	9.1%	17.8%	22.4%	17.6%	7.2%	32.8%	43.2%
Total	N	2366	358	66	684	116	545	442	64	81

Contribution to growth		NCSU	College/School
Contribution to growth		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
4: A great deal	%	64.5	71.8	83.3	71.6	66.7	50.0	54.8	40.0	74.3
3: Some	%	28.4	22.7	16.7	21.6	29.2	38.9	32.3	55.0	25.7
2: A little	%	5.3	2.7	.	5.2	4.2	10.0	6.5	5.0	.
1: Not at all	%	1.8	2.7	.	1.7	.	1.1	6.5	.	.
Total	N	437	110	6	116	24	90	31	20	35

Q Research project with faculty

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
Yes, had experience	%	16.2%	31.3%	4.5%	12.8%	17.4%	16.5%	5.0%	23.4%	38.8%
Total	N	2358	358	66	682	115	541	442	64	80

Contribution to growth		NCSU	College/School
Contribution to growth		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
4: A great deal	%	65.6	74.3	66.7	65.8	38.9	63.8	57.1	50.0	67.7
3: Some	%	26.5	20.2	.	25.3	50.0	26.3	33.3	42.9	29.0
2: A little	%	5.3	5.5	.	3.8	5.6	8.8	4.8	7.1	.
1: Not at all	%	2.5	.	33.3	5.1	5.6	1.3	4.8	.	3.2
Total	N	358	109	3	79	18	80	21	14	31

Q Extension/public service project with faculty

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
Yes, had experience	%	8.2%	13.0%	7.6%	7.5%	13.9%	5.5%	5.9%	20.6%	6.2%
Total	N	2355	353	66	681	115	544	442	63	81

Contribution to growth		NCSU	College/School
Contribution to growth		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
4: A great deal	N	61.8	79.1	80.0	59.1	42.9	43.5	60.0	70.0	25.0
3: Some	%	31.8	18.6	20.0	31.8	50.0	52.2	32.0	20.0	50.0
2: A little	%	3.5	2.3	.	4.5	.	.	4.0	10.0	25.0
1: Not at all	%	2.9	.	.	4.5	7.1	4.3	4.0	.	.
Total	N	170	43	5	44	14	23	25	10	4

Q Assisted in teaching class/lab

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
Yes, had experience	%	10.7%	19.0%	9.1%	7.2%	13.9%	11.4%	5.0%	10.9%	24.7%
Total	N	2356	357	66	680	115	543	440	64	81

Contribution to growth		NCSU	College/School
Contribution to growth		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
4: A great deal	%	54.1	67.7	33.3	46.3	50.0	49.1	47.6	60.0	50.0
3: Some	%	37.4	26.2	66.7	48.8	25.0	37.7	38.1	40.0	50.0
2: A little	%	5.4	4.6	.	.	25.0	7.5	9.5	.	.
1: Not at all	%	3.2	1.5	.	4.9	.	5.7	4.8	.	.
Total	N	222	65	6	41	12	53	21	5	18

Q Routine academic guidance from faculty

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
Yes, had experience	%	40.5%	49.6%	27.3%	41.1%	42.2%	36.4%	33.0%	56.3%	57.3%
Total	N	2361	357	66	679	116	544	443	64	82

Contribution to growth		NCSU	College/School
Contribution to growth		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
4: A great deal	%	65.0	63.4	58.8	65.7	57.8	63.2	71.0	63.6	63.0
3: Some	%	29.8	30.2	41.2	28.3	35.6	31.6	27.6	30.3	30.4
2: A little	%	4.1	5.2	.	4.9	4.4	4.7	.	3.0	6.5
1: Not at all	%	1.1	1.2	.	1.1	2.2	0.5	1.4	3.0	.
Total	N	919	172	17	265	45	190	145	33	46

Q Routine professional guidance/support from faculty

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
Yes, had experience	%	34.9%	47.5%	22.7%	33.7%	40.9%	28.2%	29.2%	59.4%	44.4%
Total	N	2355	358	66	679	115	543	439	64	81

Contribution to growth		NCSU	College/School
Contribution to growth		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
4: A great deal	%	72.6	76.2	66.7	69.6	69.8	69.9	74.6	74.3	83.3
3: Some	%	23.6	21.3	26.7	25.7	20.9	26.0	23.0	25.7	13.9
2: A little	%	2.8	1.8	6.7	2.3	9.3	3.4	1.6	.	2.8
1: Not at all	%	1.0	0.6	.	2.3	.	0.7	0.8	.	.
Total	N	781	164	15	214	43	146	122	35	36

Q Routine non-academic guidance from faculty

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
Yes, had experience	%	14.3%	17.3%	12.1%	16.0%	13.9%	10.7%	11.2%	25.0%	21.3%
Total	N	2352	358	66	680	115	541	438	64	80

Contribution to growth		NCSU	College/School
Contribution to growth		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
4: A great deal	%	74.3	72.4	100.0	76.8	75.0	76.0	69.6	71.4	68.8
3: Some	%	20.3	20.7	.	15.8	25.0	22.0	26.1	21.4	25.0
2: A little	%	4.0	6.9	.	4.2	.	2.0	2.2	7.1	6.3
1: Not at all	%	1.3	.	.	3.2	.	.	2.2	.	.
Total	N	300	58	7	95	12	50	46	14	16

Q Worked with faculty on campus activities

		NCSU	College/School
		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
Yes, had experience	%	19.5%	22.1%	20.0%	17.8%	30.7%	16.8%	19.5%	32.8%	10.1%
Total	N	2344	358	65	676	114	541	437	64	79

Contribution to growth		NCSU	College/School
Contribution to growth		NCSU	CALS	CED	CHASS	CNR	COE	COM	COT	PAMS
4: A great deal	%	55.0	57.9	41.7	58.5	50.0	55.4	51.3	63.2	50.0
3: Some	%	34.9	36.8	41.7	29.2	36.7	36.1	38.8	26.3	33.3
2: A little	%	8.4	3.9	16.7	10.4	13.3	6.0	7.5	10.5	16.7
1: Not at all	%	1.7	1.3	.	1.9	.	2.4	2.5	.	.
Total	N	416	76	12	106	30	83	80	19	6

For more information on the 2006-2007 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: December, 2007

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