Fall 2012 Graduating Seniors – TAMU
Last Modified: 01/23/2013
1. When do you expect to graduate from Texas A&M?
# / Answer // Response / %
1 / December 2012 /
/ 1,363 / 99%
2 / May 2013 /
/ 10 / 1%
3 / August 2013 /
/ 0 / 0%
4 / December 2013 /
/ 1 / 0%
5 / May 2014 /
/ 0 / 0%
6 / Not sure at this time /
/ 2 / 0%
Total / 1,376 / 100%
Statistic / Value
Min Value / 1
Max Value / 6
Mean / 1.02
Variance / 0.05
Standard Deviation / 0.22
Total Responses / 1,376
2. What degree will you receive?
# / Answer // Response / %
1 / BA /
/ 297 / 22%
2 / BS /
/ 999 / 73%
3 / B.B.A. /
/ 58 / 4%
4 / B.Ed /
/ 6 / 0%
5 / B.L.A. /
/ 3 / 0%
Total / 1,363 / 100%
Statistic / Value
Min Value / 1
Max Value / 5
Mean / 1.84
Variance / 0.27
Standard Deviation / 0.52
Total Responses / 1,363
3. From what college are you graduating?
# / Answer // Response / %
1 / AG /
/ 290 / 21%
2 / AR /
/ 58 / 4%
3 / BA /
/ 86 / 6%
4 / ED /
/ 208 / 15%
5 / EN /
/ 252 / 18%
6 / GE /
/ 28 / 2%
7 / LA /
/ 295 / 22%
8 / SC /
/ 74 / 5%
9 / VM /
/ 21 / 2%
10 / GV /
/ 51 / 4%
Total / 1,363 / 100%
Statistic / Value
Min Value / 1
Max Value / 10
Mean / 4.61
Variance / 6.60
Standard Deviation / 2.57
Total Responses / 1,363
4. Did you
# / Answer // Response / %
1 / enter TAMU as a freshman? /
/ 933 / 68%
2 / transfer from another school? /
/ 430 / 32%
Total / 1,363 / 100%
Statistic / Value
Min Value / 1
Max Value / 2
Mean / 1.32
Variance / 0.22
Standard Deviation / 0.46
Total Responses / 1,363
5. Did you change major while at TAMU?
# / Answer // Response / %
1 / Yes /
/ 633 / 46%
2 / No /
/ 730 / 54%
Total / 1,363 / 100%
Statistic / Value
Min Value / 1
Max Value / 2
Mean / 1.54
Variance / 0.25
Standard Deviation / 0.50
Total Responses / 1,363
6. Did you take Honors courses or participate in the Honors community?
# / Answer // Response / %
1 / Yes /
/ 153 / 11%
2 / No /
/ 1,210 / 89%
Total / 1,363 / 100%
Statistic / Value
Min Value / 1
Max Value / 2
Mean / 1.89
Variance / 0.10
Standard Deviation / 0.32
Total Responses / 1,363
7. Did you receive any scholarships or fellowships while you were an undergraduate at Texas A&M?
# / Answer // Response / %
1 / Yes /
/ 578 / 42%
2 / No /
/ 785 / 58%
Total / 1,363 / 100%
Statistic / Value
Min Value / 1
Max Value / 2
Mean / 1.58
Variance / 0.24
Standard Deviation / 0.49
Total Responses / 1,363
8. Please indicate which scholarships or fellowships you received. (Check all that apply by holding "Ctrl" key on PC or command key on Mac.)
# / Answer // Response / %
1 / President's Endowed /
/ 43 / 15%
2 / President's Achievement /
/ 16 / 5%
3 / Academic Achievement /
/ 72 / 25%
4 / Lechner Scholarship /
/ 3 / 1%
5 / McFadden Scholarship /
/ 5 / 2%
6 / National Merit /
/ 23 / 8%
7 / Barbara S. and Julian B. "Barry" Coon /
/ 2 / 1%
8 / DruEtta C. and Morris G. Coon /
/ 0 / 0%
9 / William James Crenan '49 /
/ 1 / 0%
10 / Lucille Dougherty /
/ 0 / 0%
11 / Joseph H. Emmert, Jr. '69 /
/ 0 / 0%
12 / Melvin Hamilton '71 /
/ 0 / 0%
13 / Crawford and Hattie Jackson Foundation /
/ 1 / 0%
14 / Katherine Ann Keller Memorial Scholarship /
/ 0 / 0%
15 / Lola Mae & Charles LaMotte Memorial Scholarship /
/ 1 / 0%
16 / Annie Lee and Robert H. Schultz /
/ 0 / 0%
17 / William A. Triche and Homer A. Triche /
/ 1 / 0%
18 / Emily & Robert Walker '45 /
/ 0 / 0%
19 / John Todd Willis '44 /
/ 0 / 0%
20 / Randall C. Shepard '71 /
/ 0 / 0%
21 / J. W. Birdwell '28 /
/ 0 / 0%
22 / John C. Calhoun III /
/ 1 / 0%
23 / Jessica Jon Chancellor Memorial Lifeline Scholarship /
/ 0 / 0%
24 / John B. and Ora Mae Dougherty Memorial LifeLines Scholarship /
/ 0 / 0%
25 / Hugo F. Elmendorf /
/ 0 / 0%
26 / Jr. MD '44 Lifelines Scholarship /
/ 0 / 0%
27 / Patricia & William Gordon '67 in the Howard L. Gravett Scholars Program /
/ 0 / 0%
28 / Richard B. Grant '29 /
/ 0 / 0%
29 / Howard Gravett /
/ 1 / 0%
30 / Juilia Ball Lee /
/ 2 / 1%
31 / HR Lewis /
/ 0 / 0%
32 / Lifelines Endowed Scholarship Program /
/ 1 / 0%
33 / Susan Luehr '84 Endowed Lifelines Scholarship /
/ 1 / 0%
34 / Walter S. McGregor '38 Lifelines Memorial Scholarship /
/ 0 / 0%
35 / Woodie Bennett Mike Scholarship in the Howard L. Gravett Scholars Program /
/ 0 / 0%
36 / Jerry R. Jones /
/ 0 / 0%
37 / William E. Wheeler '46 Lifelines /
/ 0 / 0%
38 / Southeast Texas Health Professionals Lifelines /
/ 1 / 0%
39 / George Reichel '70 in the Howard Gravett Scholarship Program /
/ 1 / 0%
40 / Patsy Ruth & Delma P. Posey '59 /
/ 0 / 0%
41 / Jack Orrick '45 Lifelines /
/ 0 / 0%
42 / Corps 21 Scholarship /
/ 8 / 3%
43 / General Rudder Corps Scholarship /
/ 8 / 3%
44 / Sul Ross/Corps Scholarship /
/ 24 / 8%
45 / Chester Reed Scholarships /
/ 2 / 1%
46 / Academic Excellence Award /
/ 85 / 29%
47 / Honors Incentive Award /
/ 6 / 2%
48 / Regents /
/ 56 / 19%
Statistic / Value
Min Value / 1
Max Value / 48
Total Responses / 293
9. Did you participate in any of the following High-Impact Experiences? (Please select all that apply):
# / Answer // Response / %
1 / First-Year Seminar /
/ 209 / 15%
2 / Common Intellectual Experience /
/ 43 / 3%
3 / Learning Community /
/ 170 / 12%
4 / Writing-Intensive Course /
/ 985 / 72%
5 / Collaborative Assignment or Project /
/ 413 / 30%
6 / Undergraduate Research /
/ 232 / 17%
7 / Diversity/Global Learning /
/ 176 / 13%
8 / Internship /
/ 587 / 43%
9 / Service Learning, Community-Based Learning /
/ 134 / 10%
10 / Capstone Course or Project /
/ 350 / 26%
11 / None /
/ 146 / 11%
Statistic / Value
Min Value / 1
Max Value / 11
Total Responses / 1,363
10. Please indicate the type of research you engaged in.
# / Question / 491 / Student Worker / Volunteer / Mean1 / Research 1 / 112 / 57 / 34 / 203 / 1.62
2 / Research 2 / 23 / 44 / 13 / 80 / 1.88
3 / Research 3 / 7 / 5 / 8 / 20 / 2.05
4 / Research 4 / 0 / 5 / 4 / 9 / 2.44
# / Question / 491 / Student Worker / Volunteer / Mean
1 / Research 1 / 55.17% / 28.08% / 16.75% / 203 / 1.62
2 / Research 2 / 28.75% / 55.00% / 16.25% / 80 / 1.88
3 / Research 3 / 35.00% / 25.00% / 40.00% / 20 / 2.05
4 / Research 4 / 0.00% / 55.56% / 44.44% / 9 / 2.44
Statistic / Research 1 / Research 2 / Research 3 / Research 4
Min Value / 1 / 1 / 1 / 2
Max Value / 3 / 3 / 3 / 3
Mean / 1.62 / 1.88 / 2.05 / 2.44
Variance / 0.57 / 0.44 / 0.79 / 0.28
Standard Deviation / 0.76 / 0.66 / 0.89 / 0.53
Total Responses / 203 / 80 / 20 / 9
11. Did you make any presentations or publications as an undergraduate?
# / Answer // Response / %
1 / Yes /
/ 78 / 34%
2 / No /
/ 149 / 66%
Total / 227 / 100%
Statistic / Value
Min Value / 1
Max Value / 2
Mean / 1.66
Variance / 0.23
Standard Deviation / 0.48
Total Responses / 227
12. Did you participate in any research internships or research fellowships away from Texas A&M while you were an undergraduate student?
# / Answer // Response / %
1 / Yes /
/ 133 / 10%
2 / No /
/ 1,230 / 90%
Total / 1,363 / 100%
Statistic / Value
Min Value / 1
Max Value / 2
Mean / 1.90
Variance / 0.09
Standard Deviation / 0.30
Total Responses / 1,363
13. Pleasechoose the duration for each internship.
# / Question / Less than 1 month / 1 to 3 months / 4 to 6 months / 7 to 9 months / 10 to 12 months / Mean1 / 2011/2012 / 4 / 69 / 22 / 2 / 4 / 101 / 2.34
2 / 2010/2011 / 4 / 37 / 8 / 0 / 3 / 52 / 2.25
3 / 2009/2010 / 1 / 10 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 15 / 2.40
4 / 2008/2009 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 7 / 2.43
5 / Pre 2008 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 2.00
# / Question / Less than 1 month / 1 to 3 months / 4 to 6 months / 7 to 9 months / 10 to 12 months / Mean
1 / 2011/2012 / 3.96% / 68.32% / 21.78% / 1.98% / 3.96% / 101 / 2.34
2 / 2010/2011 / 7.69% / 71.15% / 15.38% / 0.00% / 5.77% / 52 / 2.25
3 / 2009/2010 / 6.67% / 66.67% / 13.33% / 6.67% / 6.67% / 15 / 2.40
4 / 2008/2009 / 0.00% / 85.71% / 0.00% / 0.00% / 14.29% / 7 / 2.43
5 / Pre 2008 / 0.00% / 100.00% / 0.00% / 0.00% / 0.00% / 1 / 2.00
Statistic / 2011/2012 / 2010/2011 / 2009/2010 / 2008/2009 / Pre 2008
Min Value / 1 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 2
Max Value / 5 / 5 / 5 / 5 / 2
Mean / 2.34 / 2.25 / 2.40 / 2.43 / 2.00
Variance / 0.59 / 0.70 / 0.97 / 1.29 / 0.00
Standard Deviation / 0.77 / 0.84 / 0.99 / 1.13 / 0.00
Total Responses / 101 / 52 / 15 / 7 / 1
14. While a student at Texas A&M, did you work at a part-time or full-time job?
# / Answer // Response / %
1 / Yes /
/ 1,012 / 75%
2 / No /
/ 343 / 25%
Total / 1,355 / 100%
Statistic / Value
Min Value / 1
Max Value / 2
Mean / 1.25
Variance / 0.19
Standard Deviation / 0.43
Total Responses / 1,355
15. Did you work. . .
# / Answer // Response / %
1 / On campus? /
/ 465 / 46%
2 / Off campus? /
/ 731 / 73%
Statistic / Value
Min Value / 1
Max Value / 2
Total Responses / 1,001
16. How many semesters did you work while you were in school? Do not count any semesters during which you were not enrolled in classes at A&M (e.g. summers in which you did not take classes.)
# / Answer // Response / %
1 / 1 /
/ 77 / 8%
2 / 2 /
/ 122 / 12%
3 / 3 /
/ 142 / 14%
4 / 4 /
/ 144 / 14%
5 / 5 /
/ 116 / 11%
6 / 6 /
/ 125 / 12%
7 / 7 /
/ 86 / 8%
8 / 8 /
/ 73 / 7%
9 / 9 /
/ 49 / 5%
10 / 10 /
/ 28 / 3%
11 / 11 /
/ 5 / 0%
12 / 12 /
/ 9 / 1%
13 / more than 12 /
/ 36 / 4%
Total / 1,012 / 100%
Statistic / Value
Min Value / 1
Max Value / 13
Mean / 5.13
Variance / 8.47
Standard Deviation / 2.91
Total Responses / 1,012
17. On average, how many hours a week did you work? (If you worked in more than one semester, please give the average of the semester in which you worked the most.)
# / Answer // Response / %
1 / 1 to 7 /
/ 63 / 6%
2 / 8 to 14 /
/ 226 / 22%
3 / 15 to 21 /
/ 406 / 40%
4 / 22 to 28 /
/ 194 / 19%
5 / 29 or more /
/ 121 / 12%
Total / 1,010 / 100%
Statistic / Value
Min Value / 1
Max Value / 5
Mean / 3.08
Variance / 1.14
Standard Deviation / 1.07
Total Responses / 1,010
18. We would like to know what kind of work you performed and if it was related in any way to what you studied at A&M. Please check all that apply.
# / Question / type of work / related to my studies1 / - Advertising/publishing / 62 / 37 / 99
2 / - Academic support / 95 / 46 / 141
3 / - Agricultural / 83 / 66 / 149
4 / - Animal care / 52 / 39 / 91
5 / - Clerical/ administrative support / 195 / 31 / 226
6 / - Child care / 117 / 48 / 165
7 / - Financial / 55 / 27 / 82
8 / - Information technology/technical support / 81 / 33 / 114
9 / - Laboratory/research work / 100 / 94 / 194
10 / - Manual/physical labor / 166 / 32 / 198
11 / - Medical/medical support / 38 / 27 / 65
12 / - Retail / 204 / 21 / 225
13 / - Restaurant / 212 / 7 / 219
14 / - Writing/editing / 72 / 55 / 127
15 / - Sports/fitness / 71 / 26 / 97
16 / - Recreation / 72 / 25 / 97
17 / - Other (please specify) / 171 / 71 / 242
# / Question / type of work / related to my studies
1 / - Advertising/publishing / 96.88% / 57.81% / 99
2 / - Academic support / 90.48% / 43.81% / 141
3 / - Agricultural / 87.37% / 69.47% / 149
4 / - Animal care / 86.67% / 65.00% / 91
5 / - Clerical/ administrative support / 97.50% / 15.50% / 226
6 / - Child care / 96.69% / 39.67% / 165
7 / - Financial / 85.94% / 42.19% / 82
8 / - Information technology/technical support / 96.43% / 39.29% / 114
9 / - Laboratory/research work / 86.96% / 81.74% / 194
10 / - Manual/physical labor / 97.65% / 18.82% / 198
11 / - Medical/medical support / 86.36% / 61.36% / 65
12 / - Retail / 98.55% / 10.14% / 225
13 / - Restaurant / 99.07% / 3.27% / 219
14 / - Writing/editing / 86.75% / 66.27% / 127
15 / - Sports/fitness / 92.21% / 33.77% / 97
16 / - Recreation / 87.80% / 30.49% / 97
17 / - Other (please specify) / 89.06% / 36.98% / 242
19. What were the primary factors for your working while in school? (select the best three.)
# / Answer // Response / %
1 / - Career exploration /
/ 146 / 14%
2 / - Earn money to support myself /
/ 628 / 62%
3 / - Earn extra spending money /
/ 563 / 56%
4 / - Job experience /
/ 529 / 52%
5 / - Help me with time management /
/ 113 / 11%
6 / - An advisor/faculty member/mentor suggested that I work /
/ 22 / 2%
7 / - My family expected me to work /
/ 208 / 21%
8 / - I enjoy working /
/ 224 / 22%
Statistic / Value
Min Value / 1
Max Value / 8
Total Responses / 1,009
20. Based on your experience, would you recommend that students work part-time while in school?