FACTORS INFLUENCING DECISION TO ATTEND NC STATE

	Academic reputation
	N	MEAN	STD
College/School	161	3.92	0.89
Agriculture
Design	14	3.64	1.28
Ed. / Psy.	32	4.00	0.84
Engineering	210	4.16	0.88
Forest Res.	45	3.84	0.82
CHASS	158	3.85	0.92
PAMS	27	4.00	0.78
Textiles	11	4.00	0.63
Management	95	3.77	0.86
ALL	753	3.95	0.89

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	Cost
	N	MEAN	STD
College/School	154	3.16	1.21
Agriculture
Design	14	3.29	1.27
Ed. / Psy.	32	3.22	1.13
Engineering	205	3.20	1.13
Forest Res.	41	3.00	1.26
CHASS	150	3.41	1.26
PAMS	26	3.15	1.38
Textiles	10	3.40	0.84
Management	93	3.28	1.17
ALL	725	3.24	1.19

	Location
	N	MEAN	STD
College/School	159	3.88	1.12
Agriculture
Design	14	3.86	1.10
Ed. / Psy.	32	4.50	0.72
Engineering	207	3.65	1.24
Forest Res.	43	3.63	1.16
CHASS	160	4.31	0.86
PAMS	27	3.81	1.27
Textiles	11	3.82	1.08
Management	94	4.21	0.95
ALL	747	3.96	1.11

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	Size
	N	MEAN	STD
College/School	147	2.73	1.14
Agriculture
Design	12	2.42	1.31
Ed. / Psy.	31	2.61	1.09
Engineering	193	2.53	1.14
Forest Res.	40	2.55	1.15
CHASS	155	2.92	1.08
PAMS	26	2.38	1.13
Textiles	11	3.36	1.43
Management	91	2.78	1.10
ALL	706	2.70	1.14

	Availability of program
	N	MEAN	STD
College/School	159	4.30	0.86
Agriculture
Design	15	4.53	0.83
Ed. / Psy.	32	4.06	0.91
Engineering	209	4.23	0.98
Forest Res.	44	4.41	0.90
CHASS	156	3.82	0.93
PAMS	26	4.38	0.85
Textiles	11	4.36	1.12
Management	92	3.64	0.97
ALL	744	4.10	0.96

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	Recommended
	N	MEAN	STD
College/School	129	3.22	1.26
Agriculture
Design	11	3.18	1.66
Ed. / Psy.	28	3.18	1.19
Engineering	181	3.12	1.19
Forest Res.	38	3.63	1.32
CHASS	136	3.38	1.33
PAMS	22	3.36	1.29
Textiles	9	3.56	1.51
Management	78	3.27	1.37
ALL	632	3.26	1.28

	Number of hours transferred/credited
	N	MEAN	STD
College/School	143	2.71	1.21
Agriculture
Design	12	2.58	1.31
Ed. / Psy.	30	2.77	1.28
Engineering	193	2.52	1.24
Forest Res.	39	2.90	1.02
CHASS	147	2.86	1.23
PAMS	24	2.63	1.24
Textiles	9	2.89	0.93
Management	85	2.92	1.21
ALL	682	2.72	1.22

	Level of support for my intended major
	N	MEAN	STD
College/School	151	3.72	1.05
Agriculture
Design	14	4.00	1.24
Ed. / Psy.	32	3.31	0.97
Engineering	201	3.87	1.15
Forest Res.	42	4.05	1.08
CHASS	155	3.30	0.97
PAMS	27	4.11	0.93
Textiles	10	3.80	1.40
Management	88	3.11	1.06
ALL	720	3.62	1.11

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	Facilities and resources available
	N	MEAN	STD
College/School	154	3.71	1.03
Agriculture
Design	14	4.29	0.73
Ed. / Psy.	31	3.55	0.89
Engineering	210	3.66	1.04
Forest Res.	43	3.98	0.89
CHASS	155	3.55	0.91
PAMS	27	3.63	1.01
Textiles	10	3.90	1.20
Management	92	3.42	1.07
ALL	736	3.65	1.00

	Scholarships/financial aid available
	N	MEAN	STD
College/School	134	2.82	1.25
Agriculture
Design	12	2.42	1.38
Ed. / Psy.	23	2.96	1.22
Engineering	168	2.69	1.21
Forest Res.	38	2.95	1.27
CHASS	128	2.89	1.25
PAMS	21	2.43	1.29
Textiles	8	2.38	1.06
Management	69	2.70	1.26
ALL	601	2.77	1.24

	Campus visit prior to orientation
	N	MEAN	STD
College/School	114	2.70	1.19
Agriculture
Design	11	2.09	1.45
Ed. / Psy.	24	2.96	1.46
Engineering	148	2.60	1.19
Forest Res.	31	3.19	1.22
CHASS	113	3.15	1.15
PAMS	18	2.56	1.25
Textiles	6	3.00	1.67
Management	54	3.09	1.28
ALL	519	2.84	1.24

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	Contact with a current student
	N	MEAN	STD
College/School	111	2.95	1.28
Agriculture
Design	10	2.40	1.43
Ed. / Psy.	23	3.13	1.25
Engineering	150	2.74	1.24
Forest Res.	31	3.13	1.28
CHASS	117	3.52	1.28
PAMS	19	2.95	1.39
Textiles	10	3.00	1.33
Management	71	3.31	1.34
ALL	542	3.07	1.31

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	Contact with a faculty or staff member
	N	MEAN	STD
College/School	85	2.73	1.23
Agriculture
Design	12	3.17	1.47
Ed. / Psy.	14	2.71	1.20
Engineering	122	2.63	1.29
Forest Res.	21	2.81	1.17
CHASS	87	2.67	1.33
PAMS	16	2.63	0.81
Textiles	7	3.86	1.57
Management	38	2.71	1.31
ALL	402	2.72	1.27

	Contact with a graduate
	N	MEAN	STD
College/School	90	3.01	1.38
Agriculture
Design	10	3.30	1.49
Ed. / Psy.	18	2.33	1.19
Engineering	117	2.64	1.27
Forest Res.	24	3.54	1.38
CHASS	87	3.01	1.35
PAMS	18	2.94	1.21
Textiles	6	3.17	1.60
Management	46	3.28	1.31
ALL	416	2.94	1.34

	Letter from other than Admissions
	N	MEAN	STD
College/School	70	2.27	1.14
Agriculture
Design	6	1.67	1.03
Ed. / Psy.	9	2.00	1.00
Engineering	84	2.01	1.12
Forest Res.	14	2.93	1.07
CHASS	51	2.29	1.33
PAMS	8	1.75	0.89
Textiles	3	3.67	1.53
Management	40	2.65	1.31
ALL	285	2.26	1.21

	Attendance at a College Fair
	N	MEAN	STD
College/School	54	1.98	1.09
Agriculture
Design	2	1.00	0.00
Ed. / Psy.	10	1.90	1.10
Engineering	63	2.10	1.19
Forest Res.	11	2.91	1.30
CHASS	39	2.26	1.21
PAMS	10	1.90	0.99
Textiles	4	2.25	1.50
Management	24	1.96	1.08
ALL	217	2.10	1.16

	Publications from NC State
	N	MEAN	STD
College/School	91	2.40	1.07
Agriculture
Design	5	2.20	1.10
Ed. / Psy.	18	2.67	1.08
Engineering	124	2.39	1.06
Forest Res.	22	3.18	1.26
CHASS	71	2.39	1.21
PAMS	13	2.31	1.18
Textiles	7	2.57	1.13
Management	47	2.51	1.20
ALL	398	2.46	1.13

	Extracurricular opportunities
	N	MEAN	STD
College/School	115	2.62	1.17
Agriculture
Design	5	1.40	0.89
Ed. / Psy.	25	2.76	1.13
Engineering	137	2.47	1.20
Forest Res.	30	2.93	1.26
CHASS	109	2.98	1.31
PAMS	17	2.41	1.37
Textiles	6	3.67	1.03
Management	63	3.13	1.21
ALL	507	2.74	1.25

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	Other
	N	MEAN	STD
College/School	5	4.40	1.34
Agriculture
Design	0	0	0
Ed. / Psy.	3	5.00	0.00
Engineering	13	4.46	0.88
Forest Res.	5	5.00	0.00
CHASS	12	4.42	1.24
PAMS	2	3.00	2.83
Textiles	1	5.00	0
Management	7	4.57	1.13
ALL	48	4.50	1.09

NUMBER OF COLLEGES ATTENDED BEFORE NC STATE

	Nbr institutions attended										Total
	One		Two		Three		Four		Five or more
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
College/School	105	65.2	44	27.3	9	5.6	1	0.6	2	1.2	161	100.0
Agriculture
Design	7	46.7	5	33.3	2	13.3	0	0	1	6.7	15	100.0
Ed. / Psy.	21	65.6	10	31.3	1	3.1	0	0	0	0	32	100.0
Engineering	134	65.0	55	26.7	8	3.9	6	2.9	3	1.5	206	100.0
Forest Res.	28	63.6	11	25.0	3	6.8	2	4.5	0	0	44	100.0
CHASS	112	71.8	28	17.9	12	7.7	4	2.6	0	0	156	100.0
PAMS	20	74.1	2	7.4	4	14.8	1	3.7	0	0	27	100.0
Textiles	8	72.7	2	18.2	1	9.1	0	0	0	0	11	100.0
Management	62	64.6	21	21.9	7	7.3	3	3.1	3	3.1	96	100.0
Total	497	66.4	178	23.8	47	6.3	17	2.3	9	1.2	748	100.0

MOST INFLUENTIAL FACTOR IN DECISION TO ATTEND NC STATE

	Most Infl. Factor
	Academic reputation		Cost		Location		Availabili- ty of program		Recommended by friend, family, etc.		Number of hours transferre- d/credited		Level of support for my intended major		Facilities and resources available		Scholarshi- ps/financi- al aid available		Campus visit prior to orientation		Contact with a current student		Contact with a faculty or staff member
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
College/School	27	16.8	11	6.8	31	19.3	60	37.3	2	1.2	0	0	12	7.5	3	1.9	0	0	1	0.6	6	3.7	3	1.9
Agriculture
Design	0	0	2	14.3	1	7.1	7	50.0	0	0	0	0	1	7.1	3	21.4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed. / Psy.	5	15.6	2	6.3	15	46.9	6	18.8	1	3.1	1	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.1	0	0
Engineering	62	30.2	6	2.9	29	14.1	61	29.8	2	1.0	0	0	28	13.7	3	1.5	1	0.5	0	0	2	1.0	2	1.0
Forest Res.	1	2.4	0	0	7	16.7	20	47.6	1	2.4	1	2.4	2	4.8	2	4.8	1	2.4	1	2.4	2	4.8	1	2.4
CHASS	27	18.0	14	9.3	44	29.3	26	17.3	11	7.3	1	0.7	4	2.7	4	2.7	4	2.7	1	0.7	7	4.7	2	1.3
PAMS	5	18.5	0	0	3	11.1	10	37.0	1	3.7	0	0	5	18.5	1	3.7	0	0	0	0	1	3.7	0	0
Textiles	2	20.0	0	0	2	20.0	4	40.0	1	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10.0
Management	16	16.7	10	10.4	34	35.4	9	9.4	7	7.3	2	2.1	0	0	3	3.1	0	0	2	2.1	4	4.2	0	0
Total	145	19.7	45	6.1	166	22.5	203	27.5	26	3.5	5	0.7	52	7.1	19	2.6	6	0.8	5	0.7	23	3.1	9	1.2

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MOST INFLUENTIAL FACTOR IN DECISION TO ATTEND NC STATE

	Most Infl. Factor								Total
	Contact with a graduate		Attendance at a College Fair		Extracurri- cular opportunit- ies		Other
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
College/School	1	0.6	0	0	0	0	4	2.5	161	100.0
Agriculture
Design	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	100.0
Ed. / Psy.	0	0	0	0	1	3.1	0	0	32	100.0
Engineering	2	1.0	1	0.5	0	0	6	2.9	205	100.0
Forest Res.	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7.1	42	100.0
CHASS	0	0	0	0	1	0.7	4	2.7	150	100.0
PAMS	1	3.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	100.0
Textiles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	100.0
Management	3	3.1	0	0	1	1.0	5	5.2	96	100.0
Total	7	0.9	1	0.1	3	0.4	22	3.0	737	100.0

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SATISFACTION WITH THE FOLLOWING PROCESSES:

	Satis w/ university admissions process								Total
	Very dissatisfi- ed		Moderately dissatisfi- ed		Moderately satisfied		Very satisfied
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
College/School	6	3.7	16	9.9	80	49.7	59	36.6	161	100.0
Agriculture
Design	1	7.1	3	21.4	6	42.9	4	28.6	14	100.0
Ed. / Psy.	3	9.4	6	18.8	11	34.4	12	37.5	32	100.0
Engineering	8	3.8	20	9.6	110	52.6	71	34.0	209	100.0
Forest Res.	1	2.3	2	4.5	25	56.8	16	36.4	44	100.0
CHASS	4	2.5	20	12.6	80	50.3	55	34.6	159	100.0
PAMS	3	11.1	2	7.4	12	44.4	10	37.0	27	100.0
Textiles	1	9.1	1	9.1	8	72.7	1	9.1	11	100.0
Management	4	4.1	7	7.2	39	40.2	47	48.5	97	100.0
Total	31	4.1	77	10.2	371	49.2	275	36.5	754	100.0

	Satis w/ departmental admissions process								Total
	Very dissatisfi- ed		Moderately dissatisfi- ed		Moderately satisfied		Very satisfied
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
College/School	2	1.3	8	5.2	77	50.0	67	43.5	154	100.0
Agriculture
Design	0	0	5	35.7	3	21.4	6	42.9	14	100.0
Ed. / Psy.	0	0	4	13.8	13	44.8	12	41.4	29	100.0
Engineering	6	3.1	13	6.6	103	52.6	74	37.8	196	100.0
Forest Res.	0	0	4	10.3	11	28.2	24	61.5	39	100.0
CHASS	6	4.0	18	11.9	77	51.0	50	33.1	151	100.0
PAMS	1	3.7	1	3.7	11	40.7	14	51.9	27	100.0
Textiles	1	9.1	1	9.1	5	45.5	4	36.4	11	100.0
Management	2	2.3	5	5.7	43	48.9	38	43.2	88	100.0
Total	18	2.5	59	8.3	343	48.4	289	40.8	709	100.0

	Satis w/ university fin aid process								Total
	Very dissatisfi- ed		Moderately dissatisfi- ed		Moderately satisfied		Very satisfied
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
College/School	2	2.3	15	17.2	48	55.2	22	25.3	87	100.0
Agriculture
Design	2	20.0	3	30.0	3	30.0	2	20.0	10	100.0
Ed. / Psy.	1	7.7	3	23.1	6	46.2	3	23.1	13	100.0
Engineering	7	5.6	22	17.6	60	48.0	36	28.8	125	100.0
Forest Res.	2	8.0	2	8.0	14	56.0	7	28.0	25	100.0
CHASS	7	8.2	13	15.3	37	43.5	28	32.9	85	100.0
PAMS	1	9.1	1	9.1	8	72.7	1	9.1	11	100.0
Textiles	1	25.0	1	25.0	2	50.0	0	0	4	100.0
Management	5	11.6	8	18.6	21	48.8	9	20.9	43	100.0
Total	28	6.9	68	16.9	199	49.4	108	26.8	403	100.0

TRANSFERRED WHAT PREVIOUS INSTIT SAID WOULD

	Transferred what prev institution said						Total
	Less than I expected		About what I expected		More than I expected
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
College/School	23	15.1	100	65.8	29	19.1	152	100.0
Agriculture
Design	4	28.6	6	42.9	4	28.6	14	100.0
Ed. / Psy.	5	15.6	19	59.4	8	25.0	32	100.0
Engineering	38	18.9	140	69.7	23	11.4	201	100.0
Forest Res.	10	22.2	28	62.2	7	15.6	45	100.0
CHASS	39	25.2	98	63.2	18	11.6	155	100.0
PAMS	2	7.7	19	73.1	5	19.2	26	100.0
Textiles	1	9.1	8	72.7	2	18.2	11	100.0
Management	11	12.2	58	64.4	21	23.3	90	100.0
Total	133	18.3	476	65.6	117	16.1	726	100.0

TRANSFERRED WHAT NC STATE SAID WOULD

	Transferred what NC State said would						Total
	Less than I expected		About what I expected		More than I expected
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
College/School	13	8.8	118	80.3	16	10.9	147	100.0
Agriculture
Design	2	14.3	9	64.3	3	21.4	14	100.0
Ed. / Psy.	5	16.1	22	71.0	4	12.9	31	100.0
Engineering	30	15.0	151	75.5	19	9.5	200	100.0
Forest Res.	4	9.3	37	86.0	2	4.7	43	100.0
CHASS	23	15.0	117	76.5	13	8.5	153	100.0
PAMS	1	3.8	22	84.6	3	11.5	26	100.0
Textiles	2	18.2	8	72.7	1	9.1	11	100.0
Management	7	8.0	68	77.3	13	14.8	88	100.0
Total	87	12.2	552	77.4	74	10.4	713	100.0