North Carolina State University
2002-2003 Graduating Senior Survey:
Gender and Racial/Ethnic Comparisons of
Academic Environment

This document reports survey data on gender and racial/ethnic differences in the respondents' overall assessment of the academic environment at NC State. Survey results for all respondents are provided in "2002-2003 Graduating Senior Survey: All Respondents." For information about the survey and analysis methods, see "2002-2003 Graduating Senior Survey: Introduction, Methods, and Student Demographic Profile."

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

Satisfaction with Education

Q Choose NC State again?

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Choose NC State again? 8.5 8.2 8.8 13.2 8.1 8.9
No (%)
Not sure (%) 16.6 16.5 16.6 18.9 15.7 23.3
Yes (%) 74.9 75.3 74.5 67.9 76.2 67.8
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Q Choose same major again?

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Choose same major again? 14.2 14.7 13.7 14.1 14.0 15.8
No (%)
Not sure (%) 24.2 24.7 23.8 26.6 23.6 28.1
Yes (%) 61.6 60.6 62.5 59.2 62.3 56.1
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Q Recommend NCSU to a friend?

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Recommend NCSU to a friend? 87.6 88.5 86.9 81.7 88.3 86.2
Yes (%)
Not sure (%) 9.1 8.8 9.4 12.6 8.6 11.3
No (%) 3.2 2.7 3.7 5.8 3.1 2.5

Quality of Instruction

Q Quality of instruction in major

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Quality of instruction in major 47.5 51.5 44.0 37.7 48.6 44.6
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 44.2 42.7 45.4 55.0 43.1 45.0
2: Fair (%) 7.5 5.7 9.1 6.8 7.3 9.9
1: Poor (%) 0.9 0.2 1.5 0.5 0.9 0.5
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Q Quality of instruction overall

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Quality of instruction overall 24.7 28.0 21.8 27.2 24.3 26.1
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 63.2 62.5 63.8 60.7 63.9 58.6
2: Fair (%) 11.2 9.2 13.0 11.5 10.9 14.3
1: Poor (%) 0.9 0.3 1.3 0.5 0.9 1.0
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Q Overall Education at NC State

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Evaluate overall educ. received 38.0 42.5 34.2 34.7 39.1 30.2
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 54.6 52.7 56.2 56.3 53.9 59.9
2: Fair (%) 6.6 4.6 8.4 8.4 6.3 8.4
1: Poor (%) 0.8 0.3 1.2 0.5 0.7 1.5
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Intellectual Environment

Q Intellectual environment on campus

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Intellectual environment on campus 25.2 28.2 22.7 25.7 25.4 23.2
4: Very strong (%)
3: Strong (%) 66.8 66.1 67.4 70.7 66.6 64.5
2: Weak (%) 7.3 5.5 8.9 3.1 7.3 11.8
1: Very weak (%) 0.6 0.2 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.5
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Q Faculty Contributions

  All Women Men Af. Am White Other
Faculty: Set high expectations for learning 3.37 3.44 3.30 3.31 3.38 3.30
Faculty: Respect diverse talents/ways of learning 3.12 3.18 3.06 2.99 3.13 3.11
Faculty: Encourage actively involved learning 3.18 3.28 3.09 3.18 3.18 3.14
Faculty: Encourage student-faculty interaction 3.10 3.19 3.01 2.97 3.12 3.00
Faculty: Give frequent and prompt feedback 3.11 3.19 3.04 3.06 3.12 3.08
Faculty: Encourage devoting time/energy to coursework 3.32 3.39 3.26 3.28 3.33 3.29
Faculty: Opp. to learn cooperatively with fellow students 3.23 3.29 3.19 3.09 3.25 3.16
Faculty: Care about your academic success and welfare 3.06 3.17 2.97 2.90 3.09 2.91
Faculty: Evaluation on all eight measures 3.20 3.28 3.13 3.05 3.22 3.13
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For more information on the 2002-2003 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, 2003

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