North Carolina State University
2001-2002 Graduating Senior Survey:
Frequency Distributions for Survey Item #20
(Knowledge, Skills, and Personal Development)
This document reports the frequency distributions by gender and race/ethnicity of survey item #20 of the 2001-2002 Graduating Senior Survey. A table comparing mean ratings is available on the web.
Exact wording of question: To what extent do you think your college education contributed to your knowledge, skills, and personal development in each of the following areas?
Respondents selecting "don't know/did not use" have been excluded from the figures reported in this document.
General Education Goals | Personal Development
Goals | World View Goals
Q General Education Goals
|
Enhancing
analytic skills
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 69.9% | 64.4% | 74.3% | 78.4% | 69.1% | 70.4% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 26.9% | 31.9% | 22.9% | 20.9% | 27.6% | 25.4% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 2.8% | 3.5% | 2.3% | 0.7% | 2.9% | 4.2% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
|
Ability
to plan/carry out projects indep
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 67.2% | 68.3% | 66.3% | 67.3% | 66.6% | 73.8% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 27.8% | 26.7% | 28.6% | 25.5% | 28.3% | 24.1% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 5.2% | 3.6% | 2.1% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 0.0% |
|
Critical
analysis of ideas/info
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 64.9% | 64.1% | 65.6% | 71.4% | 64.5% | 62.7% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 30.8% | 31.5% | 30.3% | 22.1% | 31.4% | 33.1% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 3.6% | 3.9% | 3.4% | 5.8% | 3.5% | 2.8% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.4% |
|
Developing
computer skills
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 65.9% | 64.7% | 66.9% | 74.0% | 65.0% | 68.1% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 27.5% | 28.3% | 26.9% | 22.7% | 28.1% | 25.0% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 5.4% | 5.5% | 5.2% | 2.6% | 5.5% | 6.3% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.2% | 1.5% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 1.3% | 0.7% |
|
Applying
scientific methods
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 62.8% | 57.2% | 67.3% | 69.1% | 62.0% | 66.2% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 29.0% | 32.9% | 26.0% | 25.0% | 29.6% | 27.5% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 7.0% | 8.4% | 5.9% | 5.3% | 7.4% | 4.9% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.1% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 1.4% |
|
Science/tech
influence on everyday life
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 60.4% | 59.5% | 61.2% | 63.9% | 60.0% | 61.5% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 32.0% | 32.3% | 31.8% | 28.4% | 32.2% | 33.6% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 6.1% | 6.5% | 5.7% | 7.7% | 6.2% | 2.8% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 2.1% |
|
Comprehension
skills
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 58.0% | 59.7% | 56.7% | 67.5% | 56.6% | 63.9% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 35.3% | 34.2% | 36.1% | 24.7% | 36.9% | 27.8% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 5.4% | 5.0% | 5.8% | 7.1% | 5.3% | 4.9% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 1.2% | 3.5% |
|
Speaking
skills
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 56.2% | 55.0% | 57.2% | 64.5% | 55.6% | 55.2% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 34.0% | 36.4% | 32.0% | 31.0% | 34.1% | 35.9% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 8.4% | 7.0% | 9.6% | 3.9% | 9.0% | 6.9% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 2.1% |
|
Writing
skills
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 51.6% | 53.2% | 50.4% | 62.6% | 50.1% | 57.0% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 39.3% | 38.7% | 39.7% | 30.3% | 40.5% | 34.5% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 7.8% | 7.0% | 8.5% | 6.5% | 8.0% | 7.0% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 1.3% | 1.4% |
|
Listening
skills
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 51.7% | 55.5% | 48.7% | 59.1% | 50.6% | 56.9% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 38.8% | 37.1% | 40.1% | 31.8% | 39.7% | 35.4% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 7.7% | 6.1% | 8.9% | 7.8% | 8.0% | 4.2% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.8% | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
|
Using
math skills
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 54.7% | 42.7% | 64.2% | 52.3% | 55.0% | 53.5% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 32.4% | 39.7% | 26.6% | 36.2% | 31.8% | 36.1% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 11.4% | 15.6% | 8.0% | 10.1% | 11.6% | 10.4% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.5% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 0.0% |
|
Understand
diverse cultures/values
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 48.5% | 55.6% | 42.7% | 60.4% | 46.1% | 62.7% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 37.0% | 33.4% | 39.8% | 26.0% | 39.0% | 26.1% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 11.4% | 8.5% | 13.7% | 9.7% | 11.9% | 7.7% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 3.2% | 2.4% | 3.7% | 3.9% | 3.1% | 3.5% |
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|
Ability
to function as part of a team
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 63.8% | 65.5% | 62.5% | 70.1% | 62.9% | 68.3% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 30.2% | 28.5% | 31.5% | 24.7% | 30.9% | 27.6% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 4.9% | 4.8% | 5.0% | 4.5% | 5.1% | 2.8% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 1.4% |
|
Potential
for success
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 65.5% | 67.2% | 64.1% | 69.9% | 64.7% | 70.3% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 28.1% | 27.4% | 28.6% | 19.6% | 29.1% | 25.5% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 4.7% | 3.7% | 5.5% | 4.6% | 5.0% | 2.1% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 5.9% | 1.3% | 2.1% |
|
Personal
growth
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 65.7% | 69.7% | 62.5% | 65.6% | 65.3% | 70.1% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 27.9% | 25.3% | 29.9% | 26.6% | 28.3% | 24.3% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 4.4% | 3.1% | 5.4% | 2.6% | 4.6% | 3.5% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 2.1% | 1.8% | 2.2% | 5.2% | 1.8% | 2.1% |
|
Value
learning as a life-long process
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 62.8% | 66.0% | 60.2% | 66.4% | 62.3% | 65.0% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 30.4% | 28.0% | 32.3% | 25.0% | 31.1% | 27.9% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 4.8% | 4.2% | 5.3% | 6.6% | 4.6% | 5.0% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 2.0% | 1.7% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.1% |
|
Independence
and self-reliance
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 65.1% | 70.0% | 61.2% | 65.1% | 64.3% | 74.6% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 26.8% | 23.9% | 29.2% | 23.0% | 27.9% | 18.3% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 5.0% | 3.7% | 6.1% | 5.9% | 4.9% | 5.6% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 3.0% | 2.4% | 3.5% | 5.9% | 2.9% | 1.4% |
|
Self-discipline
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 60.3% | 65.6% | 56.1% | 65.4% | 59.5% | 64.3% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 30.6% | 27.1% | 33.3% | 21.6% | 31.5% | 29.4% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 6.4% | 5.0% | 7.6% | 6.5% | 6.6% | 4.2% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 2.7% | 2.3% | 3.0% | 6.5% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
|
Time
management
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 59.3% | 63.4% | 56.0% | 63.4% | 58.7% | 62.5% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 30.2% | 28.4% | 31.7% | 27.5% | 30.3% | 31.9% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 8.0% | 6.2% | 9.4% | 6.5% | 8.5% | 4.2% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 2.5% | 2.0% | 2.9% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 1.4% |
|
Coping
with change
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 57.6% | 62.6% | 53.7% | 66.0% | 55.9% | 69.2% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 32.0% | 27.9% | 35.3% | 25.5% | 33.3% | 23.8% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 7.3% | 6.5% | 7.9% | 2.6% | 8.0% | 4.2% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 3.1% | 3.1% | 3.2% | 5.9% | 2.9% | 2.8% |
|
Ability
to lead or guide others
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 52.4% | 52.6% | 52.2% | 55.1% | 51.8% | 56.3% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 37.1% | 37.3% | 36.9% | 34.0% | 37.7% | 33.3% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 8.1% | 7.5% | 8.5% | 7.7% | 8.2% | 6.9% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 2.5% | 2.6% | 2.4% | 3.2% | 2.3% | 3.5% |
|
Taking
responsibility for own behavior
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 57.0% | 61.2% | 53.6% | 60.3% | 55.6% | 68.8% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 29.7% | 26.5% | 32.3% | 23.8% | 31.1% | 20.1% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 8.5% | 8.0% | 8.9% | 9.3% | 8.5% | 6.9% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 4.8% | 4.3% | 5.3% | 6.6% | 4.7% | 4.2% |
|
Ability
to handle stress
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 54.7% | 54.8% | 54.7% | 61.0% | 53.4% | 62.9% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 31.2% | 32.6% | 30.1% | 27.3% | 31.7% | 29.4% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 9.8% | 9.4% | 10.1% | 4.5% | 10.6% | 6.3% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 4.2% | 3.2% | 5.1% | 7.1% | 4.2% | 1.4% |
|
Self-confidence
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 52.2% | 55.3% | 49.7% | 56.5% | 51.2% | 59.0% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 34.6% | 32.5% | 36.3% | 26.6% | 35.7% | 30.6% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 9.2% | 9.1% | 9.3% | 9.1% | 9.4% | 7.6% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 4.0% | 3.1% | 4.7% | 7.8% | 3.7% | 2.8% |
|
Sense
of personal identity
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 53.7% | 60.6% | 48.2% | 53.6% | 53.0% | 62.5% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 31.7% | 26.6% | 35.8% | 26.8% | 32.8% | 25.0% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 9.5% | 8.7% | 10.2% | 9.8% | 9.6% | 8.3% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 5.0% | 4.2% | 5.7% | 9.8% | 4.7% | 4.2% |
|
Recognize/act
upon ethical principles
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 44.0% | 49.7% | 39.5% | 58.9% | 41.9% | 52.8% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 39.3% | 35.8% | 42.1% | 27.2% | 40.8% | 35.2% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 12.1% | 11.0% | 13.0% | 9.3% | 12.8% | 7.7% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 4.5% | 3.4% | 5.4% | 4.6% | 4.5% | 4.2% |
|
Commitment
to personal health/fitness
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 35.2% | 36.2% | 34.4% | 41.2% | 33.4% | 50.3% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 40.4% | 40.5% | 40.3% | 37.3% | 41.5% | 30.8% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 18.8% | 17.7% | 19.7% | 16.3% | 19.3% | 15.4% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 5.6% | 5.7% | 5.6% | 5.2% | 5.8% | 3.5% |
|
Public
responsibility/community svc
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 30.1% | 34.5% | 26.5% | 42.1% | 28.4% | 37.1% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 43.7% | 41.8% | 45.3% | 42.1% | 44.0% | 42.4% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 19.5% | 18.5% | 20.4% | 11.7% | 20.8% | 13.6% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 6.7% | 5.3% | 7.8% | 4.1% | 6.9% | 6.8% |
|
Ability
to work with diverse people
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 57.9% | 60.6% | 55.8% | 68.8% | 56.4% | 63.6% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 31.6% | 29.5% | 33.4% | 19.5% | 33.1% | 28.0% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 7.6% | 7.4% | 7.7% | 9.7% | 7.5% | 5.6% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 2.8% | 2.5% | 3.1% | 1.9% | 2.9% | 2.8% |
|
Developing
tolerance for divergent views
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 50.1% | 58.2% | 43.5% | 58.8% | 48.5% | 59.3% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 38.2% | 33.3% | 42.2% | 31.4% | 39.5% | 30.7% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 8.7% | 6.0% | 11.0% | 7.8% | 9.0% | 6.4% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 3.0% | 2.6% | 3.3% | 2.0% | 3.0% | 3.6% |
|
Understanding
world issues/problems
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 41.6% | 46.1% | 38.0% | 50.6% | 41.3% | 36.1% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 40.1% | 39.7% | 40.4% | 33.1% | 40.1% | 47.9% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 13.9% | 10.9% | 16.3% | 11.0% | 14.3% | 11.8% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 4.4% | 3.2% | 5.3% | 5.2% | 4.3% | 4.2% |
|
Present
as it relates to history
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 38.3% | 39.6% | 37.4% | 48.1% | 37.2% | 40.6% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 43.3% | 42.1% | 44.2% | 38.3% | 43.8% | 42.8% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 13.6% | 13.3% | 13.9% | 10.4% | 14.0% | 13.0% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 4.7% | 5.0% | 4.5% | 3.2% | 5.0% | 3.6% |
|
Appreciating
gender equity
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 38.0% | 43.2% | 33.7% | 46.1% | 36.6% | 45.3% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 40.4% | 37.8% | 42.5% | 29.6% | 41.7% | 37.4% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 15.5% | 14.4% | 16.3% | 20.4% | 15.3% | 11.5% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 6.2% | 4.6% | 7.5% | 3.9% | 6.5% | 5.8% |
|
Appreciating
racial equity
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 37.8% | 44.6% | 32.4% | 47.1% | 36.2% | 46.1% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 40.2% | 37.4% | 42.5% | 28.1% | 41.4% | 39.7% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 15.5% | 12.9% | 17.6% | 17.6% | 15.9% | 9.2% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 6.5% | 5.2% | 7.5% | 7.2% | 6.6% | 5.0% |
|
Appreciation
of the arts
|
All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other |
| 4: Very much (%) | 28.2% | 30.8% | 26.3% | 37.8% | 26.8% | 34.6% |
| 3: Somewhat (%) | 37.6% | 40.8% | 35.0% | 35.1% | 37.4% | 42.6% |
| 2: Very little (%) | 23.8% | 21.5% | 25.6% | 19.6% | 25.2% | 11.8% |
| 1: Not at all (%) | 10.4% | 7.0% | 13.1% | 7.4% | 10.6% | 11.0% |
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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