Respondent Profile - CIRP 2005
A total of 3,185 students completed the CIRP in 2005, which represents
approximately 87.6% of the first-time, full-time, first-year students entering
USC that year. A basic demographic breakdown of respondents looks like this:
- 57% Female; 43% Male
- 86% Caucasian; 10% African American; 3% Asian American;
1%
American Indian
- 76% say USC is more than 50 miles from their hometown
The Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) is an annual survey
administered at colleges and universities nationwide. It allows the Division of
Student Affairs to develop a profile of the first-time, full-time
students entering the University of South Carolina each year. The survey
collects information on each incoming student's background, opinions on current
issues, and activities during the last year of high school. The CIRP is
administered to incoming students the summer before they actually enroll at USC,
during placement testing weekends and new student orientation. Since the survey
is administered to incoming students at schools across the country, national
norm data are available for all survey items.
