Western Carolina University
Respondent Characteristics
August 2007
NSSE 2007 Respondent Characteristics
Western Carolina University
WCU
FY
Response Ratea
Overall
By class
NSSE sample sizeb
34%
1,791
Sampling Errorc
Overall
By class
Number of respondentsb
Total population
Student Characteristicsd
Mode of Completion
Paper
Web
ADP
SR
Peers
SR
FY
SR
NSSE 2007
FY
SR
38%
1,382
31%
29%
33%
16,868
12,890
27%
25%
29%
25,725
24,643
30%
29%
31%
502,911 471,765
3.2%
617
1,791
3.3%
529
1,382
0.9%
1.2%
1.3%
4,911
4,268
20,413
14,866
0.8%
1.1%
1.0%
6,448
7,057
34,505
30,627
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
146,609 147,984
692,085 685,189
0%
100%
0%
100%
1%
99%
1%
99%
2%
98%
3%
97%
4%
96%
4%
96%
54%
46%
54%
46%
48%
52%
50%
50%
Enrollment Status
Full-time
Less than full-time
98%
2%
86%
14%
93%
7%
84%
16%
96%
4%
86%
14%
96%
4%
86%
14%
Gender e
Female
Male
59%
41%
62%
38%
67%
33%
69%
31%
67%
33%
67%
33%
65%
35%
65%
35%
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
1%
2%
5%
85%
1%
0%
0%
1%
1%
5%
2%
0%
2%
86%
1%
1%
0%
1%
1%
6%
1%
2%
10%
76%
1%
0%
1%
2%
1%
5%
2%
2%
12%
75%
1%
0%
1%
1%
1%
5%
1%
3%
10%
71%
4%
0%
2%
2%
1%
5%
1%
3%
8%
74%
3%
0%
2%
1%
1%
6%
1%
6%
6%
72%
3%
1%
2%
2%
2%
6%
1%
5%
6%
73%
3%
1%
2%
2%
1%
7%
International Student
3%
2%
3%
3%
4%
3%
5%
4%
Place of Residence
On-campus
Off-campus
87%
13%
29%
71%
65%
35%
13%
87%
66%
34%
10%
90%
71%
29%
20%
80%
Transfer Status
Transfer students
12%
47%
15%
49%
7%
47%
9%
41%
3%
97%
29%
71%
8%
92%
39%
61%
5%
95%
37%
63%
5%
95%
31%
69%
Class Level e
36%
FY
2.3%
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.