First-Year Students Seniors
More than one 7 24 94 12 401 15 185 19 4 18 98 12 524 16 174 24
Item wording or description Variable name Response options K-State HBCU Regional Like classification K-State HBCU Regional Like classification Count %
Count % Count % Count % Count % Count % Count % Count % Count % Count %
21a. How many majors do you plan to complete? MAJnum One 23 76 763 88 2,272 85 771 81 21 82 811 88 2,704 84 552 76
(Do not count minors.) Total 30 100 857 100 2,673 100 956 100 25 100 909 100 3,228 100 726 100
First major or expected first major, in NSSEs default related-major categories. MAJfirstcol Arts & Humanities 1 3 55 7 178 7 101 11 0 0 82 6 204 6 79 11
(Recoded from MAJfirst.) Biological Sci., Agriculture, & Natural Resources 2 6 134 14 355 12 67 6 3 13 95 9 349 10 52 7
Physical Sci., Mathematics, & Computer Science 4 14 53 6 127 5 48 6 3 12 64 8 167 5 44 6
(This does not reflect any customization made for the Major Field Report.) Social Sciences 1 3 140 12 221 8 81 8 3 10 223 13 248 8 69 10
Business 6 20 104 15 345 13 112 14 5 22 79 12 404 12 98 16
Communications, Media, & Public Relations 1 4 31 5 119 4 28 3 1 3 16 3 138 4 24 3
Education 8 29 31 4 224 7 172 16 1 3 47 4 306 8 130 15
Engineering 1 4 38 6 219 8 22 3 0 0 82 19 297 9 18 3
Health Professions 2 6 138 14 625 20 180 17 3 11 84 9 695 21 109 16
Social Service Professions 3 8 92 13 110 7 56 7 5 20 77 9 186 8 27 4
All Other 1 4 17 3 83 5 60 7 1 6 55 8 219 8 68 10
Undecided, Undeclared 0 0 5 0 59 2 24 3 0 0 2 0 12 1 2 0
Total 30 100 838 100 2,665 100 951 100 25 100 906 100 3,225 100 720 100
Second major or expected second major, in NSSE's default related-major categories. MAJsecondcol Arts & Humanities 1 12 5 3 64 15 25 10 0 0 12 6 77 13 28 14
(Recoded from MAJsecond.) Biological Sci., Agriculture, & Natural Resources 2 29 5 6 31 6 6 4 3 81 7 7 38 7 3 2
Physical Sci., Mathematics, & Computer Science 0 0 4 5 33 10 8 5 0 0 7 10 57 10 7 4
Social Sciences 0 0 15 19 51 12 40 20 0 0 11 9 74 16 30 15
(This does not reflect any customization made for the Major Field Report.) Business 2 29 16 17 102 24 25 17 1 19 9 14 116 22 20 13
Communications, Media, & Public Relations 1 18 3 4 13 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 12 2 7 3
Education 0 0 3 4 25 6 19 8 0 0 5 7 39 6 31 14
Engineering 0 0 5 5 17 4 6 5 0 0 9 10 20 4 3 2
Health Professions 1 12 12 12 26 6 11 6 0 0 9 9 39 8 17 14
Social Service Professions 0 0 11 13 6 3 17 10 0 0 11 16 16 5 11 8
All Other 0 0 3 6 14 6 13 9 0 0 3 3 10 3 10 7
Undecided, Undeclared 0 0 6 6 18 6 9 4 0 0 5 9 20 4 5 3
Junior 0 0 3 0 22 1 6 1 1 6 44 8 327 10 40 5
Senior 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 1 23 91 842 91 2,747 85 638 90
Unclassified 0 0 0 0 16 3 7 1 1 3 5 1 86 3 22 3
Total 30 100 816 100 2,638 100 942 100 25 100 894 100 3,200 100 714 100
Note: Percentages weighted by institution-reported sex and enrollment status (and institutional size for comparisons). Counts are unweighted.