Table A2.
Distribution of Students’ Sense of Belonging on 5-point Scale
| “I feel like I am a part of [SCHOOL]” | Four-Year Colleges |
Two-Year Colleges |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Percent | N | Percent | ||
| First year Sense of Belonging | |||||
| Strongly Disagree | 520 | 3.65 | 470 | 4.97 | |
| Somewhat Disagree | 700 | 4.95 | 560 | 5.95 | |
| Neither Disagree nor Agree | 1,800 | 12.67 | 2,030 | 21.41 | |
| Somewhat Agree | 4,150 | 29.15 | 2,660 | 28.01 | |
| Strongly Agree | 7,060 | 49.59 | 3,770 | 39.65 | |
| Third year Sense of Belonging | |||||
| Strongly Disagree | 300 | 4.08 | 120 | 4.87 | |
| Somewhat Disagree | 480 | 6.56 | 190 | 7.78 | |
| Neither Disagree nor Agree | 1,070 | 14.51 | 530 | 21.69 | |
| Somewhat Agree | 2,040 | 27.70 | 660 | 26.64 | |
| Strongly Agree | 3,460 | 47.15 | 960 | 39.03 | |
Note. All estimates are weighted to adjust for the BPS: 12/14 complex survey design: Analysis weight (WTA000) used in above tabulations. Sample size rounded to the nearest 10 as per dataset guidelines.