Alabama A&M University
Respondent Characteristics
August 2009
NSSE 2009 Respondent Characteristics
Alabama A&M University
Alabama A&M
FY
SR
Response Ratea
Overall
By class
NSSE sample sizeb
11%
870
Sampling Errorc
Overall
By class
Number of respondentsb
Total population
Student Characteristicsd
Mode of Completion
Paper
Web
MECIC
FY
SR
Carnegie Class
FY
SR
NSSE 2009
FY
SR
28%
30%
3,081
29%
26%
32%
169,092 160,075
31%
29%
34%
557,312 520,745
0.3%
0.4%
0.4%
44,673
51,030
192,586 197,053
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
159,093 175,820
719,159 708,061
14%
18%
631
26%
4,236
9.3%
98
878
8.2%
116
632
2.6%
1,088
4,687
2.9%
927
4,523
5%
95%
8%
92%
5%
95%
10%
90%
2%
98%
2%
98%
2%
98%
2%
98%
Enrollment Status e
Full-time
Less than full-time
98%
2%
90%
10%
93%
7%
86%
14%
93%
7%
81%
19%
95%
5%
84%
16%
Gender e
Female
Male
67%
33%
61%
39%
63%
37%
70%
30%
66%
34%
66%
34%
64%
36%
63%
37%
Race/Ethnicity
Am. Indian/Native American
Asian/Asian Am./Pacific Isl.
Black/African American
White (non-Hispanic)
Mexican/Mexican American
Puerto Rican
Other Hispanic or Latino
Multiracial
Other
I prefer not to respond
0%
0%
92%
0%
0%
2%
0%
2%
2%
3%
2%
0%
80%
8%
0%
0%
0%
2%
3%
4%
0%
3%
16%
64%
1%
1%
3%
3%
2%
6%
0%
2%
15%
68%
2%
1%
2%
3%
2%
6%
1%
6%
8%
67%
4%
1%
4%
3%
2%
5%
1%
5%
7%
69%
4%
1%
3%
2%
2%
6%
1%
6%
8%
68%
3%
1%
3%
3%
2%
5%
1%
5%
7%
70%
3%
1%
3%
2%
1%
6%
International Student
3%
8%
10%
6%
6%
5%
6%
5%
Place of Residence
On-campusf
91%
18%
60%
24%
59%
13%
67%
17%
Transfer Status
Transfer students
9%
32%
17%
55%
10%
50%
9%
42%
8%
92%
43%
57%
15%
85%
45%
55%
9%
91%
42%
58%
7%
93%
35%
65%
6.2%
1.9%
Age
Non-traditional (24 or older)
Traditional (less than 24)
a
Response rate (number of respondents divided by sample size) is adjusted for non-deliverable mailing addresses, students for whom contact information was
not available, and other students who were sampled yet unavailable during the survey administration.
b
This report is based on information from all randomly selected students for both your institution and your comparison institutions. Targeted and locally
administered oversamples (i.e., non-randomly selected students) are not included in this report.
c
Sampling error is an estimate of the margin by which the true score for your institution on a given item could differ from the reported score. To interpret the
sampling error, assume that 60% of your students reply "very often" to a particular item. If the sampling error is +/-5%, then the true population value is
most likely between 55% and 65%.
d
Percent of total respondents within each category. These results are not weighted.
e
Institution-reported data. This information was used to weight your Mean Comparisons, Frequency Distributions, and Benchmark Comparisons reports.
f
Students who identified their residence as "dormitory or other campus housing" or "fraternity or sorority house."