NJIT Student Surveys Fall 2011 Analysis

Entering Student Surveys (UG & Grad) and Non-Enrolling Survey (UG): Fall 2011 November 1, 2011 Office of Institutional Research and Planning

Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2011 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* See appendix 1 for the complete data *Importance Scale:1=Not important, 2=A little important, 3=Moderately important, 4=Important, 5=Very Important

Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2011 NJIT’s rating in comparison to other colleges: 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%). See appendix 2 & 3 for the complete data Rating Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better

Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2011 Contact/influence: • 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

Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2011 Parents: • 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%).

Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2011 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

Graduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2011 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* See appendix 11 for the complete data Importance Scale:1=Not at all important, 2=A little important, 3=Moderately important, 4=Important, =Very Important Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better

Graduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2011 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%) See appendix 12 & 13 for the complete data Rating Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better

Graduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2011 Contact/influence: • 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. See appendix 14 & 15 for the complete data *Rank ordered by contribution to knowledge of NJIT (1=very little 7=very much)

Graduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2011 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. See appendix 16 & 17 for the complete data Satisfaction Scale: 1=Very dissatisfied, 2=Dissatisfied, 3=Neutral, 4=Satisfied, 5=Very satisfied

Graduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2011 Areas of concern/improvement: • 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. See appendix 15, 16, 17 & 18 for the complete data * Rating Scale: 1=Very little  5=Very much **Rating Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better

Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2011 Undergraduate Entering Student Survey response rate: 59% Appendix 1 *Importance Scale:1=Not important, 2=A little important, 3=Moderately important, 4=Important, 5=Very Important

Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2011 Appendix 2 *Rating Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better

Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2011 Appendix 3 *Rating Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better

Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2011 Appendix 4 *Rank ordered by contribution to knowledge of NJIT (1=very little 5=very much)

Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2011 Appendix 5

Undergraduate – Non-enrolling Students Survey Fall 2011 Undergraduate Non-enrolling Student Survey response rate: 20% Appendix 8

Undergraduate – Non-enrolling Students Survey Fall 2011 Appendix 9 *Rating Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better

Undergraduate – Non-enrolling Students Survey Fall 2011 Appendix 10 *Rank ordered by contribution to knowledge of NJIT (1=very little 5=very much)

Graduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2011 Graduate Entering Student Survey response rate: 56% Appendix 11

Graduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2011 Appendix 12

NJIT Student Surveys Fall 2011 Analysis