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Comparison of NSSE Institutions to all Four-Years Institutions
NSSE 2004 schools closely resemble the national profile of four-year colleges and universities in all areas. The Great Lakes region was slightly overrepresented as were Master's Colleges and Universities as defined by the 2002 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, whereas Baccalaureate Colleges-General were slightly under-represented.
Doctoral-Research Universities and Master's Colleges and Universities enroll more than three quarters of all undergraduates. The inclusion of an ample number of smaller institutions in NSSE 2004 insures 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.
| NSSE 2004 Institutions and all Four-Year Colleges and Universities |
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| NSSE 2004 | National | |
| Carnegie Classification | ||
| Doc/Res - Ext | 10% | 11% |
| Doc/Res - Int | 9% | 7% |
| Master's I & II | 47% | 43% |
| Bacc - Liberal Arts | 17% | 16% |
| Bacc - General | 16% | 22% |
| Sector | ||
| Public 4-year | 42% | 37% |
| Private 4-year | 58% | 63% |
| Region | ||
| Far West | 7% | 10% |
| Great Lakes | 22% | 15% |
| Mideast | 19% | 19% |
| New England | 8% | 8% |
| Plains | 11% | 11% |
| Rocky Mountains | 3% | 3% |
| Southeast | 23% | 25% |
| Southwest | 6% | 7% |
| Location | ||
| Large city (>250,000) | 23% | 19% |
| Mid-size city (<250,000) | 28% | 28% |
| Urban fringe large city | 14% | 16% |
| Urban fringe mid-size city | 8% | 8% |
| Large town (>25,000) | 4% | 4% |
| Small town (<5,000) | 18% | 17% |
| Rural | 5% | 6% |
| National Data are from 2002 IPEDS Institutional Characteristics File |
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