Educational Planning Survey: Results

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The Educational Planning Survey (EPS) is administered annually to over 13,000 entering Penn State students. The data from the machine-scannable section of the survey are stored in the University's Integrated Student Information System (ISIS) and in its data warehouse. Each year, the Division of Undergraduate Studies uses the EPS data to generate reports showing the characteristics of entering Penn State students in various subgroups.

The charts displayed on this Web site provide information about new, first-year students admitted to

• the University Park campus only,
• other campus locations (the campuses of the Abington, Altoona, Behrend, Berks-Lehigh Valley, Capital, and Commonwealth Colleges), and
• all Penn State undergraduate campus locations combined.

EPS data from 12,746 first-year students admitted in summer and fall 2002, including 5,480 students admitted to the University Park campus and 7,266 students admitted to other locations, were analyzed for these charts. Because some students did not answer every question on the EPS, most charts include a "no reply" section to indicate the number of omitted responses. (Note: In 1999, the “no reply” sections of the charts included new, first-semester students who did not submit an EPS at all; in the 2000, 2001, and 2002 data, students who did not submit an EPS were eliminated entirely from the data and the accompanying charts.)

The 2002 EPS data were compiled on September 10, 2002.

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Contact: Division of Undergraduate Studies (dus@psu.edu)