Fall 2017 CIRP Freshman Survey results available
Our Fall 2017 CIRP Freshman Survey(opens in new window) results are available from our IR website at www.csuchico.edu/ir/assessment/freshman-survey.shtml. Thanks to Follett and our Chico State Wildcat Store for the donation of an iPad that was used as an incentive for our frosh to take this survey. We had 733 respondents (26.13% of our first-time frosh) in Fall 2017 compared to 341 (12.63% of
Some results from the survey, in comparison to similar public 4-year colleges:
- 45.3% of our respondents' permanent home is 101-500 miles from campus (comparison group has 45.0% of respondents' permanent home 11-50 miles from campus);
- 81.8% of our respondents (versus 69.8% in comparison group) stated a visit to our campus was an important reason to come to our campus;
- 42.3% (versus 14.0%) indicated they received work-study as a form of financial aid;
- 71.9% (versus 82.5%) indicated they expect to graduate in four years; and
- 40.8% (versus 35.0%) indicated they intend to earn a Master's degree as their highest academic degree.
The results include an institutional profile report, CIRP theme reports, CIRP construct mean and percentage reports, and an expected graduation rate calculator.
Please direct all questions about this survey via email to ir@csuchico.edu.