Fall 07 Student Survey Results
December 2007
Office of Executive Director
National Capital Region
| Total traditional enrollment Fall 2007 | 1073* | (Fulltime - 258; Part-time – 815) |
| Total distance learning enrollment: | 279** | |
| Total number of respondents: | 263 | |
| Traditional student respondents: | 197 | (19% response rate) |
| Distance learning respondents: | 66 | (24% response rate) |
*Students enrolled in the region in traditionally delivered curriculum.
**Students enrolled in on-line courses only.
- Of the total respondents, 95% indicated they are currently enrolled, 4% indicated they are not currently enrolled and the remaining 1% gave no response.
The respondent pool captures all programs and teaching locations in the NCR except Natural Resources as reflected in the following breakdown:
College of Architecture & Urban Studies 27% College of Business 23% College of Engineering 9% Liberal Arts and Human Sciences 11% MIT (on-line, cross-college degree program) 25% Commonwealth Campus Students 5% Country of origin of respondents is reflected in red below:
In the NCR 20% of reporting students indicated a country of origin outside the US. Overall the university hosts 1705 foreign nationals or 26% of the total student population. - Of the enrolled respondents, 28% indicated full-time enrollment status, 71% part-time enrollment status and 1% no response or temporarily not enrolled. The ratio of fulltime to part-time students of the entire NCR graduate student population is 24% fulltime and 76% part-time according to data provided by Institutional Research. The percentage of fulltime student enrollment drops to 4.5% in the distance learning program.
- Level of enrollment of respondents:
3 credit hours 40% 4-6 credit hours 33% Greater than 6 credit hours 24% No response 3%
- Respondents attend classes across several venues as indicated:
Alexandria 27% Falls Church 43% On Line 26% Research & Dissertation 4%
- Respondents indicated undergraduate degrees received at:
Virginia Tech 9% Other institution in Virginia 22% Institution in Washington, DC 5% Institution in Maryland 5% Other institutions in the US 44% International 15% With the highest degree currently as:
Bachelor’s degree 68% Masters Degree 30% Doctoral degree 1% Other such as JD 1% And a duration of the following since obtaining that degree:
1-3 years 26% 4-7 years 29% 7-10 years 19% More than 10 years 26%
- There were 69 different cities indicated for residency. The largest percentages are identified below.
- There were 60 different cities indicated for employment. The largest percentages are indicated below.
Only 23% of respondents indicated through zip code identification that they work in the same community in which they live.
- Of the respondents attending traditional classes (not online) 63% of them indicated they travel to class directly from work; 36% travel to class from home.
- Distanced traveled to class responses were inconclusive due to the inclusion of online classes in the respondent pool.
- First and second most frequently used mode of travel to class:
Mode of Transport #1 #2 Personal vehicle 63% 30% Carpool 0% 7% Metro 10% 19% Bus 2% 3% Bicycle 2% 1% Walk 2% 5% Online or no answer 21% 35%
- Respondents indicated they have seen or heard about Virginia Tech in the NCR in the following manner listed in descending order of priority:
VT web page 54% Friends or colleagues 29% VT Alumni 20% Newspaper, magazine or internet story 11% Brochure 10% Radio 2% Note: This question allowed for multiple responses therefore percentages do not total 100%.
- Respondents indicated they have attended the following functions listed in descending order of priority:
VT graduate program information session 40% VT Open house 24% VT-sponsored event 10% General graduate education fairs in the region 5% Other 6% Note: This question allowed for multiple responses therefore percentages do not total 100%.
- Our student body is represented in a variety of categories of employment as listed in the percentages below:
Private Sector (more than 30 employees) 40% Federal Government (other than military) 10% Not-for Profit Org 9% Graduate Assistantships 8% County or Municipal Government 6% Military 6% Private Sector (less than 30 employees) 5% Unemployed 4% Education (teaching) 3% Education (administration) 2% Self-employed 2% State Government 2% Other/no response 5%