NSSENSSENSSE
Results for 541 colleges and universities that participated in NSSE 2023 are now available. Approximately 1.5 million first-year and senior students were invited to participate. Of this population, 354,067 students responded.
Participating institutions are encouraged to register for the webinar "Your NSSE Institutional Report 2023: Step-by-Step" to learn more about their reports.
As of July 7, institutions can register for NSSE's 2024 administration, our 25th survey cycle.
Learn more about pricing, the administration timeline, recruitment methods, participating institutions, updating contact information, companion surveys, and more by visiting the registration page.
Search NSSE's Institution Participation History
November 17
NSSE 2024 registration closes
January 15
FSSE 2024 registration closes
Each of NSSE's surveys contains its own registration window and price. Discover how and when to register for each survey, as well as the price point for each survey, by visiting the corresponding link below.
NSSE provides a plethora of useful data that must be packaged and interpreted in order to best assist institutions with their campus improvement efforts. Use the links below for aid throughout the process.
Wondering exactly what is featured on each NSSE survey? View the individual items on each of our surveys, as they are presented to students and faculty, by visiting the corresponding link below.
Institutions can customize our surveys to their specific needs, including Topical Modules, Consortia, and Open-Ended Student Comments, as well as administration methods and reporting data.
After customizing NSSE and/or our other surveys to individual needs, institutions must promote the surveys on their campuses to ensure quality response rates and accurate data. NSSE offers helpful tips for these efforts.
NSSE delivers survey results in the form of several reports, including a Snapshot Report, a High-Impact Practices Report, a Multi-Year Report, a Comparison Report, a Major Field Report, and more.
48% of seniors participated in an internship
93% of seniors attended an art exhibit, play, or other arts performance
Need a resource to prepare students and parents for what to inquire about on college visits?
Consider this FREE NSSE resource.
About 1,700 four-year colleges and universities have participated in our surveys of students and faculty. Is your institution one of them?
Search institutions who have participated in NSSE, FSSE, and/or BCSSE based on name, survey, participating year, location, Carnegie Type and more.
Find your institution's history with NSSE, or see which other institutions have used or are using NSSE.
Read about how 23 institutions used their NSSE results in Lessons from the Field–Volume 4: Digging Deeper to Focus and Extend Data Use.
Lessons From The Field: Volume 4
NSSE Sightings keeps you up-to-date on our initiatives. Good engagement research should not be hard to find!
If an institution can track over time, it gives a good snapshot of activity on a campus. I really like the rewrite that happened in 2012-2013.
Heather Chapman, Director of Academic Analytics, Weber State University
