Collection cycle
Asked questions in class or contributed to class discussions
Made a class presentation
Prepared two or more drafts of a paper or assignment before turning it in
Worked on a paper or project that required integrating ideas or information from various sources
Came to class without completing readings or assignments
Worked with other students on projects during class
Worked with classmates outside of class to prepare class assignments
Tutored or taught other students (paid or voluntary)
Participated in a community-based project as part of a regular course
Used an electronic medium (list-serv, chat group, Internet, etc.) to discuss or complete an assignment
Used e-mail to communicate with an instructor
Discussed grades or assignments with an instructor
Talked about career plans with a faculty member or advisor
Discussed ideas from your readings or classes with faculty members outside of class
Received prompt feedback from faculty on your academic performance (written or oral)
Worked harder than you thought you could to meet an instructor's standards or expectations
Worked with faculty members on activities other than coursework (committees, orientation, student life activities, etc.)
Discussed ideas from your readings or classes with others outside of class (students, family members, coworkers, etc.)
Had serious conversations with students of a different race or ethnicity than your own
Memorizing facts, ideas, or methods from your courses and readings so you can repeat them in pretty much the same form
Analyzing the basic elements of an idea, experience, or theory
Synthesizing and organizing ideas, information, or experiences into new, more complex interpretations and relationships
Making judgments about the value of information, arguments, or methods
Applying theories or concepts to practical problems or in new situations
Number of assigned textbooks, books, or book-length packs of course readings
Number of books read on your own (not assigned) for personal enjoyment or academic enrichment
Number of written papers or reports of 20 pages or more
Number of written papers or reports between 5 and 19 pages
Number of written papers or reports of fewer than 5 pages
Mark the box that best represents the extent to which your examinations during the current school year have challenged you to do your best work.
Overall, how would you evaluate the quality of academic advising you have received at your institution?
Practicum, internship, field experience, co-op experience, or clinical assignment
Community service or volunteer work
Work on a research project with a faculty member outside of course or program requirements
Foreign language coursework
Study abroad
Independent study or self-designed major
Culminating senior experience (comprehensive exam, capstone course, thesis, project, etc.)
Preparing for class (studying, reading, writing, rehearsing, and other activities related to your academic program)
Working for pay on campus
Working for pay off campus
Participating in co-curricular activities (organizations, campus publications, student government, social fraternity or sorority, intercollegiate or intramural sports, etc.)
Relaxing and socializing (watching TV, partying, exercising, playing computer and other games, etc.)
Providing care for dependents living with you (parents, children, spouse, etc.)
Contributed to: Acquiring a broad general education
Contributed to: Acquiring job or work-related knowledge and skills
Contributed to: Writing clearly and effectively
Contributed to: Speaking clearly and effectively
Contributed to: Thinking critically and analytically
Contributed to: Analyzing quantitative problems
Contributed to: Using computing and information technology
Contributed to: Working effectively with others
Contributed to: Voting in local, state, or national elections
Contributed to: Learning effectively on your own
Contributed to: Understanding yourself
Contributed to: Understanding people of other racial and ethnic backgrounds
Contributed to: Developing a personal code of values and ethics
Contributed to: Improving the welfare of your community
Emphasize: Spending significant amounts of time studying and on academic work
Emphasize: Providing the support you need to help you succeed academically
Emphasize: Encouraging contact among students from different economic, social, and racial or ethnic backgrounds
Emphasize: Helping you cope with your non-academic responsibilities (work, family, etc.)
Emphasize: Providing the support you need to thrive socially
Quality: Relationships with other students
Quality: Relationships with faculty members
Quality: Relationships with administrative personnel and offices
How would you evaluate your entire educational experience at this institution?
If you could start over again, would you go to the same institution you are now attending?
Write in your year of birth
Student-reported sex
What is your racial or ethnic identification? (Mark only one)
Student-reported: Are you of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin?
Student-reported: American Indian or other Native American
Student-reported: Asian American or Pacific Islander
Student-reported: Black or African American
Student-reported: White
Student-reported: Other race/ethnicity
Multiple racial or ethnic identifications
Student-reported: Are you an international student
What is your current classification in college?
Also attended: Vocational-technical school
Also attended: Community or junior college
Also attended: 4-year college other than this one
Also attended: None
Also attended: Other school
Did you begin college at your current institution or elsewhere?
How would you characterize your enrollment?
Are you a member of a social fraternity or sorority?
Which of the following best describes where you are living now while attending college?
Institution reported: gender
Institution reported: ethnicity
Institution reported: class rank
SAT Total Score
SAT Math Score
SAT Verbal Score
ACT Total Score
Consortium questions asked
Sample type 2001
Mode of completion
IPEDS code
About how many hours do you spend in a typical week engaging in community service or some other volunteer activity off campus?
About how many hours do you spend in a typical week on your university's campus, outside of time spent in class?
How likely is it that your work or family commitments will delay you in completing your undergraduate education?
How likely is it that financial problems will delay you in completing your undergraduate education?
By the time that you expect to receive your bachelor's degree, how long will it have taken, from when you first started attending college, to complete your undergraduate studies?
How likely is it that you will remain living in the area after you complete your undergraduate education?
How will your undergraduate education impact your career?
How satisfied are you with the advising you receive at this university with regard to course requirements and scheduling?
How satisfied are you with the academic support available to you when you need help with a specific course?
As an outcome of your college education, how important to you is acquiring a broad general education?
As an outcome of your college education, how important to you is acquiring job or work-related knowledge and skills?
As an outcome of your college education, how important to you is writing clearly and effectively?
As an outcome of your college education, how important to you is thinking critically and analytically?
As an outcome of your college education, how important to you is developing computer and information technology skills?
As an outcome of your college education, how important to you is working effectively with others?
As an outcome of your college education, how important to you is developing your ability to make informed decisions as a citizen?
As an outcome of your college education, how important to you is understanding people of other racial and ethnic backgrounds?
How would you characterize the support you receive for going to college from your close friends and family?
What is your best estimate of your total annual income (before taxes) or the combined income of your parents if you are listed as a dependent on their income taxes?
Substituted with student-reported vs clean institutionally-reported data
Numeric substitute and clean
NSSE sample and over-sample
sample = 1 (FILTER)
Included diverse perspectives (different races, religions, genders, political beliefs, etc.) in class discussions or writing assignments
Put together ideas or concepts from different courses when completing assignments or during class discussions
Had serious conversations with students who are very different from you in terms of their religious beliefs, political opinions, or personal values
Number of problem sets (problem-based homework assignments) that take you MORE than an hour to complete
Number of problem sets (problem-based homework assignments) that take you LESS than an hour to complete
Attended an art exhibit, gallery, play, dance, or other theater performance
Exercised or participated in physical fitness activities
Participated in activities to enhance your spirituality (worship, meditation, prayer, etc.)
Examined the strengths and weaknesses of your own views on a topic or issue
Tried to better understand someone else's views by imagining how an issue looks from his or her perspective
Learned something that changed the way you understand an issue or concept
Participate in a learning community or some other formal program where groups of students take two or more classes together
Hours per 7-day week spent commuting to class (driving, walking, etc.)
Institutional emphasis: Attending campus events and activities (special speakers, cultural performances, athletic events, etc.)
Institutional emphasis: Using computers in academic work
Institutional contribution: Solving complex real-world problems
Institutional contribution: Developing a deepened sense of spirituality
Age
Age Category
Also attended: Other, specify (Write in)
Are you a student-athlete on a team sponsored by your institution's athletics department?
On what team(s) are you an athlete (e.g., football, swimming)? Please answer below:
Athletic team code
School-sponsored athletic team: Baseball
School-sponsored athletic team: Basketball
School-sponsored athletic team: Bowling
School-sponsored athletic team: Cross Country
School-sponsored athletic team: Fencing
School-sponsored athletic team: Field Hockey
School-sponsored athletic team: Football
School-sponsored athletic team: Golf
School-sponsored athletic team: Gymnastics
School-sponsored athletic team: Ice Hockey
School-sponsored athletic team: Track & Field
School-sponsored athletic team: Lacrosse
School-sponsored athletic team: Rifle
School-sponsored athletic team: Rowing
School-sponsored athletic team: Skiing
School-sponsored athletic team: Soccer
School-sponsored athletic team: Softball
School-sponsored athletic team: Swimming & Diving
School-sponsored athletic team: Tennis
School-sponsored athletic team: Volleyball
School-sponsored athletic team: Water Polo
School-sponsored athletic team: Wrestling
School-sponsored athletic team: Other
What have most of your grades been up to now at this institution?
What is the highest level of education that your parent(s) completed? (Mark one box per column.) - Father
What is the highest level of education that your parent(s) completed? (Mark one box per column.) - Mother
Please print your primary major or your expected primary major.
If applicable, please print your second major or your expected second major (NOT minor, concentration, etc.).
NSSE staff recoded primary write-in major (majrprim) into one of 85 majors
NSSE staff recoded second write-in major (majrsecd) into one of 85 majors
Primary Major
Secondary Major
Primary major (majrprim): double major
Secondary major (majrsecd): double major
Institution reported: Enrollment Status
Student ID (as provided by institution in population file)
Local questionnaire write-in of student ID
Local questionnaire bubble-in of student ID
Sample type
Identifies respondents that did not meet NSSE criteria at the time of survey completion (December graduate, not retained by institution, etc.)
Unique survey number assigned by NSSE
School-provided group value #1
School-provided group value #2
School-provided group value #3
School-provided group value #4
School-provided group value #5
Date survey returned (paper) or logged in (web)
Length of time spent on web survey
Academic Challenge (unadjusted) - raw, individual-level score
Academic Challenge (adjusted) - raw, individual-level score
Active and Collaborative Learning - raw, individual-level score
Student-Faculty Interaction - raw, individual-level score
Student-Faculty Interaction (for yr-to-yr comparisons) - raw, individual-level score
Enriching Educational Experiences - raw, individual-level score
Supportive Campus Environment - raw, individual-level score
Gender, FT/PT weight for FY,SR within an institution
Do you usually speak a language other than English at home or with your family?
If less than full course load, what is MOST important reason:
Did you participate in an orientation program at this college or university?
Did you take, or are you currently taking, a course specifically designed to enhance the academic skills and/or social development of FIRST-YEAR college students?
How often used resource: Academic advising or planning
How often used resource: Career advising or planning
How often used resource: Financial aid advising
How often used resource: Academic assistance (tutoring, writing center, etc.)
Contributed to paying expenses: Parents/family
Contributed to paying expenses: Self (job, savings, etc.)
Contributed to paying expenses: Scholarships and grants
Contributed to paying expenses: Loans
How difficult: Keeping up with school work
How difficult: Managing time
How difficult: Paying for college expenses
How difficult: Getting help with school work
How difficult: Making new friends
Please mark the statement below that best represents your educational plans for the next academic year.
What class standing were you assigned at the time that you FIRST enrolled at your current institution?
Since graduating from high school, but prior to enrolling at your current institution, from how many other postsecondary institutions did you take at least one course?
Since graduating: From what type of postsecondary institution did you take the MAJORITY of your courses?
Since graduating: From what type of postsecondary institution did you take the MAJORITY of your courses? (Other, specify)
Since graduating: What was your PRIMARY enrollment status at the other postsecondary institution(s)?
Reasons for transferring: Location
Reasons for transferring: Availability of desired program or major
Reasons for transferring: Affordability or other financial reasons
Reasons for transferring: Reputation of program, faculty or school
Reasons for transferring: Better academic fit than at previous institution(s)
Reasons for transferring: Better social fit than at previous institution(s)
Reasons for transferring: To prepare for a new career or advance in current career
Reasons for transferring: Other, specify:
Since first enrolling at your current institution, from how many other postsecondary institutions have you taken at least one course?
How many courses taken from other institutions during Senior year:
How many courses taken from other institutions during Junior year:
How many courses taken from other institutions during Sophomore year:
How many courses taken from other institutions during First-year/Freshman year:
Part B: From what type of institution did you take the MAJORITY of the courses identified in Part A?
Part B: From what type of institution did you take the MAJORITY of the courses identified in Part A? (Other, specify)
Part C: In what format did you take the majority of the courses identified in Part A?
Why took courses at another institution: Complete degree requirements sooner
Why took courses at another institution: Take easier courses to fulfill requirements
Why took courses at another institution: Better course schedule at other school
Why took courses at another institution: Prepare to transfer to or try out another school
Why took courses at another institution: Try a program or major not available at current school
Why took courses at another institution: Take courses at a branch campus, through study abroad, or through a college consortium
Why took courses at another institution: Take extra courses not related to my program
Why took courses at another institution: Financial reasons
Why took courses at another institution: Other, specify:
father education
mother education