2. Entering Student Surveys (Undergraduate & Graduate) Fall 2013 November 27th, 2013 Office of Institutional Research and Planning

3. Entering students rated NJIT better/much better in Availability of majors (70.33%) Academic reputation (67.61%) Honors College (59.20%) Quality of academic facilities (library, laboratory, etc.) (56.92%) Public safety (50.65%) Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013 Rating Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better NJIT’s rating in comparison to other colleges : (see appendix 1 for full data)

4. Entering students rated NJIT better/much better in NJIT total institutional price before financial aid (60.37%) Contact with current NJIT students (52.83%) Electronic communication with NJIT (48.57%) Students reported the NJIT website was their primary source knowledge about NJIT (55.42%) * (see appendix 3 for full data) Rating Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013 NJIT’s rating in comparison to other colleges : Rating of Price, Contact and Communication (see appendix 2 for full data) *Rank ordered by contribution to knowledge of NJIT (1=very little  5=very much)

5. Most of the students’ parents graduated from college (59.54%) Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013 new Parents graduated college 2013 VS. 2012:

6. Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013 Parents (42.56%) Friends (11.75%) Guidance Counselor (9.66%) Q.9 Who most influenced your decision to attend? (see appendix 4 for full data)

7. Cost/financial aid/scholarship (not honors) (34.18%) Campus visit/information session (27.81%) Honors College/Honors Scholarship (17.86%) Very Important/Important(91.43%) Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013 Q.10 Which of the following most influenced your decision to attend? ( see appendix 5 for full data) Q.11.Compared to other factors, how important was the Honor's Scholarship (not other scholarships) in your decision to attend NJIT? (Honors students only) (see appendix 6 for full data)

8. Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013 Q.12.Do you plan to work while attending school? Plan to work on campus: 33.42% Plan to work off campus: 28.32% Do not plan to work: 38.27% Q.13. How many hours do you plan to work? 1-9 hours: (32.78%) 10-19 hours: (51.45%) 20-29 hours: (13.28%) Work: (see appendix 7 for full data)

9. Scale:1=Not strongly confident, 2=Not confident, 3=Neutral, 4=Confident, 5=Strongly confident Confident/ Strongly Confident Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013 Students’ Subject/Skill Abilities: CalculusWriting Computer Skills SpeakingPhysicsChemistry 57.77%54.92%51.16%50.26%41.3%40.36%

10. Entering students rated NJIT better/much better Availability of programs (61.38%) Academic reputation (51.79%) Quality of academic facilities (library, laboratory, etc.) (47.82%) Students reported the NJIT website was their primary source knowledge about NJIT (64.31%)* (see appendix 10 for full data) Rating Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better NJIT’s Rating in comparison to other colleges : (see appendix 8 for full data) Graduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013 *Rank ordered by contribution to knowledge of NJIT (1=very little  5=very much)

11. Entering students rated NJIT better/much better in Contact with current Students (52.83%) Contact with faculty (49.09%) College website (48.18%) Electronic communication with the college (46.68%) Graduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013 NJIT’s rating in comparison to other colleges : Rating of Price, Contact and Communication (see appendix 9)

12. NJIT website (NJIT.edu) (26.71%) Location (22.26%) Personal/email contact from academic department (15.43%) Contact with NJIT Admissions Office (8.9%) Q.17.Which of the following most influenced your decision to attend ? (see appendix 11 for full data) Graduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013

13. Friend (20.93%) Parent (13.66%) College professor (11.34%) Q.16. Who most influenced your decision to attend? (see appendix 12 for full data) Graduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013

14. Satisfaction Scale: 1=Very dissatisfied, 2=Dissatisfied, 3=Neutral, 4=Satisfied, 5=Very satisfied Student Orientations – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013 Student Orientation Satisfaction Student Orientation Attendance Undergraduate Orientation96.41% Office of Graduate Students Orientation 52.27% Individual Graduate Program Orientation 41.6% International Student Orientation95.85% Undergraduate Orientation56.11% Office of Graduate Students Orientation 68.48% Individual Graduate Program Orientation 62.59% International Student Orientation64.13%

15. Appendix 1 Q. 1 Please rate how NJIT compares to other colleges: Worse/Much worse Better/Much Better #%#% Academic reputation 143.60%26367.61% Availability of majors of interest to you 225.63%27570.33% Quality of academic facilities (library, laboratory, etc.) 256.41%22256.92% Quality of on-campus housing 4712.30%13234.56% Surroundings (neighborhood, town or city) 24061.54%389.74% Attractiveness of campus 9023.14%12030.85% Public safety 4411.31%19750.65% Parking 7719.90%9424.29% Honors College 112.94%22259.20% *Rating Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013

16. Q. 2 Please rate how NJIT compares to other colleges on the following aspects: Better/Much better #% Printed college publications (catalogs, brochures etc.) 10928.61% College website 16642.67% Total institutional price before financial aid 23360.37% Financial aid offered 21655.95% Electronic communication with the college 18748.57% Contact with the college after you were admitted 17545.21% Contact with faculty 17144.07% Contact with current students 20552.83% *Rating Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013 Appendix 2

17. Q. 3 Mark the circle that best represents how much the following contributed to your knowledge of NJIT. Using this scale: (1=Very little >> 5=Very much) Little/Very little Much/Very much #%#% NJIT website (NJIT.edu) 5313.66%21555.42% NJIT's social networking sites (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) 15941.19%10727.72% College guide books (e.g. Princeton Review, U.S. News and World Report, Peterson's, etc.) 16743.15%8521.96% College guide websites (e.g. collegeprowler.com, unigo.com, usnews.com/rankings, princetonreview.com, etc.) 13735.68%10527.34% *Rank ordered by contribution to knowledge of NJIT (1=very little  5=very much) Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013 Appendix 3

18. Q.9.Compared to other factors, how important was the Honor’s Scholarship (not other scholarships) in your decision to attend NJIT? #% Alumnus of NJIT 215.48% Coach 205.22% Current NJIT student 277.05% Friend 4511.75% Guidance counselor 379.66% High school teacher 297.57% Parent 16342.56% Relative (not parent) 4110.7% Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013 Appendix 4

19. Q.10.Which of the following most influenced your decision to attend? #% Contact with NJIT Admissions Office 22 5.61% Campus visit/information session 109 27.81% Personal/email contact from academic department 9 2.3% Printed NJIT publications (catalogs, brochures etc.) 5 1.28% NJIT website (NJIT.edu) 24 6.12% NJIT's social networking sites (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) 4 1.02% College guide books (e.g. Princeton Review, U.S. News and World Report, Peterson's, etc.) 3 0.77% College guide websites (e.g. collegeprowler.com, princetonreview.com, etc.) 12 3.06% Cost/financial aid/scholarship (not honors) 134 34.18% Honors College / Honors Scholarship 70 17.86% Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013 Appendix 5

20. Q.9.Compared to other factors, how important was the Honor’s Scholarship (not other scholarships) in your decision to attend NJIT? #% Not at all Important 0 0% Not Very Important 1 1.43% Somewhat Important 5 7.14% Important 21 30% Very Important 43 61.43% Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013 Appendix 6

21. Q.12.Do you plan to work while attending school? #% Yes, I plan to work on campus. 131 33.42% Yes, I plan to work off campus. 111 28.32% No, I don’t plan to work. 150 38.27% Undergraduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013 Appendix 7 Q.13 How many hours do you plan to work? #% 1-979 32.78% 10-19124 51.45% 20-2932 13.28% 30-396 2.49% 40 or more0 0%

22. Q. 1 Please rate how NJIT compares to other colleges: Worse/Much worseBetter/Much better #%#% Academic reputation 3410.18%17351.79% Availability of programs of interest to you 226.59%20561.38% Quality of academic facilities (library, laboratory, etc.) 4213.12%15347.82% Quality of on-campus housing 3513.16%8030.08% Surroundings (neighborhood, town or city) 17152.62%6319.38% Attractiveness of campus 7924.61%11034.27% Public safety 12037.15%9830.34% Parking 8728.81%8628.48% Appendix 8 Graduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013 *Rating Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better

23. Q. 2 Please rate how NJIT compares to other colleges on the following aspects: Better/Much better #% College publications (catalogs, brochures etc.) 4135.33% College website 3448.18% Total institutional price before financial aid 9925.38% Financial aid offered 12217.42% Electronic communication with the college 3646.68% Contact with the college after you were admitted 6442.17% Contact with faculty 3549.09% Contact with current students 2945.70% Appendix 9 Graduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013 *Rating Scale: 1=Much Worse, 2=Worse, 3=About the same, 4=Better, 5=Much Better

24. Q. 3 Mark the circle that best represents how the following contributed to your knowledge of NJIT. Using this scale: (1=Very little >> 5=Very much) Little/Very little Much/Very much #%#% NJIT website (NJIT.edu) 308.84%21864.31% NJIT's social networking sites (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc) 12638.42%10331.41% College guide books (e.g. Princeton Review, U.S. News and World Report, Peterson's, etc.) 13340.93%8927.39% College guide websites (e.g. collegeprowler.com, unigo.com, usnews.com/rankings, princetonreview.com, etc.) 10933.53%10833.23% Appendix 10 Graduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013 *Rank ordered by contribution to knowledge of NJIT (1=very little  5=very much)

25. Q.17 Which of the following most influenced your decision to attend? #% Contact with NJIT Admissions Office 308.9% Campus visit/information session 154.45% Personal/email contact from academic department 5215.43% Printed NJIT publications (catalogs, brochures etc.) 10.3% NJIT website (NJIT.edu) 9026.71% NJIT's social networking sites (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) 61.78% College guide books (e.g. Princeton Review, U.S. News and World Report, Peterson's, etc.) 61.78% College guide websites (e.g. collegeprowler.com, unigo.com, usnews.com/rankings, princetonreview.com, etc.) 257.42% Location 7522.26% Other (Please Specify) 3710.98% Total 337 100% Appendix 11 Graduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013

26. Q.16.Who most influenced your decision to attend? #% Alumnus of NJIT 339.59% College professor 3911.34% College adviser 288.14% Current NJIT Student 226.4% Friend 7220.93% Parent 4713.66% Relative (not parent) 329.3% Recruiter 133.78% Other (Please Specify) 5816.86% Graduate – Entering Students Survey Fall 2013 Appendix 12