Seniors at Colorado State University most satisfied with "Overall College Experience"
By Dave McKelfresh
Seniors at Colorado State University were surveyed at the end spring semester 2006 along with college seniors nationwide. The spring 2006 survey, conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, finds that over 86% of seniors at Colorado State University are satisfied with their "Overall college experience".
Developed by the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI), the College Senior Survey (CSS) is administered through the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP), which has conducted national surveys of college students and faculty since 1966. The CSS is used by institutional researchers to study the impact of service-learning, leadership development, and faculty mentoring, and to assess a wide variety of instructional practices.
Students indicating that they were very satisfied or satisfied with the following aspects of campus life:
| CSU | Public Univ. | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall college experience | 86.6% | 86.2% |
| Courses in your major field | 86.2 | 86.9 |
| Overall quality of instruction | 82.7 | 83.0 |
| Interaction with other students | 81.2 | 77.4 |
| Respect for the expression of diverse beliefs | 78.3 | 73.8 |
| Class size | 74.6 | 72.7 |
| Amount of contact with faculty | 74.4 | 71.6 |
| Relevance of coursework to future career plans | 69.5 | 66.8 |
| Overall sense of community among students | 63.2 | 62.8 |
| Relevance of coursework to everyday life | 62.9 | 59.9 |
For more information about the College Student Survey please contact Dave McKelfresh at david.mckelfresh@colostate.edu
