Eighteen universities and colleges participated in the HEDS survey. 34 Georgia Inst. At our request, HEDS reported comparison findings for doctoral and masters students separately. However, we found that CMU masters students' responses compare to those of their peer group in almost identical ways, as our PhD candidates' responses compare to those of their peer group. I will report on the doctoral student responses below.
Full reports are available upon request.
Overall, our students' responses were either comparable to, or more favorable than, peer responses at comparable institutions on a majority of questions. The following are some of the most significant findings. Doctoral Student Reponses CMU PhD candidates had the highest mean response amongst those compared for quality of academics and quality of student life experience. At the same time, CMU PhD candidates felt much less certain that their course offerings had sufficient depth, in comparison to their peers, perhaps indicating that CMU doctoral students value individual instruction and advising more than taking courses. CMU students also gave the most favorable response about the responsiveness of their departments to student input.