Western Carolina University
Respondent Characteristics
August 2009
NSSE 2009 Respondent Characteristics
Western Carolina University
WCU
FY
Response Ratea
Overall
By class
NSSE sample sizeb
21%
1,188
Sampling Errorc
Overall
By class
Number of respondentsb
Total population
Student Characteristicsd
Mode of Completion
Paper
Web
CSWC
SR
23%
FY
SR
Carnegie Class
FY
SR
NSSE 2009
FY
SR
24%
1,484
27%
25%
30%
97,991
90,249
27%
25%
29%
34,803
35,714
31%
29%
34%
556,994 519,892
5.5%
252
1,189
4.7%
360
2,200
0.4%
0.6%
0.5%
24,169
26,954
120,898 127,123
0.6%
0.9%
0.8%
8,798
10,472
40,531
43,604
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
158,939 175,576
718,848 706,493
0%
100%
0%
100%
2%
98%
2%
98%
1%
99%
2%
98%
2%
98%
2%
98%
Enrollment Status e
Full-time
Less than full-time
97%
3%
80%
20%
95%
5%
84%
16%
96%
4%
82%
18%
95%
5%
84%
16%
Gender e
Female
Male
60%
40%
66%
34%
65%
35%
66%
34%
69%
31%
67%
33%
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
1%
0%
4%
89%
1%
0%
0%
1%
0%
3%
1%
2%
3%
85%
0%
0%
0%
1%
1%
7%
1%
7%
9%
63%
3%
1%
5%
3%
2%
6%
1%
5%
8%
67%
4%
1%
4%
2%
2%
7%
1%
3%
7%
79%
1%
1%
1%
2%
1%
4%
1%
2%
6%
81%
1%
1%
1%
2%
1%
6%
1%
6%
8%
68%
3%
1%
3%
3%
2%
5%
1%
5%
7%
70%
3%
1%
3%
2%
1%
6%
International Student
2%
0%
6%
5%
4%
4%
6%
5%
Place of Residence
On-campusf
90%
26%
59%
12%
63%
11%
67%
17%
Transfer Status
Transfer students
12%
48%
8%
44%
9%
51%
9%
42%
2%
98%
36%
64%
5%
95%
36%
64%
10%
90%
43%
57%
7%
93%
35%
65%
3.6%
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."