North Carolina State University
2004 Sophomore Student Survey:
Gender and Racial/Ethnic Frequency Distributions
(Campus Climate)


This document reports the frequency distributions by gender and race/ethnicity for items related to the campus climate for student groups and students' sense of belonging on the 2004 Sophomore Survey. A table comparing mean ratings is available on the web. Exact question wording is available on the web or by clicking on the "Q" in the section heading of the tables.

Sense of Belonging | Assessment of Diversity at NC State | Campus Climate for Student Groups



Q Sense of belonging at NCSU

Importance of sense of community at NC State
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
4: Very important
44.9%
48.6%
40.6%
43.3%
45.1%
43.8%
3: Mod. important
39.1%
40.3%
37.8%
47.4%
38.3%
39.3%
2: Slightly important
13.3%
9.4%
17.8%
8.2%
13.8%
13.5%
1: Not at all important
2.7%
1.7%
3.9%
1.0%
2.8%
3.4%


Experience sense of community at NC State
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
4: Great extent
29.1%
33.2%
24.5%
30.9%
29.5%
22.7%
3: Some extent
49.0%
47.8%
50.5%
49.5%
49.3%
45.5%
2: Small extent
18.6%
16.3%
21.2%
18.6%
18.1%
25.0%
1: Not at all
3.2%
2.7%
3.8%
1.0%
3.1%
6.8%
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Q Student Assessment of Diversity at NC State

NC State committed to helping minority stndts
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
4: Agree strongly
46.0%
46.1%
45.8%
21.2%
49.6%
32.6%
3: Agree somewhat
48.8%
48.3%
49.3%
56.6%
47.2%
57.3%
2: Disagree somewhat
4.2%
4.3%
4.0%
16.2%
2.6%
7.9%
1: Disagree strongly
1.1%
1.3%
0.9%
6.1%
0.5%
2.2%


NC State leadership fosters diversity on campus
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
4: Agree strongly
29.6%
29.7%
29.5%
16.2%
31.6%
22.7%
3: Agree somewhat
52.9%
51.8%
54.3%
53.5%
52.6%
55.7%
2: Disagree somewhat
13.4%
13.9%
12.8%
19.2%
12.4%
17.0%
1: Disagree strongly
4.1%
4.6%
3.5%
11.1%
3.3%
4.5%
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Q Campus Climate for Student Groups

Assess campus climate for women
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
5: Strongly Supportive
40.2%
39.4%
41.1%
35.4%
40.8%
38.2%
4: Mildly Supportive
34.8%
37.5%
31.7%
38.4%
34.5%
33.7%
3: Neutral
23.2%
21.3%
25.4%
25.3%
22.9%
24.7%
2: Mildly Nonsupportive
1.5%
1.7%
1.3%
0.0%
1.5%
3.4%
1: Strongly Nonsupportive
0.3%
0.2%
0.5%
1.0%
0.3%
0.0%


Assess campus climate for men
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
5: Strongly Supportive
48.1%
53.8%
41.7%
55.0%
47.6%
46.1%
4: Mildly Supportive
23.7%
21.0%
26.8%
19.0%
24.4%
21.3%
3: Neutral
25.5%
23.2%
28.1%
24.0%
25.1%
31.5%
2: Mildly Nonsupportive
1.9%
1.4%
2.3%
0.0%
2.1%
1.1%
1: Strongly Nonsupportive
0.8%
0.6%
1.1%
2.0%
0.8%
0.0%


Assess campus climate for African American
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
5: Strongly Supportive
41.8%
43.3%
40.1%
23.0%
44.0%
38.2%
4: Mildly Supportive
29.7%
30.8%
28.4%
41.0%
28.6%
29.2%
3: Neutral
25.5%
22.9%
28.4%
22.0%
25.4%
30.3%
2: Mildly Nonsupportive
2.3%
2.5%
2.0%
11.0%
1.5%
1.1%
1: Strongly Nonsupportive
0.8%
0.5%
1.1%
3.0%
0.5%
1.1%


Assess campus climate for ethnic minorities
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
5: Strongly Supportive
34.0%
34.4%
33.5%
21.0%
35.7%
29.2%
4: Mildly Supportive
30.7%
31.1%
30.4%
30.0%
30.9%
30.3%
3: Neutral
30.7%
29.1%
32.6%
33.0%
30.2%
34.8%
2: Mildly Nonsupportive
3.8%
4.8%
2.7%
13.0%
2.8%
4.5%
1: Strongly Nonsupportive
0.8%
0.6%
0.9%
3.0%
0.5%
1.1%


Assess campus climate for international stdnts
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
5: Strongly Supportive
35.6%
35.7%
35.4%
20.0%
37.5%
31.5%
4: Mildly Supportive
30.7%
31.3%
30.0%
32.0%
31.0%
25.8%
3: Neutral
30.7%
30.3%
31.1%
39.0%
29.2%
38.2%
2: Mildly Nonsupportive
2.5%
2.4%
2.7%
8.0%
1.9%
3.4%
1: Strongly Nonsupportive
0.5%
0.3%
0.7%
1.0%
0.4%
1.1%


Assess campus climate for disabled stdnts
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
5: Strongly Supportive
34.2%
35.3%
33.0%
28.0%
35.2%
29.9%
4: Mildly Supportive
28.8%
27.5%
30.3%
25.0%
29.4%
26.4%
3: Neutral
32.2%
31.8%
32.7%
38.0%
30.9%
40.2%
2: Mildly Nonsupportive
3.7%
4.5%
2.9%
4.0%
3.7%
3.4%
1: Strongly Nonsupportive
1.0%
1.0%
1.1%
5.0%
0.7%
0.0%


Assess campus climate for gay/lesbian stndts
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
5: Strongly Supportive
20.0%
20.8%
19.1%
13.0%
20.5%
22.5%
4: Mildly Supportive
22.0%
23.7%
20.2%
20.0%
22.2%
22.5%
3: Neutral
43.2%
42.6%
43.8%
55.0%
41.8%
44.9%
2: Mildly Nonsupportive
10.3%
10.0%
10.6%
8.0%
10.8%
7.9%
1: Strongly Nonsupportive
4.5%
2.9%
6.3%
4.0%
4.7%
2.2%
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For more information on the 2004 Sophomore Student 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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