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Of the students returning the survey, 27.5% indicated their
overall educational goal was the completion of an associate degree or
certificate only. An additional
61.7% of the students indicated their preference to attend a four-year college
after they completed their associate degree or certificate. Another 20% had plans to attend a four-year
college/university before they completed an associated degree or certificate.
In total, over 80% of the respondents stated a preference for attending a
four-year college/university in the future.
Seventy-seven percent of the students indicated that they would attend
UNT Dallas Campus/System Center if their major was offered.
This percentage was significantly greater for African Americans (92.4%)
and Hispanic (83.6%) survey participants
However, 37% of the students said that they were not aware that UNT has a
Dallas campus. Forty-three percent
of the Hispanic students did not know that UNT has a Dallas campus.
There was no significant difference in any of these finding when using
the age demographic as a cross tabulation.
Along with the offering of the major, the distance that the
student lived from the UNT Dallas Campus/System Center campus would be a factor
in their ability to attend UNT Dallas Campus/System Center.
Forty percent of the respondents stated that they lived more than 15
miles from the current location of the UNT Dallas Campus/System Center campus.
This distance of 15 miles appears to be a difficulty for many of the
students. Please see the table
below for the distance a student lives from the UNT Dallas Campus/System Center
campus and the percent who would attend there if the university provided their
major.
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Distance lived from the UNT Dallas Campus/System Center
Campus
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%
of Survey Respondents
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%
who would attend UNT Dallas Campus/System Center
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Less than 2 Miles
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1.9%
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87.5%
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3 to 5 Miles
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13.6%
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89.8%
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6 to 10 Miles
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23.3%
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90.1%
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10 to 15 Miles
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16.6%
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83.3%
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More than 15 Miles
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40.2%
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64.9%
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As shown in the table above, those students who would
attend UNT Dallas Campus/System Center diminishes after the distance surpasses
15 miles.
The survey revealed two interesting demographics.
First, the race demographics of those students who completed the survey
include a greater percentage of African Americans and Hispanic than found at
UNT-Denton. It should be noted that
the survey population race demographic was similar to the combined race
demographic for the schools surveyed. Second,
the age of the student respondents differs from the traditional undergraduate
student. However, the age and race grouping of these students is
similar that of current UNT Dallas Campus/System Center students.
Please see the tables below for more details:
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Race
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%
of Survey Respondents
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African American
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24.2%
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Hispanic/Latino
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16.9%
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American Indian or Alaskan Native
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1.9%
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Caucasian
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43.9%
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Asian or Pacific Islander
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3.9%
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Other
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3.9%
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Age
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%
of Survey Respondents
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18-19
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1.1%
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20-21
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8.3%
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22-25
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21.2%
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26-30
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14.8%
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31-40
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25.9%
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41-50
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17.6%
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Greater than 50
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6.3%
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Of the students who indicated that they would not
pursue further education at a four-year college/university, 38.2% said that they
were meeting their educational goals at the community college.
Financial factors played a role for 32% of the non-continuing students,
and an additional 25% indicated that personal
reasons (i.e. family obligations, medical, moving, etc.) were involved. Please
see the Attachment A for other
reasons listed for not attending a four-year college/university.
Of the students who showed a preference to continue at a
four-year college/university, 59% indicated their reason was having a particular
major at a four-year college/university. The ability to make more money with a four-year
college/university degree influenced 25%, while others decisions were based on
advice from a professor (13.4%), former student (14.6%), or friend(13.4%).
Though the respondents indicated a need for assistance in all
student development categories listed, the greatest need for assistance was:
Financial aid/scholarships (60.5%)
Advising of course selection (36.9%)
Time management (30.3%)
Study Skills (23.8%)
Stress Management (20.6%)
Math (19.2%)
Students showed a preference for morning and nighttime
courses. However, the most popular
class time at 5:30pm (43.4%). All
of survey course time options are listed below:
7:30-9:20
AM (21.0%) 9:30-11:20 AM (33.9%) 1:30-1:20 PM (30.1%)
1:30-3:20 PM (22.2%)
3:30-5:20 PM (18.7%)
5:30 PM or after (43.4%)
6:00 PM or after (27.7%) 6:30
PM or after (25.9%)
Distance Education (33%)
A critical factor was
the preference of 33% of the students for “Distance Education”.
Many of the comments provided by the students also reflected an increased
interest in “Distance Education”. This
is probably because of large number of distance education courses offered by
DCCCD. (Please note that a
set of edited survey comments can be requested from the UNT Planning Office.)
The preferred major of choice for each of the student
respondents cannot be generalized to a few select fields.
In addition to the 47 majors that could be selected on the survey, an
additional 81 majors written in by the survey respondents.
The variety of majors ranged from Aeronautics to Zoology and account for
a large portion of majors in between, with a total of 128 majors selected by a
population of 397 respondents. The
majors selected most frequently were Education Administration (9.0%), Computer
Science (6.2%), and English (6.9%) with Business Administration and Nursing
next. An attached list of majors
shows the additional majors written in by the respondents. (See Appendix B).
Seventy-one percent of the survey respondents indicated that
they would have financial aid need why attending a 4-year college/university.
This figure was significantly higher for the African American survey
participants (92.2%). Additionally,
65% of the survey participants did not know that they could attend a 4-year
college/university and a community college and keep their financial aid.
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