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What's the Buzz on Sonoma State University's 2004-05 Freshmen Class
Who Are Our Freshmen?
Each year Sonoma State University gives its incoming freshmen a survey called Cooperative Institutional Reseach Program from UCLA (CIRP) during Summer Orientation to find out about their background and concerns. Last summer the University received results from 1,075 first-time freshmen. Below are some interesting facts about our 2004 incoming class.
• Three in four of our freshmen come from homes where both parents are living together
• 82% come from public schools and 18% from private schools
• 12% consider themselves to be born-again Christians
• 86% used a personal computer and 83% used the internet for research or homework in the past year
• 86% studied 10 hours or fewer in a typical week
• 54% socialized with friends 11 hours or more in a typical week
• 9% have a disability
• SSU was the first choice college for 66% and the second choice for 25%
• Reasons cited as “very important” in attending SSU include a visit to the campus (53%), wanted to go to a school this size (50%), the college has a good academic reputation (37%) and our graduates get good jobs (26%)
• 82% plan to live in the residence halls
• Objectives considered to be “essential” or “very important” include being very well off financially (72%), helping others who are in difficulty (61%), and becoming an authority in their field (51%)
• 9% have major concerns about being able to finance their college education
• Their political views are far left (4%), liberal (36%), middle-of-the-road (39%), conservative (19%) or far right (1%).
slk, 2/10/05