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Graduate Student Survey
Fall 2000 Current Graduate Student Survey Results:
Demographics
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Comparison of 2000 and 1996 Respondents
  2000 Respondents 1996 Respondents
Number of surveys
from WWW		 448 Number of First Year Students: 151
Number of NON-First Year Students: 297		 919 Number of First Year Students: 303
Number of NON-First Year Students: 616
Number of surveys
from paper survey		 1460 Number of First Year Students: 424
Number of NON-First Year Students: 1036		 571 Number of First Year Students: 85
Number of NON-First Year Students: 445
TOTAL
Number of Surveys		 1908 Number of First Year Students: 575
Number of NON-First Year Students: 1333		 1490 Number of First Year Students: 388
Number of NON-First Year Students: 1061
Total Number of Surveys
with usable PIDs		 1764 Number of First Year Students: 523
Number of NON-First Year Students: 1241		 1391 Number of First Year Students: 365
Number of NON-First Year Students: 1026

Comparison of 2000 and 1996 Respondents by College
  2000 Respondents 1996 Respondents
Agriculture & Natural Resources 195 Number of First Year Students: 60
Number of NON-First Year Students: 135		 198 Number of First Year Students: 40
Number of NON-First Year Students: 158
Arts & Letters 159 Number of First Year Students: 35
Number of NON-First Year Students: 124		 140 Number of First Year Students: 40
Number of NON-First Year Students: 100
Eli Broad Graduate School of Management 141 Number of First Year Students: 69
Number of NON-First Year Students: 72		 84 Number of First Year Students: 27
Number of NON-First Year Students: 57
Communication Arts & Sciences 82 Number of First Year Students: 31
Number of NON-First Year Students: 51		 77 Number of First Year Students: 23
Number of NON-First Year Students: 54
Education 295 Number of First Year Students: 76
Number of NON-First Year Students: 219		 113 Number of First Year Students: 23
Number of NON-First Year Students: 90
Engineering 108 Number of First Year Students: 34
Number of NON-First Year Students: 74		 151 Number of First Year Students: 46
Number of NON-First Year Students: 105
Human Ecology 58 Number of First Year Students: 17
Number of NON-First Year Students: 41		 30 Number of First Year Students: 8
Number of NON-First Year Students: 22
Human Medicine 86 Number of First Year Students: 24
Number of NON-First Year Students: 62		 40 Number of First Year Students: 13
Number of NON-First Year Students: 27
Natural Science 194 Number of First Year Students: 48
Number of NON-First Year Students: 146		 251 Number of First Year Students: 51
Number of NON-First Year Students: 200
Nursing 29 Number of First Year Students: 12
Number of NON-First Year Students: 17		 23 Number of First Year Students: 9
Number of NON-First Year Students: 14
Osteopathic Medicine 76 Number of First Year Students: 17
Number of NON-First Year Students: 59		 29 Number of First Year Students: 7
Number of NON-First Year Students: 22
Social Science 251 Number of First Year Students: 81
Number of NON-First Year Students: 177		 196 Number of First Year Students: 58
Number of NON-First Year Students: 138
Veterinary Medicine 83 Number of First Year Students: 19
Number of NON-First Year Students: 64		 59 Number of First Year Students: 20
Number of NON-First Year Students: 39

2000 Respondents by Class Standing
Class Standing
First Year Students
(column percentages)
NON-First Year Students
(column percentages)
Total
(column percentages

Number of surveys from Ph.D.  students

 125 (23.9%)
 

617 (49.7%)

742 (42.1%)

Number of surveys from MA students

 345 (66%)

463 (37.3%)

808 (45.8%)

Number of surveys from Graduate Professional students

        53 (10.1%)
 

161(13%)

214 (12.1%)

Total

523 (100%)

1241 (100%)

1764 (100%)

2000 Respondents by Gender
Gender

First Year Students
(column percentages)

NON-First Year Students
(column percentages)
Total
(column percentages

Number of surveys from male  students

 224 (42.8%)
 

543(43.8%)

767 (43.5%)

Number of surveys from Female students

 299(57.2%)

698(56.2%)

997 (56.5%)

Total

523 (100%)

1241 (100%)

1764 (100%)

2000 Respondents by Race/Ethnicity
Race/Ethnicity

First Year Students
(column percentages)

NON-First Year Students
(column percentages)
Total
(column percentages
Other minority

28(5.4%)

81(6.6%)

109 (6.2%)
Black (non Hispanic)

16(3.1%)

61(4.9%)

77 (4.4%)
Caucasian (non Hispanic)

343 (66.2%)

889 (72.1%)

1232 (70.4%)
International

131 (25.3%)

202 (16.4%)

333 (19.0%)
Total

518 (100%)

1233 (100%)

1751 (100%)

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