NC State was compared to 10 similar institutions that also participated in the Spring 2001 NSSE.

• 6 of the 10 are among NC State's official peer institutions:
• Case Western Reserve
• Georgia Tech
• Iowa State University
• Penn State University
• Texas A&M
• University of Wisconsin-Madison

https://isa.ncsu.edu/univ/peer/peer-institutions has the current list of NC State's peer institutions.

• The other 4 are also technically-oriented Research/Doctoral-Extensive institutions:
• Ohio State University
• Indiana University-Bloomington
• University of Maryland
• U of Michigan


• These 10, plus NC State, account for approximately 25% of the Spring 2001 NSSE respondents from Doctoral/Research-Extensives.