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.