Entering Student Surveys: Fall 2010

2. Entering Student Surveys: Fall 2010 Perry Deess, Ph.D. Institutional Research and Planning November 17, 2010

3. Entering Student Surveys: Fall 2010 Undergraduate Response rate: 51% (N= 411) Graduate Response Rate: 62% (N=361)

4. Have either one of your parents graduated college? Entering Undergraduate Student Survey

5. Factors of importance in choosing NJIT Undergraduate • Attain skills that will be useful on a job – 75% Very Important • Prepare for a career – 74 % Very Important • Improve ability to make more money – 52% Very Important Graduate • Attain skills that will be useful on a job – 72% Very Important • Prepare for a career – 71% Very Important • Develop an understanding and appreciation of science/technology – 47% Very Important Importance Scale:1=Not important, 2=A little important, 3=Moderately important, 4=Important, 5=Very Important

6. School Characteristics Students rated NJIT better/much better in comparison to other colleges • Undergraduate • Academic reputation (71%) • Availability of majors (70%) • Public safety (60%) • Graduate • Availability of programs (63%) • Academic reputation (54%) • Quality of academic facilities (47%) • Surroundings was rated worse/much worse • Undergraduate (57%) • Graduate (41%) Rating Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better

7. Contributed to Knowledge of NJIT Contributed most to student’s knowledge of NJIT Undergraduate • College Visit (51%) • Contact with current NJIT students (41%) Graduate • NJIT website (59%) • College professors (48%) Contributed very little to students knowledge of NJIT • Radio or TV advertisement (3%) • Newspaper or magazine advertisement (3%) Rating Scale: (1=very little 5=very much)

8. Influence on decision to Attend Undergraduate • Campus Visit/Information session (34%) • Parents (33%) Graduate • NJIT Website (27%) • College Professors (20%) • Friends (18%) The least influential on student’s decision to attend NJIT • College guide websites (3%) • NJIT’s social networking sites (<1%) • University publications (<1%)

9. Social Networking • Although social networking had little influence on the decision to attend, in terms of knowledge about NJIT, it is in the second tier as an information source. • Social networking is comparable to college guide books and college guide websites as a source of learning about NJIT. About 20% of undergraduates responded that it contributed much/very much to their knowledge of NJIT. • Social networking plays a bigger role as a source of information about NJIT for graduate students. About 32% of graduate students reported that it contributed much/very much to their knowledge of NJIT.

10. Admission Factors NJIT’s rating in comparison to other colleges • Better/Much Better • Undergraduate • Total Institutional price before financial aid (62%) • Electronic communication with the college (61%) • Financial aid offered (55%) • Graduate • College Website (51%) • Contact with faculty (50%) • Electronic communication with the college (49%) Rating Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better

11. College Visit Undergraduate • 30% only visited NJIT • 56% visited NJIT and other colleges • 35% rated their visit to NJIT better/much better compared to other colleges that they visited. Graduate • 37% only visited NJIT • 17% visited NJIT and other colleges • 32% rated their visit to NJIT better/much better compared to other colleges that they visited.

12. Student Orientation Connections Miniversity • 97% attended New Student Orientation. • 65% were satisfied/very satisfied with the program. International Students Office • 97% of the international students attended the student orientation run by the International Students Office • 85% of them were satisfied/very satisfied with the outcome of the program Satisfaction Scale: 1=Very dissatisfied, 2=Dissatisfied, 3=Neutral, 4=Satisfied, 5=Very satisfied