The most recent NSSE administration at Southeastern was during Spring 2010. Students
received an electronic invitation to participate in the survey,with a link where students
could complete the survey via the web. Follow-ups included e-mail reminders and hard
copy surveys to random non-respondents

 

A random sample of 1,662 freshmen and 1,808 seniors was selected for administration.
A total of 555 freshmen (33% response rate) and 719 seniors (40% response rate) completed
the survey, for an overall response rate of 37%.This response rate is higher than
the University of Louisiana system overall (27%), Masters Colleges and Universities,
Larger Programs (31%), and SREB Four-Year 3 institutions (26%). Below are some demographic
characteristics of the respondents.

 

	Freshmen	Seniors
Full-Time	94%	83%
Part-Time	6%	17%
Female	69%	71%
Male	31%	29%
American Indian / Alaskan Native	1%	1%
Asian/Pacific Islander	6%	1%
Black, Non-Hispanic	15%	14%
Hispanic	1%	2%
White, Non-Hispanic	68%	72%
Other/Did not Respond	8%	10%
Non-Traditional (24 or older)	7%	47%
Traditional (younger than 24)	93%	53%