Additional indicators are also of interest. Students also perceive the college to be expensive . Opportunity costs should be considered when assessing perceived costliness. The following sections describe the clearest group differences on the Campus Life section of the survey. These results are both statistically significant and practically meaningful.
Many small differences are statistically significant due to the large number of surveys completed.
Ethnicity Differences Students of different nationalities and ethnic backgrounds were aggregated in order to examine larger groups, allowing stronger conclusions to be drawn. The Armenian group, with 792 students, was made up of students who declared their ethnic background to be Armenian. Different ethnic groups have different opinions about campus life. Very generally, Armenian and Hispanic students feel most favorably toward the college. Asian students, while feeling favorably toward the college, are less positive in their ratings.