North Carolina State University
2007-2008 Graduating Senior Survey:
College Comparisons
Response Rates by Semester
December Graduates | May Graduates
| College | Senior Class % (N) |
Survey Respondents % (N) |
Response Rate |
Margin of Error |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture and Life Sciences | 216 (16.9%) |
89 (11.7%) |
41.2% | ±6.1 |
| Design* | 19 (1.5%) |
5 (0.7%) |
26.3% | ±32.3 |
| Education | 42 (3.3%) |
17 (2.2%) |
40.5% | ±14.1 |
| Engineering | 283 (22.1%) |
189 (24.8%) |
66.8% | ±2.4 |
| Natural Resources | 106 (8.3%) |
32 (4.2%) |
30.2% | ±12.1 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences | 345 (26.9%) |
253 (33.2%) |
73.3% | ±1.6 |
| Physical and Mathematical Sciences | 56 (4.4%) |
26 (3.4%) |
46.4% | ±10.3 |
| Textiles | 42 (3.3%) |
23 (3.0%) |
54.8% | ±9.2 |
| Management | 172 (13.4%) |
127 (16.7%) |
73.8% | ±2.3 |
| Total | 1,281 (100.0%) |
761 (100.0%) |
59.4% | ±1.4 |
| College | Senior Class % (N) |
Survey Respondents % (N) |
Response Rate |
Margin of Error |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture and Life Sciences | 465 (18.9%) |
224 (17.0%) |
48.2% | ±3.4 |
| Design* | 82 (3.3%) |
3 (0.2%) |
3.7% | ±54.5 |
| Education | 110 (4.5%) |
36 (2.7%) |
32.7% | ±11.0 |
| Engineering | 528 (21.4%) |
226 (17.1%) |
42.8% | ±3.7 |
| Natural Resources | 106 (4.3%) |
36 (2.7%) |
34.0% | ±10.8 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences | 570 (23.1%) |
472 (35.7%) |
82.8% | ±0.8 |
| Physical and Mathematical Sciences | 134 (5.4%) |
73 (5.5%) |
54.5% | ±5.2 |
| Textiles | 77 (3.1%) |
46 (3.5%) |
59.7% | ±5.8 |
| Management | 391 (15.9%) |
205 (15.5%) |
52.4% | ±3.3 |
| Total | 2,463 (100.0%) |
1,321 (100.0%) |
53.6% | ±1.3 |
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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, 2008
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