North Carolina State University
2006 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 2006 Sophomore Survey. Tables comparing mean ratings are also available. For exact question wording, see the survey instrument, or click on the "Q" in the table headers below.

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 47.1 55.6 39.1 53.8 45.9 51.1
3: Mod. important 38.7 34.0 43.2 32.3 40.1 33.3
2: Slightly important 10.4 8.5 12.3 8.5 10.3 13.3
1: Not at all important 3.7 1.9 5.4 5.4 3.7 2.2

Experience sense of community at NC State All Women Men AfAm White Other
4: Great extent 30.5 33.6 27.6 28.8 31.1 27.4
3: Some extent 52.0 51.4 52.6 43.9 53.4 48.1
2: Small extent 14.4 12.1 16.6 22.7 13.1 17.8
1: Not at all 3.0 2.8 3.1 4.5 2.4 6.7
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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 41.3 40.6 42.0 19.8 44.9 31.1
3: Agree somewhat 53.0 52.3 53.6 51.9 52.5 57.8
2: Disagree somewhat 4.8 6.1 3.4 22.9 2.1 9.6
1: Disagree strongly 1.0 1.0 1.0 5.3 0.4 1.5

NC State leadership fosters diversity on campus All Women Men AfAm White Other
4: Agree strongly 31.9 33.3 30.6 14.5 34.6 26.1
3: Agree somewhat 51.1 47.9 54.3 48.9 51.1 53.7
2: Disagree somewhat 12.7 13.7 11.8 26.0 10.8 16.4
1: Disagree strongly 4.2 5.1 3.3 10.7 3.5 3.7
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Q Campus Climate for Student Groups
Assess campus climate for women All Women Men AfAm White Other
5: Strongly Supportive 39.9 41.7 38.2 32.6 41.6 32.6
4: Mildly Supportive 35.7 37.7 33.8 42.4 34.6 39.3
3: Neutral 22.2 17.8 26.4 21.2 21.8 25.9
2: Mildly Nonsupportive 2.0 2.6 1.5 3.0 1.9 2.2
1: Strongly Nonsupportive 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.8 0.2 0.0

Assess campus climate for men All Women Men AfAm White Other
5: Strongly Supportive 48.4 55.0 42.0 52.3 48.7 41.8
4: Mildly Supportive 24.3 23.8 24.8 20.5 24.4 27.6
3: Neutral 24.8 20.1 29.3 25.8 24.4 27.6
2: Mildly Nonsupportive 2.0 0.7 3.1 0.8 2.0 3.0
1: Strongly Nonsupportive 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.0

Assess campus climate for African American All Women Men AfAm White Other
5: Strongly Supportive 36.8 40.0 33.7 24.4 38.9 30.4
4: Mildly Supportive 31.9 31.3 32.5 33.6 31.3 36.3
3: Neutral 27.0 24.1 29.8 26.7 26.5 31.9
2: Mildly Nonsupportive 3.2 3.4 3.0 10.7 2.6 1.5
1: Strongly Nonsupportive 1.0 1.1 1.0 4.6 0.8 0.0

Assess campus climate for ethnic minorities All Women Men AfAm White Other
5: Strongly Supportive 31.1 31.3 30.9 17.4 33.3 25.2
4: Mildly Supportive 32.8 34.3 31.4 29.5 33.0 34.1
3: Neutral 30.5 28.4 32.4 36.4 29.6 31.9
2: Mildly Nonsupportive 4.7 4.7 4.8 12.9 3.4 8.1
1: Strongly Nonsupportive 0.9 1.3 0.5 3.8 0.6 0.7

Assess campus climate for international stdnts All Women Men AfAm White Other
5: Strongly Supportive 33.8 34.6 33.0 20.8 35.7 29.6
4: Mildly Supportive 30.4 31.6 29.3 28.5 31.1 26.7
3: Neutral 31.4 29.0 33.7 41.5 29.8 35.6
2: Mildly Nonsupportive 3.1 3.6 2.7 5.4 2.7 5.2
1: Strongly Nonsupportive 1.2 1.1 1.2 3.8 0.7 3.0

Assess campus climate for disabled stdnts All Women Men AfAm White Other
5: Strongly Supportive 29.3 29.2 29.4 25.0 29.9 28.4
4: Mildly Supportive 30.2 30.9 29.6 22.0 31.5 26.9
3: Neutral 34.0 31.9 36.0 42.4 32.5 38.8
2: Mildly Nonsupportive 5.0 6.6 3.4 6.8 4.7 5.2
1: Strongly Nonsupportive 1.5 1.4 1.6 3.8 1.4 0.7

Assess campus climate for gay/lesbian stndts All Women Men AfAm White Other
5: Strongly Supportive 19.4 20.5 18.4 11.5 21.0 13.3
4: Mildly Supportive 25.6 27.9 23.3 21.5 26.0 25.2
3: Neutral 39.6 36.0 42.9 43.8 38.3 45.9
2: Mildly Nonsupportive 10.8 12.0 9.7 11.5 10.7 11.1
1: Strongly Nonsupportive 4.7 3.6 5.7 11.5 3.9 4.4
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For more information on the 2006 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: November, 2006

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