First-year Benchmark Items
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Carnegie Classification Key:
DRU-VH: Research Universities (very high research activity)
DRU-H: Research Universities (high research activity)
DRU: Doctoral/Research Universities
Master-L: Master?s Colleges and Universities (larger programs)
Master-M: Master?s Colleges and Universities (medium programs)
Master-S: Master?s Colleges and Universities (smaller programs)
Bac-AS: Baccalaureate Colleges - Arts & Sciences
Bac-DIV: Baccalaureate Colleges - Diverse Fields
DRU-VH: Research Universities (very high research activity)
DRU-H: Research Universities (high research activity)
DRU: Doctoral/Research Universities
Master-L: Master?s Colleges and Universities (larger programs)
Master-M: Master?s Colleges and Universities (medium programs)
Master-S: Master?s Colleges and Universities (smaller programs)
Bac-AS: Baccalaureate Colleges - Arts & Sciences
Bac-DIV: Baccalaureate Colleges - Diverse Fields
| items | Options | Doc RU-VH | Doc RU-H | Doc DRU | Masters-L | Masters-M | Masters-S | Bac-AS | Bac-Diverse | Top 10% | Top 50% | NSSE 2007 |
| Number of assigned textbooks, books, or book-length packs of course readings | None | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| 1-4 | 19% | 21% | 22% | 23% | 27% | 22% | 13% | 25% | 13% | 15% | 22% | |
| 5-10 | 46% | 46% | 43% | 45% | 43% | 39% | 36% | 43% | 38% | 41% | 44% | |
| 11-20 | 25% | 23% | 24% | 22% | 20% | 26% | 34% | 21% | 31% | 30% | 24% | |
| More than 20 | 9% | 9% | 10% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 17% | 10% | 17% | 14% | 10% | |
| Number of written papers or reports of 20 PAGES OR MORE | None | 86% | 84% | 83% | 82% | 80% | 79% | 83% | 81% | 76% | 81% | 83% |
| 1-4 | 11% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 14% | 15% | 14% | 14% | 18% | 14% | 13% | |
| 5-10 | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 3% | |
| 11-20 | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | |
| More than 20 | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
| Number of written papers or reports BETWEEN 5 AND 19 PAGES | None | 17% | 14% | 12% | 15% | 18% | 14% | 7% | 16% | 7% | 8% | 15% |
| 1-4 | 54% | 54% | 52% | 54% | 53% | 53% | 49% | 55% | 44% | 51% | 53% | |
| 5-10 | 23% | 25% | 28% | 24% | 21% | 25% | 33% | 22% | 35% | 31% | 24% | |
| 11-20 | 5% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 10% | 6% | 12% | 9% | 6% | |
| More than 20 | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 1% | |
| Number of written papers or reports of FEWER THAN 5 PAGES | None | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| 1-4 | 35% | 32% | 32% | 33% | 32% | 28% | 22% | 29% | 24% | 26% | 32% | |
| 5-10 | 34% | 34% | 35% | 34% | 35% | 33% | 35% | 32% | 33% | 34% | 34% | |
| 11-20 | 19% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 22% | 26% | 21% | 25% | 24% | 20% | |
| More than 20 | 9% | 10% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 14% | 15% | 14% | 16% | 14% | 11% | |
| Coursework emphasized: ANALYZING the basic elements of an idea, experience, or theory, such as examining a particular case or situation in depth and considering its components | Very little | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Some | 20% | 20% | 20% | 22% | 21% | 19% | 15% | 23% | 13% | 15% | 20% | |
| Quite a bit | 46% | 46% | 45% | 45% | 45% | 46% | 44% | 45% | 42% | 45% | 45% | |
| Very much | 32% | 32% | 33% | 30% | 30% | 32% | 39% | 29% | 44% | 38% | 32% | |
| Coursework emphasized: SYNTHESIZING and organizing ideas, information, or experiences into new, more complex interpretations and relationships | Very little | 4% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 5% |
| Some | 30% | 29% | 29% | 31% | 30% | 28% | 24% | 31% | 21% | 25% | 30% | |
| Quite a bit | 42% | 42% | 41% | 42% | 42% | 41% | 43% | 42% | 42% | 43% | 42% | |
| Very much | 24% | 24% | 25% | 23% | 23% | 26% | 29% | 22% | 34% | 29% | 24% | |
| Coursework emphasized: MAKING JUDGMENTS about the value of information, arguments, or methods, such as examining how others gathered and interpreted data and assessing the soundness of their conclusions | Very little | 6% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Some | 31% | 28% | 28% | 28% | 27% | 26% | 25% | 29% | 24% | 26% | 29% | |
| Quite a bit | 41% | 41% | 41% | 41% | 42% | 43% | 43% | 41% | 41% | 42% | 41% | |
| Very much | 22% | 24% | 26% | 25% | 24% | 27% | 28% | 24% | 31% | 27% | 24% | |
| Coursework emphasized: APPLYING theories or concepts to practical problems or in new situations | Very little | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 4% |
| Some | 23% | 23% | 23% | 25% | 24% | 23% | 22% | 26% | 18% | 20% | 23% | |
| Quite a bit | 40% | 40% | 41% | 41% | 41% | 40% | 41% | 40% | 38% | 40% | 40% | |
| Very much | 34% | 33% | 32% | 30% | 31% | 33% | 34% | 30% | 41% | 37% | 32% | |
| Worked harder than you thought you could to meet an instructor's standards or expectations | Never | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 8% |
| Sometimes | 41% | 40% | 38% | 39% | 38% | 36% | 37% | 38% | 35% | 37% | 39% | |
| Often | 35% | 37% | 37% | 38% | 38% | 40% | 39% | 38% | 39% | 38% | 37% | |
| Very often | 13% | 14% | 17% | 16% | 17% | 17% | 17% | 17% | 20% | 17% | 15% | |
| Hours per 7-day week spent preparing for class (studying, reading, writing, doing homework or lab work, analyzing data, rehearsing, and other academic activities) | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1-5 | 13% | 17% | 18% | 21% | 20% | 20% | 11% | 20% | 12% | 12% | 17% | |
| 6-10 | 25% | 28% | 28% | 29% | 28% | 27% | 23% | 28% | 22% | 24% | 27% | |
| 11-15 | 23% | 22% | 22% | 21% | 20% | 21% | 23% | 21% | 22% | 23% | 22% | |
| 16-20 | 18% | 16% | 15% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 19% | 15% | 19% | 18% | 16% | |
| 21-25 | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 9% | 8% | 12% | 8% | 12% | 11% | 9% | |
| 26-30 | 6% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 7% | 6% | 5% | |
| More than 30 | 5% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 5% | 4% | |
| Institutional emphasis: Spending significant amounts of time studying and on academic work | Very little | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Some | 18% | 20% | 19% | 20% | 18% | 20% | 14% | 19% | 13% | 15% | 19% | |
| Quite a bit | 47% | 48% | 48% | 48% | 49% | 47% | 45% | 46% | 43% | 46% | 48% | |
| Very much | 33% | 30% | 30% | 29% | 32% | 31% | 39% | 32% | 42% | 37% | 32% | |
| Asked questions in class or contributed to class discussions | Never | 6% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 4% |
| Sometimes | 46% | 43% | 38% | 38% | 36% | 31% | 28% | 34% | 28% | 33% | 39% | |
| Often | 33% | 34% | 34% | 36% | 35% | 37% | 38% | 37% | 37% | 37% | 35% | |
| Very often | 15% | 19% | 25% | 23% | 25% | 29% | 32% | 26% | 34% | 27% | 22% | |
| Made a class presentation | Never | 22% | 20% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 10% | 9% | 13% | 6% | 9% | 16% |
| Sometimes | 57% | 55% | 53% | 52% | 50% | 50% | 57% | 50% | 44% | 52% | 53% | |
| Often | 17% | 19% | 26% | 26% | 28% | 29% | 28% | 28% | 34% | 29% | 23% | |
| Very often | 5% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 9% | 16% | 10% | 7% | |
| Worked with other students on projects DURING CLASS | Never | 14% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 12% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 12% |
| Sometimes | 46% | 46% | 45% | 45% | 43% | 44% | 49% | 46% | 42% | 45% | 45% | |
| Often | 30% | 32% | 33% | 33% | 34% | 32% | 29% | 32% | 34% | 33% | 32% | |
| Very often | 9% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 8% | 10% | 15% | 12% | 10% | |
| Worked with classmates OUTSIDE OF CLASS to prepare class assignments | Never | 12% | 15% | 15% | 17% | 15% | 15% | 7% | 17% | 9% | 10% | 15% |
| Sometimes | 45% | 45% | 45% | 45% | 43% | 44% | 44% | 44% | 39% | 43% | 45% | |
| Often | 30% | 28% | 29% | 28% | 29% | 29% | 36% | 29% | 34% | 33% | 29% | |
| Very often | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 13% | 12% | 13% | 11% | 18% | 14% | 12% | |
| Tutored or taught other students (paid or voluntary) | Never | 47% | 49% | 53% | 55% | 52% | 52% | 49% | 54% | 45% | 48% | 51% |
| Sometimes | 37% | 35% | 33% | 32% | 33% | 32% | 35% | 31% | 36% | 35% | 34% | |
| Often | 12% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 11% | |
| Very often | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 5% | |
| Participated in a community-based project (e.g., service learning) as part of a regular course | Never | 67% | 63% | 61% | 65% | 61% | 56% | 57% | 59% | 47% | 53% | 64% |
| Sometimes | 22% | 24% | 26% | 24% | 26% | 29% | 29% | 28% | 32% | 30% | 24% | |
| Often | 8% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 14% | 11% | 8% | |
| Very often | 3% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 8% | 5% | 4% | |
| Discussed ideas from your readings or classes with others outside of class (students, family members, co-workers, etc.) | Never | 7% | 8% | 7% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 8% |
| Sometimes | 40% | 39% | 39% | 38% | 38% | 37% | 34% | 39% | 34% | 37% | 38% | |
| Often | 35% | 34% | 35% | 34% | 34% | 35% | 37% | 35% | 35% | 36% | 35% | |
| Very often | 18% | 18% | 19% | 19% | 20% | 22% | 24% | 18% | 25% | 21% | 19% | |
| Discussed grades or assignments with an instructor | Never | 10% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% |
| Sometimes | 48% | 45% | 42% | 43% | 41% | 38% | 40% | 41% | 34% | 38% | 44% | |
| Often | 28% | 30% | 32% | 31% | 33% | 34% | 35% | 32% | 36% | 35% | 31% | |
| Very often | 14% | 17% | 18% | 17% | 18% | 22% | 20% | 20% | 26% | 21% | 17% | |
| Discussed ideas from your readings or classes with faculty members outside of class | Never | 45% | 44% | 41% | 42% | 40% | 36% | 30% | 39% | 29% | 34% | 42% |
| Sometimes | 38% | 38% | 39% | 38% | 39% | 40% | 45% | 40% | 41% | 41% | 39% | |
| Often | 12% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 16% | 17% | 14% | 19% | 17% | 14% | |
| Very often | 5% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 7% | 10% | 8% | 6% | |
| Talked about career plans with a faculty member or advisor | Never | 25% | 26% | 24% | 25% | 21% | 19% | 20% | 20% | 16% | 18% | 24% |
| Sometimes | 48% | 47% | 47% | 45% | 47% | 45% | 47% | 48% | 42% | 46% | 47% | |
| Often | 19% | 19% | 20% | 21% | 22% | 24% | 22% | 21% | 27% | 24% | 20% | |
| Very often | 7% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 10% | 11% | 15% | 12% | 9% | |
| Received prompt written or oral feedback from faculty on your academic performance | Never | 10% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 6% | 4% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 8% |
| Sometimes | 42% | 40% | 37% | 38% | 38% | 34% | 33% | 38% | 31% | 34% | 39% | |
| Often | 37% | 39% | 40% | 39% | 38% | 42% | 45% | 39% | 41% | 42% | 39% | |
| Very often | 11% | 13% | 16% | 15% | 15% | 18% | 18% | 16% | 22% | 18% | 14% | |
| Worked with faculty members on activities other than coursework (committees, orientation, student life activities, etc.) | Never | 63% | 61% | 59% | 60% | 57% | 54% | 47% | 54% | 46% | 51% | 59% |
| Sometimes | 26% | 26% | 26% | 26% | 28% | 28% | 35% | 29% | 31% | 31% | 27% | |
| Often | 8% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 15% | 13% | 10% | |
| Very often | 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 8% | 6% | 4% | |
| Work on a research project with a faculty member outside of course or program requirements | Have not decided | 38% | 40% | 39% | 41% | 40% | 39% | 42% | 40% | 37% | 39% | 40% |
| Do not plan to do | 23% | 24% | 26% | 26% | 27% | 26% | 19% | 28% | 22% | 23% | 25% | |
| Plan to do | 33% | 31% | 29% | 28% | 28% | 30% | 35% | 26% | 34% | 32% | 30% | |
| Done | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 5% | |
| Had serious conversations with students who are very different from you in terms of their religious beliefs, political opinions, or personal values | Never | 10% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 16% | 13% | 8% | 15% | 8% | 9% | 12% |
| Sometimes | 33% | 33% | 34% | 34% | 35% | 34% | 32% | 37% | 29% | 32% | 34% | |
| Often | 31% | 30% | 29% | 29% | 27% | 29% | 30% | 28% | 30% | 30% | 29% | |
| Very often | 27% | 26% | 25% | 24% | 22% | 24% | 30% | 21% | 33% | 28% | 25% | |
| Had serious conversations with students of a different race or ethnicity than your own | Never | 14% | 15% | 15% | 18% | 20% | 16% | 14% | 19% | 11% | 13% | 16% |
| Sometimes | 34% | 34% | 35% | 34% | 35% | 34% | 34% | 37% | 31% | 33% | 34% | |
| Often | 28% | 27% | 27% | 26% | 25% | 27% | 27% | 24% | 28% | 28% | 27% | |
| Very often | 24% | 24% | 23% | 22% | 20% | 23% | 25% | 20% | 31% | 26% | 23% | |
| Institutional emphasis: Encouraging contact among students from different economic, social, and racial or ethnic backgrounds | Very little | 12% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 15% | 11% | 11% | 13% |
| Some | 33% | 34% | 32% | 32% | 33% | 31% | 31% | 33% | 29% | 31% | 33% | |
| Quite a bit | 33% | 32% | 32% | 33% | 33% | 32% | 32% | 32% | 33% | 33% | 32% | |
| Very much | 22% | 21% | 22% | 21% | 22% | 24% | 26% | 21% | 27% | 25% | 22% | |
| Hours per 7-day week spent participating in co-curricular activities (organizations, campus publications, student government, fraternity or sorority, intercollegiate or intramural sports, etc.) | 0 | 31% | 37% | 42% | 46% | 44% | 41% | 25% | 44% | 28% | 32% | 39% |
| 1-5 | 36% | 32% | 30% | 29% | 30% | 31% | 36% | 28% | 36% | 34% | 32% | |
| 6-10 | 17% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 12% | 17% | 11% | 17% | 16% | 13% | |
| 11-15 | 8% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 7% | |
| 16-20 | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 4% | |
| 21-25 | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | |
| 26-30 | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
| More than 30 | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | |
| Used an electronic medium (listserv, chat group, Internet, instant messaging, etc.) to discuss or complete an assignment | Never | 13% | 16% | 16% | 18% | 19% | 18% | 17% | 19% | 13% | 15% | 16% |
| Sometimes | 32% | 31% | 31% | 31% | 31% | 30% | 32% | 30% | 31% | 31% | 31% | |
| Often | 29% | 28% | 28% | 27% | 26% | 26% | 27% | 26% | 29% | 28% | 27% | |
| Very often | 26% | 25% | 25% | 24% | 25% | 26% | 24% | 25% | 27% | 26% | 25% | |
| Practicum, internship, field experience, co-op experience, or clinical assignment | Have not decided | 12% | 13% | 13% | 15% | 16% | 13% | 12% | 14% | 9% | 12% | 14% |
| Do not plan to do | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 4% | |
| Plan to do | 78% | 76% | 75% | 73% | 71% | 74% | 76% | 72% | 78% | 77% | 75% | |
| Done | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 8% | 7% | |
| Community service or volunteer work | Have not decided | 13% | 14% | 16% | 17% | 16% | 13% | 12% | 17% | 10% | 12% | 15% |
| Do not plan to do | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 5% | 9% | 6% | 6% | 8% | |
| Plan to do | 41% | 39% | 40% | 41% | 37% | 41% | 39% | 35% | 35% | 39% | 40% | |
| Done | 40% | 39% | 37% | 34% | 38% | 38% | 45% | 40% | 50% | 43% | 38% | |
| Participate in a learning community or some other formal program where groups of students take two or more classes together | Have not decided | 29% | 33% | 33% | 34% | 36% | 37% | 40% | 38% | 26% | 31% | 34% |
| Do not plan to do | 32% | 29% | 26% | 25% | 24% | 23% | 26% | 26% | 26% | 27% | 27% | |
| Plan to do | 19% | 21% | 23% | 24% | 24% | 25% | 22% | 23% | 18% | 21% | 22% | |
| Done | 20% | 18% | 18% | 16% | 16% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 30% | 21% | 17% | |
| Foreign (additional) language coursework | Have not decided | 17% | 18% | 19% | 20% | 21% | 19% | 13% | 22% | 14% | 16% | 19% |
| Do not plan to do | 26% | 26% | 29% | 29% | 30% | 27% | 16% | 28% | 17% | 22% | 27% | |
| Plan to do | 31% | 33% | 32% | 33% | 31% | 35% | 32% | 33% | 35% | 33% | 32% | |
| Done | 26% | 22% | 21% | 18% | 18% | 19% | 39% | 16% | 34% | 29% | 22% | |
| Study abroad | Have not decided | 28% | 30% | 30% | 31% | 31% | 30% | 24% | 30% | 25% | 27% | 30% |
| Do not plan to do | 22% | 28% | 31% | 30% | 33% | 28% | 16% | 34% | 18% | 22% | 27% | |
| Plan to do | 47% | 40% | 36% | 37% | 33% | 39% | 57% | 32% | 55% | 48% | 41% | |
| Done | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | |
| Independent study or self-designed major | Have not decided | 32% | 33% | 34% | 35% | 34% | 33% | 37% | 34% | 32% | 33% | 34% |
| Do not plan to do | 53% | 49% | 48% | 46% | 43% | 43% | 40% | 44% | 50% | 48% | 47% | |
| Plan to do | 12% | 14% | 15% | 16% | 18% | 19% | 21% | 18% | 15% | 15% | 16% | |
| Done | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | |
| Culminating senior experience (capstone course, senior project or thesis, comprehensive exam, etc.) | Have not decided | 44% | 40% | 39% | 41% | 39% | 37% | 32% | 38% | 39% | 39% | 40% |
| Do not plan to do | 13% | 11% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 12% | |
| Plan to do | 41% | 48% | 48% | 46% | 46% | 50% | 60% | 48% | 49% | 49% | 47% | |
| Done | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | |
| Institutional emphasis: Providing the support you need to thrive socially | Very little | 16% | 17% | 17% | 18% | 17% | 17% | 13% | 18% | 11% | 12% | 17% |
| Some | 39% | 37% | 38% | 38% | 37% | 34% | 37% | 38% | 30% | 34% | 38% | |
| Quite a bit | 33% | 32% | 32% | 31% | 32% | 33% | 35% | 31% | 37% | 36% | 32% | |
| Very much | 12% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 14% | 16% | 15% | 13% | 22% | 18% | 13% | |
| Institutional emphasis: Providing the support you need to help you succeed academically | Very little | 3% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Some | 24% | 23% | 22% | 22% | 20% | 18% | 15% | 20% | 13% | 15% | 22% | |
| Quite a bit | 46% | 46% | 45% | 45% | 46% | 44% | 43% | 44% | 42% | 44% | 45% | |
| Very much | 28% | 27% | 29% | 29% | 31% | 35% | 40% | 32% | 43% | 39% | 30% | |
| Institutional emphasis: Helping you cope with your non-academic responsibilities (work, family, etc.) | Very little | 29% | 28% | 27% | 27% | 25% | 23% | 20% | 26% | 16% | 19% | 27% |
| Some | 42% | 40% | 39% | 38% | 37% | 38% | 42% | 38% | 34% | 39% | 40% | |
| Quite a bit | 22% | 22% | 24% | 24% | 26% | 27% | 26% | 24% | 31% | 28% | 23% | |
| Very much | 7% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 12% | 13% | 11% | 12% | 19% | 14% | 10% | |
| Quality: Your relationships with other students | Unfriendly, Unsupportive, Sense of Alienation | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| 2 | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 3% | |
| 3 | 5% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 5% | |
| 4 | 12% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 11% | 12% | 10% | 12% | 9% | 9% | 12% | |
| 5 | 22% | 21% | 22% | 21% | 20% | 18% | 19% | 20% | 17% | 19% | 21% | |
| 6 | 31% | 30% | 28% | 29% | 30% | 30% | 32% | 29% | 30% | 31% | 30% | |
| Friendly, Supportive, Sense of Belonging | 27% | 28% | 28% | 28% | 30% | 33% | 33% | 30% | 38% | 35% | 28% | |
| Quality: Your relationships with faculty members | Unavailable, Unhelpful, Unsympathetic | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| 2 | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 3% | |
| 3 | 8% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 7% | |
| 4 | 22% | 20% | 18% | 18% | 15% | 12% | 12% | 15% | 12% | 14% | 18% | |
| 5 | 30% | 28% | 27% | 28% | 26% | 23% | 25% | 24% | 23% | 26% | 27% | |
| 6 | 24% | 27% | 27% | 27% | 29% | 32% | 34% | 30% | 31% | 31% | 27% | |
| Available, Helpful, Sympathetic | 11% | 15% | 18% | 18% | 21% | 25% | 24% | 23% | 28% | 23% | 17% | |
| Quality: Your relationships with administrative personnel and offices | Unhelpful, Inconsiderate, Rigid | 3% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| 2 | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 7% | |
| 3 | 13% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 10% | 8% | 9% | 12% | |
| 4 | 26% | 24% | 24% | 24% | 21% | 19% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 21% | 24% | |
| 5 | 24% | 23% | 23% | 23% | 23% | 23% | 25% | 23% | 24% | 25% | 23% | |
| 6 | 17% | 18% | 17% | 18% | 20% | 22% | 21% | 21% | 22% | 22% | 19% | |
| Helpful, Considerate, Flexible | 9% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 16% | 18% | 16% | 17% | 22% | 17% | 13% |