Western Carolina University
Respondent Characteristics
August 2006
NSSE 2006 Respondent Characteristics
Western Carolina University
Western Carolina
FY
SR
Response Ratea
Overall
By class
NSSE sample sizeb
27%
1,448
Sampling Errorc
Overall
By class
Number of respondentsb
Total population
Student Characteristicsd
Mode of Completion
Paper
Web
ADP
FY
27%
SR
Carnegie Peers
FY
SR
NSSE 2006
FY
SR
31%
33%
9,118
35%
33%
36%
391,510 359,319
1.2%
1.7%
1.6%
2,623
2,982
13,393
13,173
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
130,864 128,362
589,433 551,114
28%
27%
1,368
26%
8,539
4.5%
385
1,928
4.4%
371
1,507
1.3%
1.8%
1.7%
2,228
2,547
10,631
11,082
1%
99%
4%
96%
4%
96%
5%
95%
4%
96%
6%
94%
4%
96%
7%
93%
51%
49%
47%
53%
47%
53%
50%
50%
Enrollment Status
Full-time
Less than full-time
98%
2%
83%
17%
90%
10%
80%
20%
97%
3%
82%
18%
95%
5%
86%
14%
Gender e
Female
Male
64%
36%
58%
42%
71%
29%
69%
31%
70%
30%
68%
32%
64%
36%
64%
36%
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
2%
2%
6%
83%
1%
0%
0%
1%
1%
5%
2%
1%
3%
84%
0%
0%
0%
2%
0%
7%
1%
2%
8%
80%
1%
0%
1%
1%
1%
4%
0%
2%
5%
82%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
6%
1%
3%
4%
80%
1%
1%
1%
2%
1%
5%
1%
3%
5%
77%
1%
1%
2%
2%
2%
7%
1%
5%
6%
74%
2%
1%
2%
2%
1%
6%
1%
4%
6%
74%
2%
1%
2%
2%
2%
7%
International Student
1%
1%
4%
3%
4%
4%
5%
5%
Place of Residence
On-campus
Off-campus
89%
11%
25%
75%
45%
55%
9%
91%
69%
31%
10%
90%
71%
29%
20%
80%
Transfer Status
Transfer students
10%
46%
15%
49%
7%
56%
9%
39%
2%
98%
37%
63%
12%
88%
43%
57%
4%
96%
41%
59%
6%
94%
31%
69%
Class Level e
3.1%
30%
8,594
29%
8,919
e
Age
Non-traditional (24 or older)
Traditional (less than 24)
a
b
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.
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.