North Carolina State University
2009-2010 Graduating Senior Survey:
College Comparisons
Introduction
This Web document points to tables reporting frequency distributions of responses by college to questions in the 2009-2010 Graduating Senior Survey. You can use the index below to link to web tables of college comparisons by topic. Survey results for all respondents are provided in "2009-2010 Graduating Senior Survey: All Respondents." For information about the survey and analysis methods see "2009-2010 Graduating Senior Survey: Introduction, Methods, and Student Demographic Profile." Exact question wording is available on the "2009-2010 Graduating Senior Survey."
The number of seniors responding from each college varies widely. As noted in the introductory report on the survey's methods, both the actual number of respondents and the response rate effects the margin of sampling error of the results reported. Table 1 below provides information on the number and proportion of students responding to the survey from each college, as well as the response rate and margin of sampling error for the college. The margin of sampling error in results reported for individual colleges in the 2009-2010 Graduating Senior Survey ranges from ± 1.5 in the College of Engineering to ± 17.8 in the College of Design. When looking at reported response distributions, it is important to keep the college margin of error in mind.
Colleges with less than a 25 percent response rate have been excluded from the tables reporting survey responses by college. Percentages based on only a few students, or on a small percentage of the graduating seniors in the college, could present misleading portraits of students' characteristics, attitudes, and opinions.
Table 1: Response Rate and Margin of Error by College (December and May Graduates)| College | Senior Class % (N) |
Survey Respondents % (N) |
Response Rate |
Margin of Error |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture and Life Sciences | 811 (20.0%) |
470 (22.2%) |
58.0% | ±1.9 |
| Design* | 125 (3.1%) |
21 (1.0%) |
16.8% | ±17.8 |
| Education | 167 (4.1%) |
71 (3.3%) |
42.5% | ±6.7 |
| Engineering | 883 (21.8%) |
560 (26.4%) |
63.4% | ±1.5 |
| Natural Resources | 221 (5.4%) |
82 (3.9%) |
37.1% | ±6.8 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences | 973 (24.0%) |
539 (25.4%) |
55.4% | ±1.9 |
| Physical and Mathematical Sciences | 150 (3.7%) |
58 (2.7%) |
38.7% | ±7.9 |
| Textiles | 170 (4.2%) |
45 (2.1%) |
26.5% | ±10.7 |
| Management | 557 (13.7%) |
274 (12.9%) |
49.2% | ±3.0 |
| Total | 4,057 (100.0%) |
2,120 (100.0%) |
52.3% | ±1.0 |
Index of Results of College Comparisons by Topic:
Student Goals and Intentions:Goals and Objectives | Post-Graduation Plans | Time to Graduate | Withdrawal/Transfer from NC State Academic Environment:
Satisfaction with Education | Quality of Instruction | Intellectual Environment | Faculty Contributions | Faculty-Student Mentoring Experiences Campus Climate Services for Students:
Academic Advising (In Major) | Research Support | Library Services | Technology Services | Career-related Services | Employment Services
Non-Academic Service Areas | Non-Academic Service Areas Staff Responsiveness | Financial Aid
Knowledge, Skills, and Personal Development:
NC State's Contribution to Growth | Goals: General Education | Goals: Personal Development | Goals: World View Employment and Extracurricular Activities:
On- and Off-Campus Employment | Number of Hours Worked | Job Relationship to Academic Major | Reasons for Working for Pay |
Co-op/Internship Experience | Extracurricular Activities
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: November, 2010 Return to 2009-2010 Graduating Senior Survey Table of Contents Page Return to OIRP Survey Page Return to OIRP Home Page