This section presents profile information about sophomore students including plans for degree completion, satisfaction with choice of NC state, whether or not they have worked during the academic year, and their impressions of sense of community and diversity issues at NC State.
These tables are of frequencies and percentages supporting the tables with which means are given. Any significant results in a specific table are noted on the corresponding table of means.
SENSE OF BELONGING AT NC STATE
Importance of sense of community at NC State (%) |
ALL |
FEMALE |
MALE |
AF. AM. |
WHITE |
OTHER |
Not at all |
5.6 |
2.7 |
8.1 |
0.0 |
5.8 |
10.4 |
Slightly import |
18.1 |
15.2 |
20.6 |
24.7 |
17.1 |
22.4 |
Mod. important |
37.8 |
38.9 |
36.9 |
42.7 |
37.5 |
35.8 |
Very important |
38.5 |
43.2 |
34.5 |
32.6 |
39.6 |
31.3 |
Experience sense of community at NC State (%) |
ALL |
FEMALE |
MALE |
AF. AM. |
WHITE |
OTHER |
Not at all |
6.8 |
5.4 |
7.9 |
2.2 |
6.8 |
12.1 |
Small extent |
23.6 |
22.1 |
24.9 |
30.3 |
22.9 |
24.2 |
Some extent |
49.5 |
50.5 |
48.6 |
56.2 |
49.2 |
43.9 |
Great extent |
20.2 |
21.9 |
18.6 |
11.2 |
21.1 |
19.7 |
DIVERSITY ISSUES
NC State committed to helping min students (%) |
ALL |
FEMALE |
MALE |
AF. AM. |
WHITE |
OTHER |
Disagree strongly |
1.5 |
2.2 |
0.9 |
8.0 |
0.7 |
1.6 |
Disagree somewhat |
7.2 |
7.1 |
7.3 |
30.7 |
4.2 |
9.4 |
Agree somewhat |
57.5 |
58.7 |
56.5 |
45.5 |
57.4 |
75.0 |
Agree strongly |
33.8 |
31.9 |
35.3 |
15.9 |
37.7 |
14.1 |
NC State leadership fosters diversity on campus (%) |
ALL |
FEMALE |
MALE |
AF. AM. |
WHITE |
OTHER |
Disagree strongly |
17.2 |
15.8 |
18.2 |
28.8 |
16.5 |
10.2 |
Disagree somewhat |
29.5 |
30.2 |
28.9 |
33.8 |
29.3 |
25.4 |
Agree somewhat |
44.2 |
45.5 |
43.0 |
36.3 |
43.8 |
59.3 |
Agree strongly |
9.2 |
8.4 |
9.8 |
1.3 |
10.4 |
5.1 |
People at NC State don’t respect each other (%) |
ALL |
FEMALE |
MALE |
AF. AM. |
WHITE |
OTHER |
Disagree strongly |
16.3 |
14.3 |
18.0 |
8.0 |
17.7 |
9.1 |
Disagree somewhat |
37.9 |
38.2 |
37.7 |
35.2 |
37.7 |
43.9 |
Agree somewhat |
34.2 |
36.5 |
32.2 |
42.0 |
33.1 |
37.9 |
Agree strongly |
11.6 |
11.1 |
12.1 |
14.8 |
11.5 |
9.1 |
Lot of racial conflict on campus (%) |
ALL |
FEMALE |
MALE |
AF. AM. |
WHITE |
OTHER |
Disagree strongly |
29.4 |
26.1 |
32.1 |
14.3 |
32.0 |
15.9 |
Disagree somewhat |
43.0 |
45.8 |
40.7 |
40.5 |
42.7 |
50.8 |
Agree somewhat |
22.4 |
22.0 |
22.8 |
36.9 |
20.8 |
23.8 |
Agree strongly |
5.1 |
6.2 |
4.3 |
8.3 |
4.5 |
9.5 |