Who are Our Students? An Overview of Ten Year Trends New Faculty Orientation August 23, 2010.

Who are Our Students? An Overview of Ten Year Trends

New Faculty OrientationAugust 23, 2010

We’ll survey the following topics* re: SNC Freshmen… Demographics Political Orientation Reasons for Choosing SNC Self-Rated Abilities Life Goals after College

*(data from our annual freshman survey)

Our Freshmen are mostly Caucasian

Percent Freshmen reporting race as "White"

85

90

95

100

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Year entered SNC

Per

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t re

po

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g

Men

Women

55%-70% of Freshmen report their religious preference as

“Catholic”

Percent Freshmen reporting Religious Preference as "Catholic"

40

50

60

70

80

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Year entered SNC

Per

cen

t re

po

rtin

g

Men

Women

Conservatives and Liberals about equal for Freshman

Women

Political Self-Description: Freshman Women

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Year entered SNC

Per

cen

t re

po

rtin

g

Liberal

Middle of the road

Conservative

2009 Freshman Men have more Conservatives

Political Self-Description: Freshman Men

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Year entered SNC

Per

cen

t R

epo

rtin

g

Liberal

Middle of the road

Conservative

Why our Freshmen Choose

St. Norbert

Academic reputation and the perception that graduates get good jobs top the list of “Very Important” reasons for choosing St. Norbert.

“Academic Reputation” is a “very important” reason for most of our freshmen (slightly more so for women)

Reason Freshmen Chose SNC: Academic Reputation

50

60

70

80

90

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

The College has a very good academic reputation (percent rating "veryimportant" for selecting SNC)

Per

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po

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g "

very

im

pro

rtan

t"

Men

Women

The perception that our grads get good jobs is a close second reason for choosing SNC

Reason Freshmen Chose SNC: Post-graduation Employment

50

60

70

80

90

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Graduates get good jobs (percent rating "very important" for selecting SNC)

Per

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Ver

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po

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Men

Women

Incoming women are more enthused about the size of the

College

Reason Freshmen Chose SNC: Size of College

30

40

50

60

70

80

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Wanted to go to a college of this size (percent rating "very important" forselecting SNC)

Per

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Ver

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Men

Women

SNC’s religious affiliation is “very important” for about 10-20% of

new freshmen, more so for women

Reason Freshmen Chose SNC: Religious Affiliation

0

10

20

30

40

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

The College's religious affiliation (percent rating "very important" for selectingSNC)

Per

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Ver

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Men

Women

Into a Hall of Mirrors Our freshmen rate their abilities

“compared to others my age.”

The next charts show the percent of freshmen rating themselves “above average” or “top 10%” on selected abilities.

Self-rated “Academic Ability”

Academic Ability: Entering Freshmen Self-Ratings

40

50

60

70

80

90

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Academic Ability: Freshmen rating selves "above average/top 10%"

% r

atin

g s

elf

"ab

ove

ave

./to

p 1

0%"

Men

Women

Self-Rated “Writing Ability”

Writing Ability : Freshmen Self-Ratings

30

40

50

60

70

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Writing Ability (percent rating self as "above average" or top 10%when compared with peers)

% r

atin

g s

elf

>A

ve./

To

p 1

0%

Men

Women

Self-rated “Drive to Achieve”

Drive to Achieve : Entering Freshmen Self-Ratings

50

60

70

80

90

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Drive to Achieve (percent rating self as "above average" or top 10%when compared with peers)

% r

atin

g >

Ave

/t0p

10%

Men

Women

Self-Rated “Leadership”

Leadership Ability : Entering Freshmen Self-Ratings

50

60

70

80

90

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Leadership Ability (percent rating self as "above average" or top10% when compared with peers)

% r

atin

g >

Ave

./T

op

10%

Men

Women

Self-Rated “Spirituality”

Spirituality : Freshmen Self-Ratings

20

30

40

50

60

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Spirituality (percent rating self as "above average" or top 10% whencompared with peers)

% r

atin

g s

elf

>av

e./t

op

10%

Men

Women

The Good Life After College: “Essential” or “Very Important” Life

Goals

Raising a Family Become Leader in chosen

Profession Financial Stability Service to Others

Goal of “Raising a Family” most important for women and men

Freshman Life Goal: Raise a Family

65

70

75

80

85

90

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Raise a family (objective "essential" or "very important")

% r

atin

g "

esse

nti

al/v

ery

imp

ort

ant"

Men

Women

‘Becoming an authority in my field’ shows some decline for

women

Freshman Life Goal: Become Authority in my Field"

40

45

50

55

60

65

70

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Become authority in my field (objective "essential" or "veryimportant")

% r

atin

g "

esse

nti

al/v

ery

imp

ort

ant"

Men

Women

Men are more interested in being ‘well-off financially’ but women are catching up.

Freshman Life Goal: Be Very Well-Off Financially

50

55

60

65

70

75

80

85

90

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Be very well-off financially (objective "essential" or "veryimportant")

% r

atin

g "

esse

nti

al/v

ery

imp

ort

ant"

Men

Women

More Women are interested in service but both sexes above 60%.

Freshman Life Goal: Help Others in Difficulty"

40

50

60

70

80

90

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Helping others in difficulty (objective "essential" or "veryimportant")

% r

atin

g "

esse

nti

al/v

ery

imp

ort

ant"

Men

Women

This has been a presentation of Our Freshmen: A Quick View of Ten Year Trends

New Faculty OrientationAugust 24, 2009

Additional Slides

The next slides place several charts on one page for easy

comparison

Reasons Freshmen chose SNC: Ten Year Trends

Reason Freshmen Chose SNC: Academic Reputation

50

60

70

80

90

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

The College has a very good academic reputation (percent rating "veryimportant" for selecting SNC)

Per

cen

t re

po

rtin

g "

very

im

pro

rtan

t"

Men

Women

Reason Freshmen Chose SNC: Post-graduation Employment

50

60

70

80

90

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Graduates get good jobs (percent rating "very important" for selecting SNC)

Per

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epo

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g "

Ver

y Im

po

rtan

t

Men

Women

Reason Freshmen Chose SNC: Size of College

30

40

50

60

70

80

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Wanted to go to a college of this size (percent rating "very important" forselecting SNC)

Per

cen

t R

epo

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g "

Ver

y Im

po

rtan

t"

Men

Women

Reason Freshmen Chose SNC: Religious Affiliation

0

10

20

30

40

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

The College's religious affiliation (percent rating "very important" for selectingSNC)

Per

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po

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Ver

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po

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t"

Men

Women

Freshmen Political Orientation:

Ten Year Trends

Political Self-Description: Freshman Women

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Year entered SNC

Per

cen

t re

po

rtin

g

Liberal

Middle of the road

Conservative

Political Self-Description: Freshman Men

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Year entered SNC

Per

cen

t R

epo

rtin

g

Liberal

Middle of the road

Conservative

Life Goals of entering Freshmen: Ten Year Trends

Freshman Life Goal: Raise a Family

65

70

75

80

85

90

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Raise a family (objective "essential" or "very important")

% r

atin

g "

esse

nti

al/v

ery

imp

ort

ant"

Men

Women

Freshman Life Goal: Become Authority in my Field"

40

45

50

55

60

65

70

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Become authority in my field (objective "essential" or "veryimportant")

% r

atin

g "

esse

nti

al/v

ery

imp

ort

ant"

Men

Women

Freshman Life Goal: Be Very Well-Off Financially

50

55

60

65

70

75

80

85

90

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Be very well-off financially (objective "essential" or "veryimportant")

% r

ati

ng

"essen

tial/

very

im

po

rtan

t"

Men

Women

Freshman Life Goal: Help Others in Difficulty"

40

50

60

70

80

90

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Helping others in difficulty (objective "essential" or "veryimportant")

% r

atin

g "

esse

nti

al/v

ery

imp

ort

ant"

Men

Women