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NSSE 2003 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 2003
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 2003, 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 2003 Institutions
and all Four-Year Colleges
and Universities
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| |
NSSE 2003 |
National |
|
Carnegie Classification
|
| Doc/Res — Ext |
10% |
11% |
| Doc/Res — Int |
9% |
8% |
| Master's I & II |
45% |
43% |
| Bacc — Liberal Arts |
19% |
16% |
| Bacc — General |
17% |
22% |
|
Sector
|
| Public 4-year |
42% |
37% |
| Private 4-year |
58% |
63% |
|
Region
|
| Far West |
8% |
10% |
| Great Lakes |
18% |
15% |
| Mideast |
19% |
19% |
| New England |
8% |
9% |
| Plains |
11% |
11% |
| Rocky Mountains |
2% |
3% |
| Southeast |
24% |
26% |
| Southwest |
9% |
7% |
|
Location
|
| Large city (>250,000) |
20% |
19% |
| Mid-size city (<250,000) |
30% |
29% |
| Urban fringe large city |
17% |
17 |
| Urban fringe mid-size city |
7% |
8% |
| Large town (>25,000) |
3% |
4% |
| Small town (<5,000) |
17% |
17% |
| Rural |
4% |
6% |
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National Data are from 1999-2000 IPEDS National Data file
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