Response Rates

NSSE 2023 U.S. Response Rates

The average institutional response rates for U.S. institutions in NSSE 2023 listed below are based on census-administered and randomly sampled participants only. Data were excluded from institutions participating in special research projects, that had nonstandard population files or survey administrations, or when otherwise noted that institutional characteristics were not available.

Number of Institutions	Overall Response Rate (%)	First-year Response Rate (%)	Senior Response Rate (%)
471	26	27	26

Note: Includes 16 institutions not included in the NSSE 2023 Overview because they had too few respondents for inclusion in comparison groups. Institutions with first-year student data numbered 469 and those with senior data numbered 471.

Institutional Characteristics

	Number of Institutions	Overall Response Rate (%)	First-year Response Rate (%)	Senior Response Rate (%)
Public	208	21	21	21
Private	263	30	31	30

	Number of Institutions	Overall Response Rate (%)	First-year Response Rate (%)	Senior Response Rate (%)
Doc/Very High	30	19	21	18
Doc/High	43	23	24	22
Doc/Professional	42	26	28	25
Master’s L	113	22	22	23
Master’s M	54	24	26	24
Master’s S	28	27	28	27
Bac/A&S	76	33	34	31
Bac/Diverse	66	29	28	30

Note: "Other" Carnegie types were not included (19 institutions).

	Number of Institutions	Overall Response Rate (%)	First-year Response Rate (%)	Senior Response Rate (%)
City	200	25	26	25
Suburb	123	26	26	25
Town	121	27	27	27
Rural	27	28	28	29

	Number of Institutions	Overall Response Rate (%)	First-year Response Rate (%)	Senior Response Rate (%)
New England	50	26	27	25
Mid East	80	27	28	26
Great Lakes	84	26	27	26
Plains	46	30	31	29
Southeast	108	26	27	26
Southwest	36	22	22	23
Rocky Mountains	11	23	23	24
Far West	47	23	24	23

Note: Four institutions in "Outlying Areas" and five "U.S. service" institution were not included.

	Number of Institutions	Overall Response Rate (%)	First-year Response Rate (%)	Senior Response Rate (%)
Up to 500	12	40	41	41
501 to 1,000	51	34	34	35
1,001 to 2,000	111	30	31	29
2,001 to 3,000	73	30	31	28
3,001 to 5,000	67	23	23	23
5,001 to 10,000	82	20	20	19
10,001 to 20,000	41	18	19	18
More than 20,000	34	20	20	19

	Number of Institutions	Overall Response Rate (%)	First-year Response Rate (%)	Senior Response Rate (%)
90% or more	196	28	30	27
80% to 89%	132	25	25	26
60% to 79%	97	23	24	23
Less than 60%	46	23	23	24

	Number of Institutions	Overall Response Rate (%)	First-year Response Rate (%)	Senior Response Rate (%)
90% or more	10	37	40	35
70% to 89%	27	29	30	28
60% to 69%	147	25	25	24
50% to 59%	213	26	27	26
30% to 49%	62	26	26	26
Less than 30%	12	25	27	24

Response Rates

NSSE 2023 U.S. Response Rates

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