This document reports survey data on gender and racial/ethnic differences in the respondents' involvement in extracurricular activities and employment during their senior year 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."

Employment During Academic Year | Number of Hours Worked Per Week | Job Relationship to Academic Major | Co-op/Internship Experience | Research with NCSU Faculty | Extracurricular Activities


Q Employment During Academic Year

Employed on/off campus this academic yr	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
No (%)	20.7	18.4	22.6	15.2	20.4	28.6
Yes - both on and off campus (%)	13.3	15.2	11.7	17.8	12.4	18.2
Yes - off campus (%)	49.9	51.4	48.6	39.8	52.0	36.9
Yes - on campus (%)	16.2	15.0	17.2	27.2	15.2	16.3

Q Average Number of Hours Worked Per Week This Academic Year (Among Employed Respondents, n=2,007)

	All	Women	Men	Af. Am	White	Other
Avg. hrs/wk worked on campus	13.64	13.61	13.67	14.65	13.64	12.38
Avg. hrs/wk worked off campus	20.76	19.74	21.74	23.41	20.65	19.48
Avg. total hrs/wk - on and off campus*	30.12	28.75	31.65	33.03	30.11	27.51

*among those respondents who reported working both on and off campus (n=336)

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Q Job Related to Academic Major?

	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
On-campus job related to major/by choice?	33.4	30.1	36.2	12.1	36.3	32.9
Directly related (%)
Somewhat related (%)	25.6	26.0	25.2	26.4	25.4	26.0
Not related (by choice) (%)	28.2	30.6	26.1	31.9	27.2	32.9
Not related (not by choice) (%)	12.8	13.2	12.5	29.7	11.1	8.2

	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
Off-campus job related to major/by choice?	27.2	25.3	29.0	24.8	27.5	24.8
Directly related (%)
Somewhat related (%)	25.4	26.8	24.0	30.5	24.9	26.6
Not related (by choice) (%)	28.1	30.9	25.3	25.7	27.7	34.9
Not related (not by choice) (%)	19.4	17.0	21.7	19.0	19.9	13.8

Q Co-op/Internship Experience

	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
Major include co-op/intern/field exper?	57.2	56.1	58.2	55.7	58.0	50.5
No (%)
Yes (%)	42.8	43.9	41.8	44.3	42.0	49.5

Q Job Contribution to Personal/Professional Growth

	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
Field exper. contribute to personal/prof growth?	68.3	70.4	66.4	61.9	70.1	58.0
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%)	25.2	24.1	26.1	29.8	24.4	28.0
2: Fair (%)	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.8	3.8	12.0
1: Poor (%)	1.9	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.7	2.0

Q Received Job Offer From Field Experience

	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
Job offer from employer at field exper?	69.7	72.4	67.3	78.6	68.2	75.8
No (%)
Yes (%)	30.3	27.6	32.7	21.4	31.8	24.2

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Involvement with Campus Activities (percent of activity participants, by student group)

	All	Women	Men	Af Am	White	Other
% in Survey Population who are...		46.2%	53.8%	7.6%	84.4%	8.0%
% of Activity Participants who are???
Org/clubs related to major (n=1,362)	53.6	50.2%	49.8%	8.7%	83.5%	7.8%
Intramural/rec sports/club team (n=1,036)	40.7	34.1%	65.9%	6.5%	87.3%	6.3%
Academic (Honors prgrm, etc.) (n=929)	36.5	49.0%	51.0%	5.6%	86.5%	7.9%
Honor/srvc/prof frat/sorority (n=700)	27.5	53.1%	46.9%	5.7%	86.9%	7.4%
Religious/political/issue groups (n=484)	19.0	47.9%	52.1%	7.6%	85.7%	6.6%
Social fraternity/sorority (n=326)	12.8	42.6%	57.4%	9.2%	86.2%	4.6%
Minority student groups (n=211)	8.3	54.0%	46.0%	49.3%	17.1%	33.6%
Residence hall council (n=208)	8.2	52.9%	47.1%	18.3%	74.0%	7.7%
Other groups (n=202)	7.9	42.6%	57.4%	9.9%	82.7%	7.4%
Visual/performing arts/music groups (n=178)	7.0	61.8%	38.2%	10.7%	79.8%	9.6%
Union activities brd/stdnt media (n=118)	4.6	51.7%	48.3%	27.1%	56.8%	16.1%
Student government (n=116)	4.6	42.2%	57.8%	7.8%	84.5%	7.8%
Varsity athletic teams (n=101)	4.0	35.6%	64.4%	11.9%	82.2%	5.9%
Student judicial board (n=31)	1.2	22.6%	77.4%	6.4%	87.1%	6.4%

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