North Carolina State University
2001-2002 Graduating Senior Survey:
College Comparisons
Introduction

This Web document points to tables reporting the frequency distributions of responses by college to questions in the 2001-2002 Graduating Senior Survey. You can use the index below to link to web tables of college comparisons by topic. Survey results for all respondents are provided in "2001-2002 Graduating Senior Survey: All Respondents." For information about the survey and analysis methods see "2001-2002 Graduating Senior Survey: Introduction, Methods, and Student Demographic Profile." Exact question wording is available on the web.

The number of seniors responding from each college varies widely. As noted in the introductory report on the survey's methods, both the actual number of respondents and the response rate effects the margin of error of the results reported. Table 1 below provides information on the number and proportion of students responding to the survey from each college, as well as the response rate and margin of error for the college. The margin of error in results reported for individual colleges in the 2001-2002 Graduating Senior Survey ranges from + 1.03 percent in the College of Engineering to +22.95 percent in the College of Design. When looking at reported response distributions, it is important to keep the college margin of error in mind.

Table 1: Response Rate and Margin of Error by College (December and May Graduates)

Senior Class
Survey Respondents
Response Rate
Margin of Error
College
N
%
N
%
Agriculture and Life Science
640
19.0%
354
17.9%
55.3%
+ 2.33
Design*
113
3.4%
14
0.7%
12.4%
+ 22.95
Education
76
2.3%
59
3.0%
77.6%
+ 2.85
Engineering
866
25.8%
636
32.1%
73.4%
+ 1.03
Natural Resources
133
4.0%
92
4.6%
69.2%
+ 3.15
Humanities and Social Science
711
21.2%
446
22.5%
62.7%
+ 1.73
Physical and Mathematical Science
147
4.4%
72
3.6%
49.0%
+ 5.89
Textiles
164
4.9%
54
2.7%
32.9%
+ 8.94
Management
510
15.2%
253
12.8%
49.6%
+ 3.10
TOTAL
3360
100.0%
1980
100.0%
58.9%
+ 0.90
* The College of Design has been excluded from tables reporting survey results by college because of their low response rate. Percentages based on only a few students, or on a small percentage of the graduating seniors in a college, could present a misleading portrait of students' characteristics, attitudes and opinions.

Response Rates by Semester


Index of Results of College Comparisons by Topic

Student Goals and Intentions:
Goals and Objectives | Post-Graduation Plans

Academic Environment:
Satisfaction with Education | Intellectual Environment | Faculty Contributions | Quality of Instruction

Campus Climate

Services for Students:
Academic Advising (In Major) | Research Support | Library Services | Technology Services | Career-related Services | Employment Services
Non-Academic Service Areas | Non-Academic Service Areas Staff Responsiveness

Knowledge, Skills, and Personal Development:
NC State's Contribution to Growth | Goals: General Education | Goals: Personal Development | Goals: World View

Employment and Extracurricular Activities


For more information on the 2001-2002 Graduating Senior 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: September, 2002

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