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Entering Student Surveys (UG & Grad) and Non-Enrolling Survey (UG): Fall

2011

November 1, 2011Office of Institutional Research and Planning

*Importance Scale:1=Not important, 2=A little important, 3=Moderately important, 4=Important, 5=Very Important

Goals: NJIT students are focused on career and pecuniary

goals.

The top three goals are:

• Attain skills that will be useful on a job– 80.15% Very Important*

• Prepare for a career – 77.89% Very Important*

• Improve ability to make more money – 53.65% Very Important*

Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2011

See appendix 1 for the complete data

Entering students rated NJIT better/much better

• In terms of academic reputation (72.47%), availability of majors (69.62), public safety (59.6%), quality of academic facilities (library, laboratory, etc.)(53.15%).

• Total institutional price before financial aid (57.72%).

• Electronic communication with the college (53.03%).

• Contact with current students (51.14%).


NJIT’s rating in comparison to other colleges:

See appendix 2 & 3 for the complete data

Rating Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better

• Most of the entering (64.66%) and non-enrolling (62.1%) students visited NJIT and other colleges.

• Entering students reported college visit (53.18%) and contact with current NJIT students (42.82%) contributed most to student’s knowledge of NJIT.

• Campus Visit/Information session has the most influence on entering student’s decision to attend NJIT (39.86%).

• Most of the first year students attended New Student Orientation (97.74%) and were satisfied or very satisfied with the program(61.44%).


See appendix 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 for the complete data

Contact/influence:

• Most of the students’ parents graduated from college(62.63%), this is a 5.59% increase from 2010.

• Parents have the greatest influence on the student’s decision to attend NJIT(36.5%).


Parents:

Parents graduated college (Survey 2011)

62.63%

37.37%

Yes

No

Parents graduated college (Survey 2010)

57.04%

42.96%Yes

No

Areas of concern/improvement: • Both undergraduate Entering student survey (61.86%) and

Non-enrolling Undergraduate (UG) survey (65.9%) rated NJIT’s surroundings worse/much worse than other colleges.

• Non-enrolling (UG) survey rated the attractiveness of campus (53.57%), academic reputation(43.83%) worse/much worse.

• The undergraduate Entering student survey reported radio or TV advertisement; newspaper or magazine advertisement; and college guide book and websites contributed very little to informing students about NJIT. A similar pattern was exhibited in the Non-enrolling (UG) student survey.

• Both undergraduate Entering student survey and Non-enrolling (UG) survey reported NJIT’s printed publications and NJIT’s social networking sites were the least influence on student’s decision to attend NJIT.


See appendix 2, 9, 4 & 10 for the complete data

Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better

Goals:

NJIT students are focused on career, job, and interpersonal skills.The top three goals are:

• Prepare for a career – 70.66% Very Important*

• Attain skills that will be useful on a job – 70.27% Very Important*

• Improve interpersonal skills – 52.11% Very Important*

Graduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2011

Importance Scale:1=Not at all important, 2=A little important, 3=Moderately important, 4=Important, =Very Important

See appendix 11 for the complete data

Entering students rated NJIT better/much better

• Availability of programs of interest to you (62.05%)

• Academic reputation (58.31%)

• College website (54.83%)

• Contact with faculty (50.31%)

• Quality of academic facilities (library, laboratory,etc.)(49.4%) than other colleges.

• Contact with current students (47.17%)


Rating Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better


• Students’ decision to attend was most influenced by friends (26.65%), parents (15.99%), and college professor (15.67%).

• NJIT website (63.97%) and the college professors (56.83%) were the top contributors to student’s knowledge of NJIT.

• Campus visit/information session (39.85%) had the greatest influence on student’s decision to attend.


*Rank ordered by contribution to knowledge of NJIT (1=very little 7=very much)

Contact/influence:


Orientation:

• 68.55% of the students attended the student orientation run by the Office of Graduate Studies.

• 74.03% of them were satisfied or very satisfied with the outcome of the Office of Graduate Studies orientation.

• 95.83% of the international students attended the student orientation run by the International Students Office.

• 80.18% of them were satisfied or very satisfied with the outcome of the International Students Office orientation.


Satisfaction Scale: 1=Very dissatisfied, 2=Dissatisfied, 3=Neutral, 4=Satisfied, 5=Very satisfied


• Radio or TV advertisement (54.66%) and Newspaper or magazine advertisement (48.24%) were rated little/very little* to contributing to students knowledge of NJIT.

• Printed NJIT publications (<1%), College guide books (4.69%), and NJIT social networking sites (5%) were ranked the least important factor on student’s decision to attend NJIT.

• Graduate Entering student survey (41.41%) rated NJIT’s surroundings worse/much worse** than other colleges.

• 51.67% rated their visit to NJIT about the same** compared to other colleges that they visited.


Areas of concern/improvement:

* Rating Scale: 1=Very little 5=Very much**Rating Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better

See appendix 15, 16, 17 & 18 for the complete data

Appendix 1Undergraduate Entering Student Survey response rate: 59%

*Importance Scale:1=Not important, 2=A little important, 3=Moderately important, 4=Important, 5=Very Important

Q. 1 Please rate the following statements on the degree of importance to you in choosing to enroll at NJIT

Very important

# %

1) Prepare for a career 310 77.89%

2) Attain skills that will be useful on a job 319 80.15%

3) Increase awareness of different philosophies, cultures and way of life 92 23.12%

4) Improve ability to make more money 214 53.63%

5) Develop an understanding and appreciation of science/technology 183 45.98%

6) Improve self-image 143 35.84%

7) Improve interpersonal skills 169 42.36%


Appendix 2Q. 2 Please rate how NJIT compares to other colleges:

Better/Much Better

# %

Academic reputation 287 72.47%

Availability of majors of interest to you 275 69.62%

Quality of academic facilities (library, laboratory, etc.) 211 53.15%

Quality of on-campus housing 131 33.68%

Surroundings (neighborhood, town or city) 49 12.37%

Attractiveness of campus 154 38.99%

Public safety 236 59.60%

Parking 132 33.59%

*Rating Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better


Appendix 3Q. 6 Please rate how NJIT compares to other colleges on the

following aspects:

Better/Much better

# %

Printed college publications (catalogs, brochures etc.) 119 30.05%

College website (NJIT.edu) 183 46.33%

Total institutional price before financial aid 228 57.72%

Financial aid offered 189 47.72%

Electronic communication with the college 210 53.03%

Contact with the college after you were admitted 167 42.39%

Contact with faculty 176 44.44%

Contact with current students 202 51.14%



Appendix 4 Q. 7 Mark the circle that best represents how much the following contributed to your

knowledge of NJIT. Using this scale: (1=Very little <<<------>>> 5=Very much)Little/Very little

Much/Very much

# % # %

High school teachers, principal, or staff 275 69.97% 106 26.97%

Guidance counselor 245 62.18% 125 31.72%

A representative of NJIT 213 54.76% 123 31.62%

Participation in NJIT pre-college program 244 62.88% 103 26.55%

NJIT campus visit 105 26.71% 209 53.18%

Contact with current NJIT students 187 47.95% 167 42.82%

Printed NJIT publications (catalogs, brochures etc.) 231 59.23% 106 27.18%

NJIT website (NJIT.edu) 169 43.34% 159 40.77%

NJIT's social networking sites (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) 236 60.37% 105 26.85%

College guide books (e.g. Princeton Review, U.S. News and World Report, Peterson's, etc.) 275 70.51% 77 19.74%

College guide websites (e.g. collegeprowler.com, unigo.com, usnews.com/rankings, princetonreview.com, etc.) 271 69.66% 89 22.88%

Newspaper or magazine advertisement 366 94.57% 23 5.95%

Radio or TV advertisement 362 93.55% 16 4.14%



Appendix 5Q.13.Which of the following most influenced your decision to attend?

Total

Responses Percent

Contact with NJIT Admissions Office 24 6.09%

Campus visit/information session 157 39.85%

Personal/email contact from academic department 20 5.08%

Printed NJIT publications (catalogs, brochures etc.) 4 1.02%

NJIT website (NJIT.edu) 31 7.87%

NJIT's social networking sites (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) 5 1.27%

College guide books (e.g. Princeton Review, U.S. News and World Report, Peterson's, etc.) 14 3.55%

College guide websites (e.g. collegeprowler.com, unigo.com, usnews.com/rankings, princetonreview.com, etc.) 12 3.05%

Other (Please Specify) 127 32.23%

Total 394 100%


Appendix 6

Q.8.Did you attend new studentorientation (i.e. Miniversity)?

Total

Responses Percent

Yes 389 97.74%

No 9 2.26%

Total 398 100%

Q.9.How satisfied are you with thestudent orientation process?

Total

Responses Percent

Very dissatisfied 20 5.14%

Dissatisfied 23 5.91%

Neutral 107 27.51%

Satisfied 162 41.65%

Very satisfied 77 19.79%

Total 389 100%


Appendix 7Q.14.Who most influenced your

decision to attend?

Total

Responses Percent

Alumnus of NJIT 38 9.77%

Coach 16 4.11%

Current NJIT student 29 7.46%

Friend 40 10.28%

Guidance counselor 52 13.37%

High school teacher 34 8.74%

Parent 142 36.5%

Relative (not parent) 38 9.77%

Total 389 100%

Q.16.Did you visit NJIT and the other institution(s) that you applied to?

Total

Responses Percent

Only visited the other institution(s) 14 3.51%

Only visited NJIT 95 23.81%

Visited NJIT and the other institution(s) 258 64.66%

Visited neither 32 8.02%

Total 399 100%


Appendix 8Undergraduate – Non-enrolling Students Survey Fall 2011

Q.5.Did you visit NJIT and the institution that you decided to attend?

Total Responses Percent

Only visited the institution that I'm currently attending 82 26.11%

Only visited NJIT 12 3.82%

Visited both 195 62.1%

Visited neither 25 7.96%

Total 314 100%

Undergraduate Non-enrolling Student Survey response rate: 20%


Q. 7 Compared to the college that you decided to attend, please rate NJIT on the following aspects;

Worse/Much Worse

Better/Much Better

# % # %

Academic reputation 135 43.83% 43 13.96%

Availability of majors of interest to you 105 34.20% 44 14.33%

Quality of academic facilities (library, laboratory, etc.) 107 35.08% 36 11.81%

Quality of on-campus housing 132 43.43% 33 10.86%

Surroundings (neighborhood, town or city) 203 65.90% 21 6.82%

Attractiveness of campus 165 53.57% 38 12.34%

Opportunities to participate in extracurricular activities 117 37.99% 35 11.37%

Public safety 129 42.44% 24 7.89%

College ranking 155 50.32% 46 14.94%



Q. 9 Mark the circle that best represents how much the following contributed to your knowledge of NJIT. Using this scale: (1=Very little <<<------>>> 5=Very much)

Little/Very little

Much/Very much

# % # %

High school teachers, principal, or staff 181 61.36% 46 15.59%

Guidance counselor 165 55.74% 58 19.59%


Participation in NJIT pre-college program 217 74.31% 30 10.28%

NJIT campus visit 108 36.61% 115 38.99%




NJIT's social networking sites (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) 216 73.47% 22 7.48%




Radio or TV advertisement 247 83.73% 11 3.72%



Appendix 11Graduate Entering Student Survey response rate: 56%

Q. 1 Please rate the following statements on the degree of importance to you in choosing to enroll at NJIT

Very important

# %

1) Prepare for a career 236 70.66%

2) Attain skills that will be useful on a job 234 70.27%

3) Increase awareness of different philosophies, cultures and way of life 97 29.22%

4) Improve ability to make more money 143 42.81%

5) Develop an understanding and appreciation of science/technology 163 48.95%

6) Improve self-image 149 44.74%

7) Improve interpersonal skills 173 52.11%


Appendix 12Q. 2 Please rate how NJIT compares to other colleges:

Worse/Much worse

Much better

# % # %

Academic reputation 19 5.74% 193 58.31%

Availability of programs of interest to you 20 6.02% 206 62.05%

Quality of academic facilities (library, laboratory, etc.) 35 10.54% 164 49.40%

Quality of on-campus housing 37 12.13% 98 32.13%

Surroundings (neighborhood, town or city) 135 41.41% 100 30.67%

Attractiveness of campus 61 18.6% 121 36.89%

Public safety 82 24.85% 122 36.97%

Parking 52 16.2% 102 31.78%


Appendix 13Q. 3 Please rate how NJIT compares to other colleges on the following aspects:

Worse/Much worse

Much better

# % # %

College publications (catalogs, brochures etc.) 12 3.80% 124 39.24%

College website (NJIT.edu) 15 4.67% 176 54.83%

Total institutional price before financial aid 86 26.87% 110 34.38%

Financial aid offered 99 31.23% 102 32.18%

Electronic communication with the college 24 7.60% 147 46.51%

Contact with the college after you were admitted 30 9.46% 148 46.69%

Contact with faculty 20 6.25% 161 50.31%

Contact with current students 21 6.60% 150 47.17%


Appendix 14Q.18.Who most influenced your decision to attend?


Alumnus of NJIT 29 9.09%

College professor 50 15.67%

College adviser 31 9.72%

Current NJIT student 42 13.17%

Friend 85 26.65%

Parent 51 15.99%

Relative (not parent) 31 9.72%

Total 319 100%

Graduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2011Appendix 15

Q. 4 Mark the circle that best represents how the following contributed to your knowledge of NJIT. Using this scale: (1=Very little <<<-------->>> 5=Very much)

Little/Very little

Much/Very much

# % # %

College professor 59 18.32% 183 56.83%

College adviser 77 24.06% 154 48.12%


NJIT campus visit (NJIT.edu). 86 27.13% 126 39.74%




NJIT's social networking sites (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Orkut, etc) 100 31.65% 133 42.08%




Radio or TV Advertisement 170 54.66% 62 19.94%

Graduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2011Appendix 16

Q.17.Which of the following most influenced your decision to attend?

Total

Responses Percent

Contact with NJIT Admissions Office 43 13.44%

Campus visit/information session 22 6.88%

Personal/email contact from academic department 48 15%

Printed NJIT publications (catalogs, brochures etc.) 3 0.94%

NJIT website (NJIT.edu) 102 31.88%

NJIT's social networking sites (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) 16 5%

College guide books (e.g. Princeton Review, U.S. News and World Report, Peterson's, etc.) 15 4.69%

College guide websites (e.g. collegeprowler.com, unigo.com, usnews.com/rankings, princetonreview.com, etc.) 26 8.12%

Other (Please Specify) 45 14.06%

Total 320 100%


Appendix 17Q.6.Did you attend a student orientation run by the International Students

Office?


Yes 230 95.83%

No 10 4.17%

Total 240 100%

Q.7.How satisfied are you with the student orientation run by the International Students Office?




Neutral 32 14.1%



Total 227 100%


Appendix 18Q.10.How satisfied are you with the student orientation run by the Office

of Graduate Studies?




Neutral 44 19.05%



Total 231 100%

Q.21.Compared to the other college visit(s), your visit to NJIT was:


Much worse 0 0%

Worse 12 20%

About the same 31 51.67%

Better 15 25%

Much better 2 3.33%

Total 60 100%

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