North Carolina State University
2003-2004 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 "2003-2004 Graduating Senior Survey: All Respondents." For information about the survey and analysis methods, see "2003-2004 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? 7.3 6.5 8.1 9.7 6.8 10.3
No (%)
Not sure (%) 17.3 16.4 18.1 27.3 16.4 18.2
Yes (%) 75.4 77.1 73.8 63.1 76.9 71.4
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Q Choose same major again?

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Choose same major again? 15.4 16.2 14.5 26.0 13.7 21.3
No (%)
Not sure (%) 23.9 22.5 25.1 23.7 23.8 24.9
Yes (%) 60.8 61.3 60.4 50.3 62.5 53.8
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Q Recommend NCSU to a friend?

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Recommend NCSU to a friend? 87.7 89.5 86.0 84.2 88.4 83.3
Yes (%)
Not sure (%) 9.4 8.7 10.0 11.3 8.9 12.3
No (%) 2.9 1.8 4.0 4.5 2.6 4.4

Quality of Instruction

Q Quality of instruction in major

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Quality of instruction in major 49.4 54.0 45.2 37.9 51.7 37.1
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 42.7 40.8 44.4 52.0 41.1 50.0
2: Fair (%) 6.4 4.8 7.9 9.0 5.8 10.4
1: Poor (%) 1.5 0.4 2.6 1.1 1.5 2.5
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Q Quality of instruction overall

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Quality of instruction overall 24.6 28.2 21.4 20.3 25.1 23.8
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 63.3 63.8 62.8 71.2 63.0 59.4
2: Fair (%) 11.0 7.6 14.2 7.9 11.0 14.4
1: Poor (%) 1.0 0.4 1.6 0.6 0.9 2.5
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Q Overall Education at NC State

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Evaluate overall educ. received 39.5 42.3 36.9 34.1 40.9 30.8
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 52.6 52.2 53.1 58.5 51.9 55.2
2: Fair (%) 7.0 5.2 8.7 7.4 6.5 11.9
1: Poor (%) 0.8 0.4 1.2 0.0 0.8 2.0
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Intellectual Environment

Q Intellectual environment on campus

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Intellectual environment on campus 26.3 29.4 23.6 31.3 26.3 22.8
4: Very strong (%)
3: Strong (%) 65.4 64.8 65.9 64.2 65.6 63.9
2: Weak (%) 7.5 5.7 9.1 4.5 7.3 11.9
1: Very weak (%) 0.8 0.2 1.4 0.0 0.8 1.5
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Q Faculty Contributions

  All Women Men Af. Am White Other
Faculty: Set high expectations for learning 3.40 3.48 3.33 3.29 3.43 3.25
Faculty: Respect diverse talents/ways of learning 3.14 3.20 3.08 2.94 3.16 3.12
Faculty: Encourage actively involved learning 3.23 3.36 3.11 3.19 3.24 3.09
Faculty: Encourage student-faculty interaction 3.09 3.20 2.98 2.98 3.11 2.95
Faculty: Give frequent and prompt feedback 3.11 3.17 3.07 2.96 3.14 3.01
Faculty: Encourage devoting time/energy to coursework 3.36 3.43 3.29 3.28 3.38 3.23
Faculty: Opp. to learn cooperatively with fellow students 3.20 3.26 3.15 3.05 3.23 3.12
Faculty: Care about your academic success and welfare 3.11 3.20 3.03 2.85 3.15 2.99
Faculty: Evaluation on all eight measures 3.22 3.31 3.13 3.02 3.25 3.10
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For more information on the 2003-2004 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, 2004

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