nsse25-multi-year-report

NSSE 2025 Multi-Year Report University of Houston-Downtown

Prepared 2025-08-02

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NSSE 2025 Multi-Year Report About This Report

About Your Multi-Year Report For institutions participating in multiple NSSE administrations since 2013, the year of the last survey update, this report presents year-to-year results for Engagement Indicators (EIs), High-Impact Practices (HIPs), and key academic challenge items to illustrate patterns of change or stability. It also provides details such as numbers of respondents, standard deviations, and standard errors so that statistical tests can be calculated.

For more information and recommendations for analyzing NSSE data over time, view our webinar entitled Recommendations for Using Multiple Years of NSSE Data: http://go.iu.edu/2R1r This report contains three main parts: (a) a page that provides a quick reference to important information about each year’s administration, (b) multi-year figures, and (c) detailed statistics. Key terms and features are illustrated below.

Report sections Administration Summaries (p. 3)

A summary of respondent counts, response rates, sampling errors, and administration details for each participation year.

Engagement Results by Theme (pp. 4-7)

Results for ten EIs and selected individual survey items are displayed, organized under four broad themes. The Academic Challenge theme is represented by four EIs as well as several individual items. The three remaining engagement themes (Learning with Peers, Experiences with Faculty, and Campus Environment) are each represented by two EIs.

High-Impact Practices (pp. 8-9)

Results for six HIPs are displayed. First-year student results indicate students who participated in service-learning, a learning community, and research with faculty, and who planned to do an internship or field experience, study abroad, and a culminating senior experience. Senior results indicate students who participated in all six.

Detailed Statistics (pp. 10-13)

Displays detailed information for results including counts, standard errors, and confidence intervals (CIs) for each measure.

Interpreting year-to-year results When examining year-to-year results, you may wonder whether observed differences signify meaningful change and whether a trend is indicated. Figures display CIs around each score showing the range of values that is estimated to contain the population score 95% of the time. Upper and lower CI bounds are also reported in the Detailed Statistics section.

For further investigation The Report Builder, updated with current data in the fall, allows for multi-year analysis of Engagement Indicators and individual items (including HIPs). It also affords the analysis of results by subpopulation. The Report Builder can be accessed via the NSSE Institution Interface.

NSSE 2025 MULTI-YEAR REPORT  2

NSSE 2025 Multi-Year Report Administration Summaries

University of Houston-Downtown The precision of an institution's population estimates can vary between administrations. An important early step in conducting a multi-year analysis is to review data quality. The values in the tables below were drawn from your Administration Summary reports.

Response Details by Participation Year First-year students Total

Seniors

Year

Response ratea

Sampling errorb

respondentsc

Full completions

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

15%

+/- 6.0%

227

171

13%

+/- 8.4%

117

28%

+/- 5.3%

33%

37%

Partial completions

Total Response ratea

Sampling errorb

respondentsc

Full completions

Partial completions

56

19%

+/- 3.1%

784

652

132

83

34

13%

+/- 3.8%

585

420

165

245

180

65

27%

+/- 2.3%

1,311

1,069

242

+/- 4.2%

370

274

96

32%

+/- 2.2%

1,378

1,076

302

+/- 4.1%

353

270

83

42%

+/- 1.9%

1,522

1,246

276

Incentives offered

Additional question sets

Administration Details by Participation Year Report Sample d

Year

Recruitment method

Sample type

identified

BCSSE

FSSE

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Email

Census

Yes

Academic Advising, Writing Experiences

No

No

Email

Census

No

Academic Advising, Civic Engagement

No

No

Email

Census

Yes

Academic Advising, Writing Experiences

No

No

No

Email

Census

Yes

Academic Advising, Writing Experiences

No

No

No

Email

Census

Yes

Academic Advising, Transferable Skills

No

No

Yes

Note: All of your institution's participation years since 2013 (the first year of the updated NSSE) are reported. Years in which your institution did not participate are blank. a. Response rates (number of respondents divided by sample size) are adjusted for ineligibility, nondeliverable addresses, and students who were unavailable during the survey administration. b. Sampling error gauges the precision of results based on a sample survey. It is an estimate (at the 95% confidence level) of how much results for your respondents could differ from those of the entire population of students at your institution. While data with larger sampling errors (such as +/-10%) need not be dismissed out of hand, such results should be interpreted more conservatively. c. Count used to calculate response rates and sampling errors for each Administration Summary report. Includes all census-administered and randomly sampled students, regardless of "Report Sample" designation. d. Starting in 2017, institutions had the option to flag a subset of students for exclusion from reports. Refer to your Administration Summary reports. When applied, results will be unweighted.

NSSE 2025 MULTI-YEAR REPORT  3

NSSE 2025 Multi-Year Report Engagement Results by Theme

University of Houston-Downtown Engagement Indicators (EIs) represent the average student responses to a set of related survey questions. The Academic Challenge theme contains four EIs as well as several important individual items. See the end of this report for detailed statistics. For more information, including the items that make up each EI, refer to your Engagement Indicators report.

Academic Challenge: First-year students Higher-Order Learning

Reflective & Integrative Learning

60

60

41.6

45

40.0

39.7

38.7

Learning Strategies 60

60

45

36.8

Quantitative Reasoning

45 36.6

35.7

36.4

35.5

41.1

39.4

45

39.9

39.2 36.8

36.1

31.6 30

30

30

15

15

15

15

0

0 '13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

0

0 '13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

31.3

30.6

30.4

28.2 30

'13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'13

'25

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

Academic Challenge (additional items): First-year students Preparing for Class (hrs/wk)

Course Reading (hrs/wk)a

30

30

Assigned Writing (pages)a

Course Challengeb

Academic Emphasisc

7

200

4

5.6

5.6 5.3

5.5

3.2

5.3

150

20

20

12.9 11.0

13.6 12.4

5

3

3

2

3.1

3.0

3.1

3.0

100 11.3

10

10

7.0

52.8

7.2

5.4

0 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

60.2

67.1

68.9

6.8

5.4

0

57.2

50

0 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

1 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

1 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

'13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

a. Values for Course Reading and Assigned Writing are estimates calculated from two or more survey questions. The Course Reading item changed in 2014; comparability between 2013 and later years is limited. b. Extent to which courses challenged students to do their best work (1 = "Not at all" to 7 = "Very much"). c. How much students said the institution emphasizes spending significant time studying and on academic work (1 = "Very little," 2 = "Some," 3 = "Quite a bit," and 4 = "Very much").

NSSE 2025 MULTI-YEAR REPORT  4

NSSE 2025 Multi-Year Report Engagement Results by Theme

University of Houston-Downtown Engagement Indicators (EIs) represent the average student responses to a set of related survey questions. The Academic Challenge theme contains four EIs as well as several important individual items. See pages 10-12 for detailed statistics. For more information, including the items that make up each EI, refer to your Engagement Indicators report.

Academic Challenge: Seniors Higher-Order Learning

Reflective & Integrative Learning

Learning Strategies

60

60

60

45

42.8

40.7

42.5

41.8

40.7

60

43.4 45 38.6

37.3

39.2

39.1

38.1

Quantitative Reasoning

42.0

45

43.4

42.4

41.1

45

30

30

30

30

15

15

15

15

0

0

0 '13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

'13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

0 '13

'25

32.7

31.6

30.9

29.4

29.3

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

'13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

Academic Challenge (additional items): Seniors Preparing for Class (hrs/wk)

Course Reading (hrs/wk)a

30

30

Assigned Writing (pages)a

Course Challengeb

Academic Emphasisc

7

200

4 5.9

5.9

5.8

5.7

5.5

3.2

150 20

20

13.4

14.5

14.1

14.6

13.6

100

77.8 69.3

10

10

8.0

8.6

8.1

8.5

72.5

5

3

3

2

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

70.1

59.5 7.5 50

0

0 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

1

1

0 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

'13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

'13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

'13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

a. Values for Course Reading and Assigned Writing are estimates calculated from two or more survey questions. The Course Reading item changed in 2014; comparability between 2013 and later years is limited. b. Extent to which courses challenged students to do their best work (1 = "Not at all" to 7 = "Very much"). c. How much students said the institution emphasizes spending significant time studying and on academic work (1 = "Very little," 2 = "Some," 3 = "Quite a bit," and 4 = "Very much").

NSSE 2025 MULTI-YEAR REPORT  5

NSSE 2025 Multi-Year Report Engagement Results by Theme

University of Houston-Downtown Engagement Indicators (EIs) represent the average student responses to a set of related survey questions. Each theme below is represented by two EIs. See pages 10-12 for detailed statistics. For more information, including the items that make up each EI, refer to your Engagement Indicators report.

Learning With Peers: First-year students

Experiences With Faculty: First-year students

Collaborative Learning

Discussions With Diverse Others

60

60

45

45 39.0

36.4

34.3

32.3

30.4

38.1

Student-Faculty Interaction 60

60

45

45

29.0

35.6

30

30

24.4

23.2

15

15

0 '17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

0

0 '13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

30

15

15

0 '16

41.0

40.0

21.2

19.2

'15

40.4 37.9

23.4

'14

41.9

37.6

29.4

30

'13

Effective Teaching Practices

'13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

'13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

Campus Environment: First-year students Quality of Interactions

Supportive Environment

60

60

45

45.5

43.7

41.6

40.4

45 38.6

38.0

30

30

15

15

0

38.3

37.3

37.2

35.1

0 '13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

'13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

NSSE 2025 MULTI-YEAR REPORT  6

NSSE 2025 Multi-Year Report Engagement Results by Theme

University of Houston-Downtown Engagement Indicators (EIs) represent the average student responses to a set of related survey questions. Each theme below is represented by two EIs. See pages 10-12 for detailed statistics. For more information, including the items that make up each EI, refer to your Engagement Indicators report.

Learning With Peers: Seniors

Experiences With Faculty: Seniors

Collaborative Learning

Discussions With Diverse Others

60

60

45

45

Student-Faculty Interaction

Effective Teaching Practices

60

60

45

45

44.1

32.2

30.2

29.6

30.9

41.4

41.0

40.0

39.0

30

30

17.7 15

15

0 '16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

22.1

20.4

17.6

15

0 '15

40.2

39.2

30 21.3

'14

39.4

38.8

30.6

30

'13

40.6

15

0 '13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

0 '13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

'13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

Campus Environment: Seniors Quality of Interactions

Supportive Environment

60

45

60

44.3

44.3

43.8

42.2

45

41.1

33.3 30

30

15

15

0

36.1

35.2

34.2

32.2

0 '13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

'13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

NSSE 2025 MULTI-YEAR REPORT  7

NSSE 2025 Multi-Year Report High-Impact Practices

University of Houston-Downtown Due to their positive associations with student learning and retention, certain undergraduate opportunities are designated "high-impact." The figures below display first-year students' participation, or intent to participate, in High-Impact Practices (HIPs) by year. See page 13 for detailed statistics. For more information, refer to your High-Impact Practices report.

High-Impact Practices: First-year students Service-Learning

Learning Community

Research With Faculty

Overall first-year HIP participation

(Some, most, or all courses)

(Done or in progress)

(Done or in progress)

100%

100%

100%

75%

75%

The figure below displays the percentages of first-year students who participated in at least one high-impact practice. The figure is limited to participation in service-learning, a learning community, and research with faculty.

50%

50%

50%

25%

25%

77% 71%

75%

61%

62%

49%

100%

80% 20% 9%

8%

0%

25% 6%

6%

75%

11% 5%

8%

4%

63%

63%

0%

0% '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

74% 9%

52%

'13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

'13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

50%

Internship/Field Experience

Study Abroad

(Plan to do)

(Plan to do)

Culminating Senior Experience (Plan to do)

100%

100%

100% 25%

75% 75%

63%

68%

66%

75%

75%

61% 0% 50%

50%

41% 35%

50% 38%

46%

49%

'13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

47% 40%

29% 25%

25%

25%

0%

0% '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

Participated in at least one HIP

35%

34%

0% '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

'13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

NSSE founding director George Kuh recommends that institutions aspire for all students to participate in at least two HIPs over the course of their undergraduate experience— one during the first year and one in the context of their major.

NSSE 2025 MULTI-YEAR REPORT  8

NSSE 2025 Multi-Year Report High-Impact Practices

University of Houston-Downtown Due to their positive associations with student learning and retention, certain undergraduate opportunities are designated "high-impact." Participation in High-Impact Practices (HIPs) by year is displayed in the figures below. See page 13 for detailed statistics. For more information, refer to your High-Impact Practices report.

High-Impact Practices: Seniors Service-Learning

Learning Community

Research With Faculty

Overall senior HIP participation

(Some, most, or all courses)

(Done or in progress)

(Done or in progress)

100%

100%

100%

The figure below displays the percentages of seniors who participated in one, and two or more, high-impact practices. The figure includes all six HIPs.

75%

75%

75% 75%

67% 61%

58%

62%

100%

50%

50%

25%

25%

50%

75% 18%

17%

17%

16%

17%

25% 13%

0%

13%

13%

13%

0%

0% '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

13%

'13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

'25

50% 41%

43%

42% 41%

37%

37%

39% 37%

30%

Internship/Field Experience

Study Abroad

Culminating Senior Experience

(Done or in progress)

(Done or in progress)

(Done or in progress)

100%

100%

100%

75%

75%

75%

25%

0% '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

Participated in two or more HIPs 50% 30%

28%

Participated in one HIP

50%

50%

29% 26%

23%

26%

25%

24%

5% 0%

5%

4%

25%

26%

4%

4%

0%

0% '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

29%

25%

25%

'13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

'13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

NSSE founding director George Kuh recommends that institutions aspire for all students to participate in at least two HIPs over the course of their undergraduate experience— one during the first year and one in the context of their major.

NSSE 2025 MULTI-YEAR REPORT  9

NSSE 2025 Multi-Year Report Detailed Statistics: Engagement Indicators and Additional Challenge Items

University of Houston-Downtown First-year students '13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

Seniors '21

'22

'23

'24

'25

'13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

Academic Challenge Mean Higher-Order n Learning

38.7

41.6

36.8

39.7

40.0

42.8

40.7

40.7

41.8

42.5

196

103

205

326

311

725

502

1,164

1,272

1,367

SD

13.7

14.4

14.2

14.1

14.0

13.9

14.5

14.4

13.4

14.2

SE

.98

1.42

.99

.78

.79

.52

.65

.42

.38

.38

CI up bnd

40.7

44.4

38.8

41.3

41.5

43.9

42.0

41.5

42.5

43.2

CI low bnd

36.8

38.8

34.9

38.2

38.4

41.8

39.4

39.9

41.1

41.7

Mean

35.7

36.6

35.5

36.4

36.1

38.6

37.3

38.1

39.1

39.2

n

206

105

219

345

333

753

533

1,228

1,321

1,443

SD

12.0

13.0

12.2

12.7

12.3

13.2

13.3

13.1

13.1

13.2

SE

.84

1.26

.82

.69

.67

.48

.57

.37

.36

.35

CI up bnd

37.3

39.1

37.1

37.7

37.4

39.5

38.4

38.9

39.9

39.9

CI low bnd

34.0

34.2

33.9

35.0

34.7

37.6

36.1

37.4

38.4

38.6

Mean

41.1

39.4

36.8

39.2

39.9

43.4

42.0

41.1

42.4

43.4

n

179

92

191

313

293

692

468

1,122

1,227

1,310

SD

14.4

14.4

13.0

14.0

13.4

13.8

14.1

13.9

13.5

13.8

SE

1.08

1.49

.94

.79

.78

.53

.65

.42

.39

.38

CI up bnd

43.2

42.3

38.6

40.7

41.4

44.4

43.2

41.9

43.1

44.1

CI low bnd

39.0

36.5

34.9

37.6

38.4

42.3

40.7

40.3

41.6

42.6

Mean

28.2

31.6

30.4

30.6

31.3

29.3

29.4

30.9

31.6

32.7

n

203

103

192

323

304

745

516

1,131

1,234

1,327

SD

18.0

15.4

15.7

16.4

14.7

16.6

16.5

16.4

16.7

17.1

SE

1.26

1.52

1.13

.92

.85

.61

.72

.49

.47

.47

CI up bnd

30.7

34.6

32.6

32.4

33.0

30.4

30.8

31.8

32.6

33.6

CI low bnd

25.7

28.6

28.2

28.8

29.7

28.1

28.0

29.9

30.7

31.7

12.9

12.4

13.6

11.3

13.4

14.5

14.1

14.6

13.6

89

180

311

289

660

435

1,097

1,211

1,286 8.2

Reflective & Integrative Learning

Learning Strategies

Quantitative Reasoning

Academic Challenge (additional items) Mean 11.0 Preparing for n 167 Class (hours/week)

Course Est. hrs per wk calculated from two items. Item wording changed in 2014; comparability with 2013 is limited.

SD

7.0

7.8

7.7

8.6

7.4

8.5

9.2

8.4

8.7

SE

.54

.83

.57

.49

.44

.33

.44

.25

.25

.23

CI up bnd

12.1

14.5

13.5

14.6

12.2

14.0

15.4

14.6

15.1

14.0

CI low bnd

10.0

11.2

11.2

12.7

10.5

12.7

13.7

13.6

14.1

13.1

Mean

7.0

7.2

5.4

6.8

5.4

8.0

8.6

8.1

8.5

7.5

n

165

89

180

306

286

660

431

1,089

1,197

1,270

SD

5.1

6.6

4.7

6.3

5.2

6.3

7.5

6.8

7.0

6.4

SE

.40

.70

.35

.36

.31

.25

.36

.21

.20

.18

CI up bnd

7.8

8.6

6.1

7.5

6.0

8.5

9.3

8.5

8.9

7.8

CI low bnd

6.3

5.8

4.7

6.1

4.8

7.5

7.9

7.7

8.1

7.1

Notes: n = Number of respondents; SD = Standard deviation; SE = Standard error of the mean; upper and lower bounds represent the 95% confidence interval (mean +/- 1.96 * SE).

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NSSE 2025 Multi-Year Report Detailed Statistics: Engagement Indicators and Additional Challenge Items

University of Houston-Downtown First-year students '13

'14

'15

'16

Academic Challenge (additional items, continued) Mean 52.8 57.2 Assigned n 175 86 Writing

'17

'18

'19

'20

Seniors '21

'22

'23

'24

'25

'13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

60.2

67.1

68.9

59.5

77.8

69.3

72.5

70.1

194

319

302

628

434

1,132

1,237

1,324

SD

86.6

68.5

82.5

98.1

100.4

70.7

97.2

93.8

96.5

99.0

SE

6.55

7.38

5.93

5.49

5.78

2.82

4.67

2.79

2.74

2.72

CI up bnd

65.6

71.6

71.8

77.9

80.2

65.0

86.9

74.7

77.9

75.4

CI low bnd

39.9

42.7

48.6

56.4

57.5

54.0

68.7

63.8

67.1

64.7

Mean

5.6

5.6

5.3

5.5

5.3

5.9

5.9

5.8

5.7

5.5

n

182

97

188

318

293

707

472

1,121

1,224

1,312

SD

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.4

SE

.09

.13

.10

.08

.07

.04

.06

.04

.04

.04

CI up bnd

5.8

5.8

5.5

5.6

5.5

6.0

6.1

5.9

5.8

5.6

CI low bnd

5.4

5.4

5.2

5.3

5.2

5.8

5.8

5.7

5.6

5.4

Mean

3.2

3.1

3.0

3.1

3.0

3.2

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

n

164

92

185

313

288

665

442

1,104

1,214

1,300

SD

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

SE

.06

.09

.06

.05

.04

.03

.04

.02

.02

.02

CI up bnd

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.2

3.2

CI low bnd

3.1

2.9

2.9

3.0

2.9

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.1

3.1

Learning With Peers Mean Collaborative n Learning

30.4

32.3

34.3

29.0

29.4

29.6

30.2

32.2

30.9

30.6

215

110

235

348

340

753

547

1,276

1,334

1,479

SD

13.8

15.1

13.8

14.5

14.5

14.7

15.0

15.2

15.5

14.9

SE

.94

1.45

.90

.78

.79

.54

.64

.42

.43

.39

CI up bnd

32.2

35.1

36.1

30.5

31.0

30.7

31.5

33.0

31.7

31.3

CI low bnd

28.5

29.5

32.5

27.4

27.9

28.6

29.0

31.4

30.1

29.8

Mean

39.0

38.1

36.4

35.6

37.6

44.1

41.0

41.4

39.0

40.0

n

189

94

194

318

294

698

473

1,113

1,232

1,324

SD

17.3

18.4

16.8

18.0

16.4

17.1

18.0

17.4

18.2

17.8

SE

1.26

1.90

1.20

1.01

.95

.65

.83

.52

.52

.49

CI up bnd

41.5

41.8

38.8

37.5

39.5

45.3

42.6

42.4

40.1

40.9

CI low bnd

36.6

34.4

34.1

33.6

35.7

42.8

39.4

40.4

38.0

39.0

Est. no. of pages calculated from three survey questions.

Course Challenge Extent courses challenged students to do best work (1="Not at all" to 7="Very much").

Academic Emphasis Perceived inst. emphasis on spending time studying and on acad. work (1 = "Very little" to 4 = "Very much").

Discussions With Diverse Others

Notes: n = Number of respondents; SD = Standard deviation; SE = Standard error of the mean; upper and lower bounds represent the 95% confidence interval (mean +/- 1.96 * SE).

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NSSE 2025 Multi-Year Report Detailed Statistics: Engagement Indicators and Additional Challenge Items

University of Houston-Downtown First-year students '13

Experiences with Faculty Mean Studentn Faculty SD Interaction SE

Effective Teaching Practices

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

Seniors '21

'22

'23

'24

'25

'13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

19.2

23.4

23.2

21.2

24.4

17.7

17.6

21.3

20.4

22.1

201

105

210

336

320

738

520

1,191

1,283

1,400

14.8

17.6

14.2

15.8

16.0

15.9

15.1

16.5

16.8

17.5

1.05

1.71

.98

.86

.90

.58

.66

.48

.47

.47

CI up bnd

21.3

26.7

25.1

22.9

26.1

18.9

18.9

22.2

21.3

23.0

CI low bnd

17.2

20.0

21.3

19.6

22.6

16.6

16.3

20.3

19.5

21.2

Mean

41.9

40.4

37.9

40.0

41.0

40.6

38.8

39.4

39.2

40.2

n

207

104

204

331

313

746

525

1,163

1,276

1,377

SD

13.7

15.1

13.2

15.0

13.9

14.7

15.9

15.0

15.2

15.1

SE

.95

1.48

.93

.83

.79

.54

.70

.44

.42

.41

CI up bnd

43.7

43.3

39.8

41.6

42.6

41.6

40.2

40.3

40.1

41.0

38.5

38.4

39.4

CI low bnd

40.0

37.6

36.1

38.4

39.5

39.5

37.4

Campus Environment Mean Quality of n Interactions

38.0

40.4

41.6

43.7

45.5

42.2

41.1

43.8

44.3

44.3

175

90

180

295

277

660

432

1,016

1,115

1,201

SD

15.5

14.8

13.7

14.5

12.9

13.5

13.6

13.2

13.5

13.4

SE

1.17

1.56

1.02

.84

.77

.53

.65

.41

.40

.39

CI up bnd

40.3

43.4

43.6

45.4

47.0

43.2

42.4

44.6

45.1

45.1

CI low bnd

35.7

37.3

39.6

42.1

44.0

41.2

39.8

42.9

43.5

43.5

Mean

35.1

38.6

37.2

37.3

38.3

33.3

32.2

34.2

35.2

36.1

n

162

87

183

313

286

658

433

1,096

1,208

1,288

SD

15.1

16.5

14.8

14.8

14.5

15.7

16.1

15.0

15.7

15.7

SE

1.19

1.77

1.09

.83

.86

.61

.77

.45

.45

.44

CI up bnd

37.4

42.1

39.3

38.9

40.0

34.5

33.7

35.1

36.1

36.9

CI low bnd

32.8

35.2

35.1

35.7

36.6

32.1

30.6

33.3

34.3

35.2

Supportive Environment

Notes: n = Number of respondents; SD = Standard deviation; SE = Standard error of the mean; upper and lower bounds represent the 95% confidence interval (mean +/- 1.96 * SE).

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NSSE 2025 Multi-Year Report Detailed Statistics: High-Impact Practices

University of Houston-Downtown First-year students '13

Service-Learninga

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

Seniors '21

'22

'23

'24

'25

'13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

%

49

77

71

61

62

58

67

75

61

62

n

184

96

185

311

288

702

466

1,113

1,207

1,290

SE

3.7

4.3

3.3

2.8

2.9

1.9

2.2

1.3

1.4

1.4

CI up bnd

57

86

78

66

68

61

72

77

64

64

CI low bnd

42

69

65

56

57

54

63

72

58

59

Learning

%

8

20

9

6

6

18

16

17

17

17

Communitya

n

184

95

187

317

293

709

471

1,115

1,217

1,309

SE

2.0

4.2

2.1

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.7

1.1

1.1

1.0

CI up bnd

12

28

13

9

9

21

20

19

19

19

CI low bnd

4

12

5

3

3

15

13

15

15

15

Research With

%

9

11

5

8

4

13

13

13

13

13

a

n

183

95

183

317

293

700

466

1,121

1,216

1,305

Faculty

Internship or Field Experienceb

SE

2.1

3.3

1.6

1.5

1.1

1.3

1.5

1.0

1.0

0.9

CI up bnd

13

18

8

10

6

15

16

15

15

15

CI low bnd

5

5

2

5

2

10

10

11

11

11

%

63

66

75

61

68

30

28

26

23

26

n

185

96

188

317

291

711

473

1,126

1,224

1,317

SE

3.6

4.9

3.2

2.7

2.7

1.7

2.1

1.3

1.2

1.2

CI up bnd

70

75

81

66

73

34

32

28

25

28

CI low bnd

56

56

68

56

63

27

24

23

21

23

Study Abroadb

%

35

41

38

34

29

5

4

5

4

4

(FY results: Plan to do)

n

184

96

187

318

294

707

467

1,121

1,219

1,309

(FY results: Plan to do)

SE

3.5

5.0

3.6

2.7

2.7

0.8

0.9

0.7

0.5

0.5

CI up bnd

42

51

45

39

34

7

6

7

5

5

CI low bnd

28

31

31

29

24

4

2

4

2

3

Culminating Senior Experienceb

%

46

49

47

35

40

29

29

24

25

26

n

184

95

185

316

292

707

470

1,117

1,219

1,310

(FY results: Plan to do)

SE

3.7

5.2

3.7

2.7

2.9

1.7

2.1

1.3

1.2

1.2

CI up bnd

53

59

54

40

46

33

33

26

27

28

CI low bnd

39

39

40

30

35

26

24

21

22

23

%

41

61

64

55

55

30

37

42

37

37

n

184

96

187

318

294

711

475

1,128

1,228

1,321

c

Overall HIP Participation Participated in one HIP

Participated in two or more HIPs

SE

3.6

5.0

3.5

2.8

2.9

1.7

2.2

1.5

1.4

1.3

CI up bnd

48

71

70

60

61

33

41

45

39

40

CI low bnd

34

51

57

49

49

27

33

39

34

34

%

11

19

10

8

8

41

43

41

37

39

n

184

96

187

318

294

711

475

1,128

1,228

1,321

SE

2.3

4.0

2.2

1.5

1.5

1.8

2.3

1.5

1.4

1.3

CI up bnd

16

27

15

11

11

45

47

43

40

41

CI low bnd

7

11

6

5

5

37

38

38

34

36

Notes: n = Number of respondents; SE = Standard error of the proportion (sqrt[ ( p * ( 1 - p ) ) / (n - 1) ]) where p is the proportion; upper and lower bounds represent the 95% confidence interval (p +/- 1.96 * SE). a. Results are the percentage who had done the activity. b. First-year results are the percentage who planned to do the activity; Senior results are the percentage who had done the activity. c. First-year results are limited to participation in a Learning Community, Service-Learning, and Research with Faculty; senior results include all six HIPs.

IPEDS: 225432

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