NSSE 2011 Overview
Purpose:
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) collects information from approximately
1,500 colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada to measure the extent to which students
engage in effective educational practices. First‐year and Senior students are surveyed about the
nature and quality of their undergraduate experience. The results from the University of
Mississippi are then compared to selected peer groups (SUG Peers and Carnegie Peers) to see
the empirical differences in student responses in order to make improvements in institutional
practices.
Comparison Groups:
Carnegie Peer Group:
| Auburn University | Stevens Institute of Technology |
| Baylor University | Temple University |
| Binghamton University (State University of New York) | Texas Tech University |
| Bowling Green State University | University of Akron, The |
| Brigham Young University | University of Idaho |
| Catholic University of America, The | University of Maine |
| Clark University | University of Massachusetts |
| Clarkson University | Boston University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| Clemson University | University of Memphis |
| College of William and Mary | University of Missouri – St. Louis |
| Colorado School of Mines | University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| Drexel University | University of North Dakota |
| Idaho State University | University of Rhode Island |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | University of South Alabama |
| Jackson State University | University of Texas at Arlington |
| Kent State University | The University of Texas at Dallas |
| Loyola University Chicago | The University of Texas at El Paso |
| Miami Universityâ€Oxford | The University of Texas at San Antonio |
| New Mexico State University Northeastern University | The University of Toledo |
| Nova Southeastern University | University of Vermont |
| Ohio University | University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee |
| Polytechnic Institute of New York University Portland State University | Western Michigan University |
| Saint Louis University | Wichita State University |
| Wright State University |
SUG Peer Group:
| Auburn University | Texas A&M University |
| Clemson University | University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
| Florida State University | University of Delaware |
| Francis Marion University | University of Georgia |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | University of Maryland‐College Park |
| Georgia State | University of South Carolina |
| University Louisiana State University | Columbia University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Mississippi State University | The University of Virginia |
| North Carolina State University | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
2009 Response Rates:
| Ole Miss | SUG Group | Carnegie Group | ||||
| First‐Yr | Senior | First‐Yr | Senior | First‐Yr | Senior | |
| Overall |
28% |
21% |
23% |
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| By Level |
27% |
28% | 20% | 22% | 21% |
25% |
| Number |
2,786 |
4,006 | 67,965 | 82,189 | 118,723 |
139,402 |