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2009-2010 Graduating Senior Survey:
College Comparisons
Response Rates by Semester

December Graduates | May Graduates


December Graduates
College Senior Class
%
(N)
Survey Respondents
%
(N)
Response
Rate
Margin of
Error
Agriculture and Life Sciences 252
(20.0%)
108
(18.8%)
42.9% ±5.4
Design* 16
(1.3%)
3
(0.5%)
18.8% ±46.0
Education 35
(2.8%)
13
(2.3%)
37.1% ±17.1
Engineering 275
(21.8%)
186
(32.3%)
67.6% ±2.3
Natural Resources 94
(7.4%)
33
(5.7%)
35.1% ±11.1
Humanities and Social Sciences 346
(27.4%)
153
(26.6%)
44.2% ±4.4
Physical and Mathematical Sciences 37
(2.9%)
14
(2.4%)
37.8% ±16.3
Textiles 57
(4.5%)
11
(1.9%)
19.3% ±23.8
Management 150
(11.9%)
55
(9.5%)
36.7% ±8.4
Total 1,262
(100.0%)
576
(100.0%)
45.6% ±2.2
*Due to low response rate, this college has been excluded from tables reporting survey results by college.


May Graduates
College Senior Class
%
(N)
Survey Respondents
%
(N)
Response
Rate
Margin of
Error
Agriculture and Life Sciences 559
(20.0%)
362
(23.4%)
64.8% ±1.8
Design* 109
(3.9%)
18
(1.2%)
16.5% ±19.3
Education 132
(4.7%)
58
(3.8%)
43.9% ±7.2
Engineering 608
(21.8%)
374
(24.2%)
61.5% 2.0
Natural Resources 127
(4.5%)
49
(3.2%)
38.6% ±8.6
Humanities and Social Sciences 627
(22.4%)
386
(25.0%)
61.6% ±1.9
Physical and Mathematical Sciences 113
(4.0%)
44
(2.8%)
38.9% ±9.0
Textiles 113
(4.0%)
34
(2.2%)
30.1% ±11.7
Management 407
(14.6%)
219
(14.2%)
53.8% ±3.1
Total 2,795
(100.0%)
1,544
(100.0%)
55.2% ±1.1
*Due to low response rate, this college has been excluded from tables reporting survey results by college.

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For more information on the 2009-2010 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: November, 2010

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