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1 | 2024 UC Undergraduate Experience Survey (UCUES) | |
2 | Departmental Results and Summary | |
3 | Upper-Division Students Only | |
4 | Introduction | |
5 | This report presents survey results pertaining to student ratings of various aspects of their experiences on the campus and in their majors. It focuses on the following survey sections: (a) general satisfaction, (b) skill development and (c) major evaluation. The general satisfaction questions ask students to rate their experiences with topics such as their overall academic experience and sense of belonging on campus. The skill development section asks students to self-assess their skill levels (e.g., Quantitative Skills) when they started at Berkeley compared to at the time of taking the survey. The major evaluation questions ask students to rate their satisfaction with major-specific aspects of their experiences, such as advising, faculty instruction, and the quality of courses. UCUES results for each academic unit are shared with department chairs, deans, and the senior administration. The results are also considered as part of the Academic Program Review process, and a subset is included in the program review data summaries. UCUES is administered in all of the University of California undergraduate campuses every other year to all undergraduate students aged 18 or older. This report includes survey responses by upper-division students only. Major affiliation is based on declared students at the time of the Spring 2024 Census (third-fifth week of instruction). | |
6 | This report includes three sections: Response Rates, Mean Scores, and Percentage Distribution. | |
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8 | Response Rates | |
9 | This section displays how many upper-division students from each unit were invited to take the survey and how many responded. Those figures are used to compute a response rate. For example, if an academic department had 100 declared upper-division students and 40 of them responded to the survey, the response rate would be 40%. Two different response rates are provided, one for the general satisfaction and skill development sections of the survey, and the other for the major evaluation section. Students with more than one declared major could choose only one major to evaluate. Units highlighted in green did not receive enough responses to be included in subsequent sections (i.e., had 5 or fewer responses for questions in that section). | |
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11 | Mean Scores | |
12 | This section displays the mean score each unit received for a select group of survey questions. These questions asked respondents to rate their satisfaction or experience on a 6-point Likert scale. Each of the questions had 6 possible responses, ranging from, for example, "Very dissatisfied" (1) to "Very satisfied" (6). For all of the questions, "1" indicates the least positive response and "6" the most positive. The Mean Score is the average (arithmetic mean) of all of the responses. For example, of 10 respondents, 5 respond "Very dissatisfied" and 5 respond "Very satisfied"; the mean score is 3.5. The calculation is (5*1+5*6)/10 = 3.5. Higher mean scores indicate more positive responses. | |
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14 | Percentage Distribution | |
15 | This section displays for each unit the percentage of respondents who reported being, for example, "Very dissatisfied - Dissatisfied," "Somewhat dissatisfied - Somewhat satisfied," or "Satisfied - Very satisfied." For example, of 10 respondents, 2 respond "Dissatisfied," 4 respond "Somewhat satisfied," 2 respond "Satisfied," and 2 respond "Very satisfied." The responses are grouped as follows: 2 "Very dissatisfied - Dissatisfied," 4 "Somewhat dissatisfied - Somewhat satisfied," and 4 "Satisfied - Very satisfied." The percentages are 20% "Very dissatisfied - Dissatisfied," 40% "Somewhat dissatisfied - Somewhat satisfied," and 40% "Satisfied - Very satisfied." | |
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17 | The grouped percentages allow for a quick understanding of the distribution of responses and an easy way to determine, for example, the percentage of respondents who were most and least satisfied. However, the distribution within each grouping is not apparent. The mean scores, on the other hand, reflect the entire range of responses. | |
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19 | See the Methodological Notes section at the end for additional methodological documentation and a list of survey questions as seen by students. | |
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