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NSSE 2002 schools closely resembled
the national profile of four-year colleges and universities
in terms of region of the country and location, as demonstrated
in Table 1. However, NSSE 2002 institutions 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 NSSE 2002, insuring that the
results 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.
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Table
1
NSSE 2002 Institutions
and all Four-Year Colleges
and Universities |
| |
NSSE 2002 |
National |
| Carnegie
Classification |
| Doc/Res – Ext |
14% |
10% |
| DocRes – Int |
9% |
8% |
| Master’s I & II |
44% |
43% |
| Bac – Liberal Arts |
20% |
16% |
| Bac – General |
13% |
23% |
| Sector
|
| Public 4-year |
45% |
37% |
| Private 4-year |
55% |
63% |
| Region
|
| Far West |
11% |
10% |
| Great Lakes |
19% |
15% |
| Mideast |
20% |
19% |
| New England |
8% |
9% |
| Plains |
12% |
11% |
| Rocky Mountains |
3% |
3% |
| Southeast |
19% |
26% |
| Southwest |
8% |
7% |
| Location
|
| Large city (>250,000) |
22% |
19% |
| Mid-size city (<250,000) |
30% |
29% |
| Urban fringe large city |
16% |
17% |
| Urban fringe mid-size city |
7% |
8% |
| Large town (>25,000) |
4% |
4% |
| Small town (<5,000) |
18% |
17% |
| Rural |
3% |
6% |
| Source: National
data are from 1999-2000 IPEDS Data File |
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