The following table shows that NSSE 2000 and 2001 schools mirror the national profile of four-year colleges and universities in terms of region of the country and location. However, NSSE 2000 and 2001 schools included more Doctoral/Research Universities and Baccalaureate Colleges - Liberal Arts and fewer Baccalaureate Colleges - General as defined by the 2000 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Doctoral/Research Universities and Master’s Colleges and Universities enroll more than three-quarters of all undergraduates. At the same time, ample numbers of smaller, independent colleges also took part in the NSSE project, ensuring that the results would reflect the experiences of a broad cross-section of students attending four-year colleges and universities from both the public and private sector, from all regions of the country and from different types of settings.

 

Table 1

Comparison of NSSE 2000 and 2001 Institutions

and All Four-Year Colleges and Universities

 

 

 

NSSE
2000-2001

National

Carnegie Classification

 

 

     Doc/Res – Ext

16%

11%

     Doc/Res – Int

10%

8%

     Master’s

42%

43%

     Bac – Liberal Arts

18%

16%

     Bac – General

12%

23%

 

 

 

Sector

 

 

      Public 4-year

48%

36%

      Private 4-year

52%

64%

 

 

 

Region

 

 

     Far West

8%

10%

     Great Lakes

     Mideast

21%

19%

     New England

8%

9%

     Plains

10%

11%

     Rocky Mountains

4%

3%

     Southeast

22%

26%

     Southwest

9%

7%

 

 

 

Location

 

 

      Large city (>250,000)

22%

19%

      Mid-size city (<250,000)

31%

29%

      Urban fringe large city

15%

17%

      Urban fringe small city

6%

8%

      Large town (>25,000)

5%

4%

      Small town (~5,000)

15%

17%

      Rural

5%

6%

       Source:  1998-1999 IPEDS Data File

 



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