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PBA Home > Institutional Research & Analysis > Surveys > Graduate Student Survey > All graduating students, 98-99 CU-Boulder All graduating students, 1998-99
GRADUATE STUDENT SURVEY: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO-BOULDER
From the Graduate School Survey of graduating DOCTORAL and MASTER'S students: Fall 1998-Summer 1999
*Note: Means are based on values of 1 to 4 (eg. 'poor' to 'excellent')
Aspects of graduate studies:
Not --Of those responding, pct who said...
Answered/Not Number Std
Applicable Responding Mean* Dev Poor Adequate Good Excellent
1) Quality of instruction: grad courses 1% 569 3.1 0.8 2% 18% 50% 29%
2) Quality of faculty mentoring 3% 557 2.9 1.0 9% 20% 37% 32%
3) Quality of research experience 15% 486 3.1 0.9 4% 20% 36% 38%
4) Departmental advising/guidance 2% 563 2.7 1.0 14% 28% 30% 26%
5) Assistance finding profess employment 30% 398 2.4 1.1 30% 26% 21% 22%
Primary reason for taking a formal leave of absence during graduate studies:
Not
Answered/Not Number
Applicable Responding Other Research-related Personal Financial
20) If left: reason for leave of absence 84% 88 19% 10% 54% 15%
Agreement with the following statements about your thesis advisor or dissertation chair:
Not
Answered/Not Number Std Strongly Strongly
Applicable Responding Mean* Dev Disagree Disagree Agree Agree
21) Willing spend time on acad advising 20% 458 3.4 0.8 3% 9% 29% 57%
22) Met on reg basis to discuss research 29% 405 3.2 0.9 6% 15% 26% 51%
23) Made eff get financial support for me 41% 336 3.3 1.0 9% 11% 24% 55%
24) Encouraged and supported my research 31% 393 3.5 0.8 4% 5% 25% 64%
Which of the following BEST describes your time-to-degree?
Not Shorter Longer
Answered/Not Number than Expected than
Applicable Responding Expected Length Expected
34) Time-to-degree 3% 555 6% 69% 23%
Satisfaction with the following services provided by the Graduate School (not your department):
Not Less
Answered/Not Number Std than
Applicable Responding Mean* Dev Poor Adequate Adequate Excellent
35) Advising for thesis/diss + deg reqs 29% 405 2.9 0.9 9% 13% 51% 25%
36) Financial aid advising 48% 299 2.3 1.0 27% 27% 36% 8%
37) Student support (travel/diss grants) 44% 320 2.5 1.0 20% 25% 41% 13%
38) Grad student awards (teach,research) 47% 302 2.4 1.0 23% 26% 37% 12%
Experiences as a Teaching or Research Assistant during graduate study:
Not Less
Answered/Not Number Std than
Applicable Responding Mean* Dev Poor Adequate Adequate Excellent
39) How effective TA or prof dev exprnc? 52% 274 3.4 0.8 3% 8% 38% 50%
40) How useful was Grad Teacher Program? 65% 197 2.6 1.0 16% 20% 45% 17%
41) How useful dept lead GPTI training? 72% 158 2.7 1.0 15% 20% 44% 18%
42) How effective rsch asst as prof dev? 62% 215 3.6 0.6 1% 2% 34% 61%
Average # of articles published and average # of years to complete degree: Pct publishing X # of articles
N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum None One Two Three Four Five or>
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30: Number of articles published 574 1.1 2.4 0.0 22.0 67% 10% 6% 5% 4% 8%
31: Number of years to complete MA 466 2.3 0.8 1.0 6.5
32: Number of years to complete PhD 144 4.8 1.8 1.0 11.0
33: Num of years to complete both degs 66 6.5 1.9 3.5 12.0
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If starting your graduate career over--Would you select:
Dont
Know/Not Number
Applicable Responding No Yes
6) CU-Boulder 22% 446 22% 77%
7) The same field of study 14% 490 14% 85%
8) The same thesis/dissertation advisor 31% 393 19% 80%
9) Would recommend department to friend 21% 453 22% 77%
Indicate the types of support you received in Graduate School:
Number
Responding No Yes
10) Fellowship 575 73% 27%
11) Teaching assistantship 575 53% 47%
12) Research assistantship 575 63% 36%
13) Need-based financial aid/loans 575 58% 41%
14) Personal/family ONLY 576 78% 21%
15) Other funding (identify) 576 78% 21%
Questions about the financial assistance you received at CU-Boulder:
Not Less
Answered/Not Number Std than
Applicable Responding Mean* Dev Poor Adequate Adequate Excellent
16) Overall level of financial support 20% 456 2.9 0.9 10% 16% 47% 26%
Not
Answered/Not Number
Applicable Responding No Yes
17) Was fin support w/in dept awarded fairly? 15% 489 26% 74%
Questions about off-campus work during academic year:
Number
Responding No Yes
18) Work off-campus during grad study? 576 51% 48%
Dont
Know/Not Number
Applicable Responding No Yes
19) Was work related to grad program? 51% 281 46% 53%
Questions regarding graduate opportunities:
Not
Answered/Not Number
Applicable Responding No Yes
25) Seminars for grad stdnts prsnt rsch? 27% 420 20% 80%
26) Ever present research at a seminar? 30% 401 60% 39%
27) Ever receive funding to go natl mtg? 30% 398 57% 42%
28) Ever deliver paper at national mtg? 29% 406 59% 40%
29) Faculty encourage you publish rsrch? 37% 359 29% 70%
Did you receive adequate instruction or experience in the following areas?
Not
Answered/Not Number
Applicable Responding No Yes
43) Research ethics? 39% 348 43% 56%
44) Responsible conduct in your field? 32% 391 38% 61%
45) Sexual harassment (training)? 36% 367 51% 48%
46) Diversity? 37% 359 53% 46%
Which item best describes your current status? (mark one item only):
Not
Answered/Not Number
Applicable Responding No Yes
47) Postdoc fellowship/traineeship 16% 483 87% 12%
48) Faculty position in college/univer 16% 483 94% 6%
49) Research position in academia/indus 16% 483 85% 14%
50) Professional service career 16% 483 72% 27%
51) Non-research pos in private industry 16% 483 82% 17%
52) Other job status* (SEE WRITE-INs) 16% 483 77% 22%
* Note: This year's report excludes those who wrote in a comment to Q52, saying they
were currently "seeking a job." This is 4% of all graduate student respondents,
which is included in the 16% of the "Not Answered/Not Applicable" column.
Is position related to your degree?
Not
Answered/Not Number
Applicable Responding No Yes
53) Position directly related to degree? 16% 483 20% 80%
Pct saying
N pos related
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Masters 53) Position directly related to degree? 298** 81%
Doctorate 53) Position directly related to degree? 126 88%
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** Note:
59 Masters' students responses, that said "continuing," "PhD" or "continuing PhD" student, were excluded
from this table (but were included in the first tally of Q53 results above--since this is the way we had
calculated the results in the '96-97 and '97-98 reports).
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