NSSE 2003 Annual Report
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Residual Models Regression Coefficients: Independent Variables
 
First-Year Students
 

Selectivity: Barron's 2001 admissions selectivity (1 to 6 - recoded so that higher is more selective)

Sector: private=1, public=0

Enrollment: undergraduate, in thousands

Urbanicity: from IPEDS, large city is the reference category

  • Rural
  • Small Town
  • Large Town
  • Fringe 1 (fringe of a Mid-size City)
  • Mid-size City
  • Fringe 2 (fringe of a Large CIty)
  • Large City

2000 Carnegie Classification: (Master's institutions are the reference classification)

  • Extensive (Doctoral/Research Universities)
  • Intensive (Doctoral/Research Universities)
  • Liberal Arts (BA)
  • General (BA)
  • Other Carnegie (Classifications greater than 32)

On-campus: proportion of first-year students who report living on campus or in Greek housing

Female: proportion of female first-year students from IPEDS

Full-time: proportion of full-time first-year students from IPEDS

Age: mean for first-year students

Major Field: proportion of first-year students who self-report each; social sciences is the reference category

  • Humanities
  • Math
  • Preprofessional
  • Other major
  • Multiple (fields)

Race/Ethnicity: proportion of first-year students from IPEDS; White is the reference category

  • Alien
  • Asian
  • Black
  • Latina/Latino
  • Native American
  • Unknown