North Carolina State University
2003-2004 Graduating Senior Survey:
Gender and Racial/Ethnic Comparisons of
Student Goals and Intentions

This document reports survey data on gender and racial/ethnic differences in the respondents' assessment of student goals and intentions while attending 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."

Goals and Objectives | Post-Graduate Plans | Time to Graduate | Withdrawal/Transfer from NCSU


Goals and Objectives

Q Primary Goal/Objective
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Prep. for new career/profession (%) 41.5 40.3 42.6 41.8 42.4 33.0
Prep. for grad/prof school (%) 36.5 41.8 31.6 43.5 35.4 40.9
Bach. deg./certificate only (%) 18.7 16.0 21.2 11.3 19.0 22.2
Other (%) 1.7 0.9 2.4 1.7 1.7 1.0
Improve for current profession (%) 1.4 0.8 1.9 1.7 1.2 3.0
Courses for personal interest (%) 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0

QAccomplishment of Goal/Objective
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Not accomplished (%) 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.0 0.7 2.0
Partially accomplished (%) 26.1 25.6 26.5 44.4 23.5 35.3
Fully accomplished (%) 73.2 73.7 72.7 55.6 75.8 62.7
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QOff-Campus Degree Program
 Likelihood obtain degree at UNC campus (for off-camp prgms) All Women Men AfAm White Other
Very likely (%) 25.9 27.9 24.3 36.5 25.0 23.9
Probably (%) 26.9 24.8 28.6 26.9 25.9 33.8
Probably not (%) 20.4 20.2 20.6 15.4 20.0 26.8
Not likely (%) 26.7 27.1 26.5 21.2 29.1 15.5
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QTime to Graduate
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Yes (%) 51.8 43.2 59.5 49.2 52.7 45.3
No (%) 48.2 56.8 40.5 50.8 47.3 54.7

QReasons for taking longer than 4 years to graduate
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
>4 yrs to grad: wanted/advised lighter courseload (%) 32.1 27.1 35.7 31.9 32.6 27.1
>4 yrs to grad: couldnt get classes needed (%) 28.9 26.9 30.4 20.0 29.7 29.4
>4 yrs to grad: changed majors (%) 53.1 52.5 53.4 47.9 53.2 56.2
>4 yrs to grad: lost credits when transferred (%) 29.6 34.2 26.2 19.1 30.9 24.6
>4 yrs to grad: co-op/intern/practicum/teach/etc (%) 24.9 20.0 28.4 14.9 24.9 34.3
>4 yrs to grad: financial reasons (%) 22.0 23.7 20.7 31.8 20.8 25.8
>4 yrs to grad: personal reasons (%) 48.9 51.4 47.1 62.5 46.9 57.5
>4 yrs to grad: other reasons (%) 41.5 42.8 40.6 56.4 40.6 39.6

 

QWithdrawal/Transfer from NCSU

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
No (%) 74.1 75.5 72.9 63.6 75.3 72.3
Yes, not seriously (%) 12.5 12.5 12.5 17.0 12.2 11.4
Yes, seriously (%) 9.8 9.4 10.2 15.9 9.1 11.4
Yes-left & returned (%) 3.5 2.6 4.4 3.4 3.4 5.0

 


Post-Graduate Plans

Q Plans Following Graduation

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Still seeking employment (%) 38.6 39.4 37.9 37.9 38.0 45.0
Graduate/prof. school full-time (%) 20.5 22.8 18.5 21.5 20.4 21.3
Don't know yet (%) 11.2 10.3 12.1 11.3 11.3 9.9
Have accepted a job (%) 8.3 5.9 10.4 6.2 8.7 6.4
Other (%) 7.4 9.2 5.9 9.0 7.6 5.0
G/P school part-time & work part-time (%) 4.4 4.8 4.0 6.2 4.1 5.4
Not seeking empl./not planning school (%) 3.5 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.5
Continuing in current position (%) 2.9 2.6 3.1 1.1 3.3 0.5
Entering military service (%) 2.3 0.5 3.9 0.6 2.5 2.0
Take more undergrad courses (%) 0.9 0.7 1.0 2.8 0.7 1.0

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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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