CIRP College Senior Survey 2014

2017 College Senior Survey
CIRP Theme
Satisfaction with Academic Support and Courses
Graduating Seniors

Satisfaction with Academic Support and Courses gauges use of and satisfaction with campus academic support structures and types of coursework typically required in general education.
See also — CIRP Constructs: Satisfaction with Coursework, Overall Satisfaction; CIRP Theme: Satisfaction with Services and Community.

Graduating Seniors

Men

Women

Construct

Montclair State University

Your Inst

Comp 1

Comp 2

Your Inst

Comp 1

Comp 2

Your Inst

Comp 1

Comp 2

Please rate your satisfaction with your college in each area:

General education or core curriculum courses
Very satisfied / Satisfied

61.9%

70.1%

74.8%

62.9%

67.0%

72.3%

61.5%

71.3%

76.2%

Satisfaction
with
Coursework

Mean

3.60

3.84

3.90

3.43

3.73

3.84

3.65

3.87

3.94

Standard deviation

1.15

1.03

0.93

1.22

1.13

1.01

1.12

0.99

0.89

Significance

***

Effect size

-0.23

-0.32

-0.27

-0.41

-0.22

-0.33

Please rate your satisfaction with your college in each area:

Laboratory facilities and equipment
Very satisfied / Satisfied

64.3%

68.7%

66.6%

68.9%

71.0%

65.5%

62.9%

67.8%

67.3%

Mean

3.75

3.86

3.80

3.86

3.78

3.71

3.86

3.81

Standard deviation

1.00

0.92

0.93

0.92

0.89

0.95

1.03

0.93

0.91

Significance

Effect size

-0.12

-0.05

0.00

0.08

-0.16

-0.11

Library resources
Very satisfied / Satisfied

71.0%

82.7%

79.0%

82.3%

84.5%

76.6%

67.3%

82.2%

80.4%

Mean

3.88

4.16

4.05

3.91

4.20

4.01

3.88

4.15

4.07

Standard deviation

0.86

0.82

0.83

0.75

0.84

0.90

0.83

Significance

***

Effect size

-0.34

-0.20

-0.39

-0.12

-0.33

-0.23

Technology resources
Very satisfied / Satisfied

70.3%

78.5%

73.6%

74.3%

80.1%

72.6%

68.9%

77.9%

74.1%

Mean

3.86

4.03

3.90

3.86

4.01

3.87

3.85

4.03

3.91

Standard deviation

0.94

0.89

0.88

0.94

0.95

0.90

0.94

0.87

0.86

Significance

Effect size

-0.19

-0.05

-0.16

-0.01

-0.21

-0.07

Please rate your satisfaction with your college in each area:

Tutoring or other academic assistance
Very satisfied / Satisfied

50.9%

63.8%

64.7%

55.1%

62.9%

63.4%

49.5%

64.1%

65.6%

Mean

3.51

3.78

3.79

3.62

3.78

3.77

3.47

3.79

3.80

Standard deviation

1.07

0.99

0.88

1.12

0.98

0.89

1.06

0.99

0.88

Significance

***

Effect size

-0.27

-0.32

-0.16

-0.17

-0.32

-0.38

Courses in your major field
Very satisfied / Satisfied

79.6%

84.2%

86.4%

82.3%

83.4%

85.2%

78.6%

84.4%

87.2%

Satisfaction
with
Coursework

Mean

4.05

4.17

4.22

4.18

4.17

4.20

4.01

4.18

4.24

Standard deviation

0.96

0.92

0.85

0.80

0.92

0.87

1.01

0.92

0.84

Significance

Effect size

-0.13

-0.20

0.01

-0.02

-0.18

-0.27

Amount of contact with faculty
Very satisfied / Satisfied

71.5%

79.4%

85.7%

76.5%

79.7%

84.9%

69.9%

79.2%

86.1%

Mean

3.93

4.10

4.26

4.09

4.18

4.24

3.87

4.07

4.28

Standard deviation

0.93

0.90

0.80

0.83

0.94

0.80

0.96

0.89

0.80

Significance

***

Effect size

-0.19

-0.41

-0.10

-0.19

-0.22

-0.51

Class size
Very satisfied / Satisfied

82.4%

81.7%

90.3%

76.5%

81.1%

88.4%

84.5%

81.9%

91.5%

Mean

4.12

4.14

4.38

4.06

4.16

4.33

4.15

4.14

4.41

Standard deviation

0.76

0.84

0.72

0.81

0.89

0.76

0.75

0.82

0.70

Significance

***

Effect size

-0.02

-0.36

-0.11

-0.36

0.01

-0.37

Please rate your satisfaction with your college in each area:

Relevance of coursework to everyday life
Very satisfied / Satisfied

62.8%

71.4%

73.5%

58.8%

68.2%

69.2%

64.1%

72.5%

76.0%

Satisfaction
with
Coursework

Mean

3.76

3.90

3.91

3.79

3.89

3.82

3.75

3.90

3.97

Standard deviation

0.93

0.94

0.88

0.98

0.96

0.93

0.92

0.94

0.85

Significance

Effect size

-0.15

-0.17

-0.10

-0.03

-0.16

-0.26

Relevance of coursework to future career plans
Very satisfied / Satisfied

67.8%

70.7%

75.1%

76.5%

71.9%

73.2%

65.1%

70.3%

76.2%

Satisfaction
with
Coursework

Mean

3.85

3.91

3.97

3.95

3.92

3.82

3.90

4.00

Standard deviation

0.95

0.99

0.93

0.83

1.01

0.96

0.99

0.91

Significance

Effect size

-0.06

-0.13

0.02

0.05

-0.08

-0.20

Overall quality of instruction
Very satisfied / Satisfied

71.5%

81.2%

85.6%

67.6%

75.5%

84.0%

72.9%

83.1%

86.4%

Mean

3.82

4.07

4.17

3.79

3.99

4.14

3.83

4.10

4.19

Standard deviation

0.95

0.88

0.78

0.98

0.81

0.94

0.84

0.77

Significance

***

Effect size

-0.28

-0.45

-0.20

-0.43

-0.32

-0.47

Please rate your satisfaction with your college in each area:

Ability to find a faculty or staff mentor
Very satisfied / Satisfied

77.2%

69.5%

51.8%

76.5%

69.3%

53.4%

77.5%

69.5%

50.9%

Mean

4.08

3.91

3.43

4.09

3.94

3.49

4.08

3.90

3.40

Standard deviation

0.86

1.04

1.11

0.75

1.03

1.07

0.90

1.04

1.13

Significance

***

Effect size

0.16

0.59

0.15

0.56

0.17

0.60

Overall college experience
Very satisfied / Satisfied

77.4%

81.9%

85.3%

73.5%

76.0%

83.9%

78.6%

83.8%

86.1%

Overall
Satisfaction

Mean

3.97

4.14

4.22

3.85

4.02

4.19

4.01

4.18

4.23

Standard deviation

0.96

0.88

0.81

0.96

0.98

0.84

0.97

0.84

0.79

Significance

***

Effect size

-0.19

-0.31

-0.17

-0.40

-0.20

-0.28

If you could make your college choice over, would you still choose to enroll at your current college?
Definitely yes / Probably yes

67.0%

80.4%

82.4%

53.8%

74.4%

80.7%

71.0%

82.3%

83.3%

Overall
Satisfaction

Mean

2.88

3.17

3.22

2.58

3.04

3.18

2.98

3.22

3.25

Standard deviation

0.97

0.87

0.83

0.99

0.95

0.85

0.95

0.84

0.81

Significance

***

Effect size

-0.33

-0.41

-0.48

-0.71

-0.29

-0.33