Table 3.
Average satisfaction of different groups with the first-choice major.
| The first-choice major | Nonfirst-choice major | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall satisfaction | Academic satisfaction | Nonacademic satisfaction | Overall satisfaction | Academic satisfaction | Nonacademic satisfaction | ||
| Gender | Female | 6.642 | 6.666 | 6.565 | 6.500 | 6.512 | 6.462 |
| Male | 6.700 | 6.767 | 6.469 | 6.510 | 6.530 | 6.398 | |
| Registered residence | Rural | 6.717 | 6.770 | 6.540 | 6.522 | 6.539 | 6.467 |
| Urban | 6.638 | 6.680 | 6.497 | 6.510 | 6.518 | 6.437 | |
| Types of colleges | Non “Project 211” colleges | 6.112 | 6.124 | 6.074 | 5.982 | 5.966 | 6.044 |
| “Project 211” colleges | 6.906 | 6.966 | 6.698 | 6.734 | 6.774 | 6.604 | |
| Types of high school | Regular high school | 6.256 | 6.270 | 6.212 | 6.135 | 6.146 | 6.097 |
| Key high school | 6.866 | 6.928 | 6.657 | 6.646 | 6.672 | 6.562 | |
| Division of sciences and humanities in high school | Humanities | 6.734 | 6.745 | 6.699 | 6.647 | 6.648 | 6.662 |
| Sciences | 6.646 | 6.708 | 6.438 | 6.454 | 6.483 | 6.358 | |