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

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

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

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

Students rated NJIT better/much better in comparison to other colleges Rating Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better School Characteristics 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%)

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)

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%)

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.

NJIT’s rating in comparison to other colleges Admission Factors Rating Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better 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%)

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.

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