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Survey of American College Students 2022: Friendship on Campus

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    Report

  • 107 Pages
  • March 2022
  • Region: United States
  • Primary Research Group
  • ID: 5559696
Making good friends on campus is a key factor in college retention and academic success.  This report tells its readers how many and which college students consider themselves successful on campus at making friends, how successful they feel that they have been, and how successful they feel that their peers are in making friends on campus.  The report also gives highly detailed data on how students feel about the efforts of college administration to foster amicable social relations on campus and exactly how the pandemic has impacted students’ social lives.


Just a few of the findings in this 107-page report are that:

  • Students who grew up in rural areas were less successful than others in making friendly connections on campus.
  • Students in private colleges fare considerably better than those in public ones in making friends on campus.
  • Hispanic students were significantly likelier than others to report that their peers were lonely.
  • The social lives of student of Islamic or Hindu religious backgrounds were more likely than others to have been disrupted by the pandemic.
  • More than half of those at BA level colleges were successful or very successful in making friends at college versus less than 30% of those at masters level colleges.

Data in the report is broken out by more than 20 personal and institutional variables, so, for example, readers can get specific data on success in friendship formation for first year students vs. sophomores, juniors or seniors, or for students in level 1 research universities vs. doctoral institutions, or for male vs. female or vs. transgender students, or for business/economics majors vs fine arts majors, etc., etc.

Breakouts include age, year of school standing, major or intended major, religion, gender, sexual orientation, income level, SAT/ACT scores, college grades, regional origins, race/ethnicity, level of school tuition, size of the school of institution attended and many other variables. This is a critical resource for policy makers in retention, assessment and student services as well as a unique data source for social scientists and others studying higher education.

Table of Contents

1. THE QUESTIONNAIRE
  • Characteristics of the sample

2. SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS
  • Success in Making Friends at College
  • Perception of the Loneliness of Peer Students
  • Colleges Graded by Students on their Policies to Combat Social Isolation Among Students
  • Impact of the Pandemic on Ability to Make & Maintain Friendships on Campus

List of Tables
Table 1.1 About how successful do you feel that you have been in making friends at your college?
Table 1.2 About how successful do you feel that you have been in making friends at your college? Broken out by age
Table 1.3 About how successful do you feel that you have been in making friends at your college? Broken out by population density of place of origin
Table 1.4 About how successful do you feel that you have been in making friends at your college? Broken out by geographic region of origin
Table 1.5 About how successful do you feel that you have been in making friends at your college? Broken out by student school year
Table 1.6 About how successful do you feel that you have been in making friends at your college? Broken out by annual income of the family of origin
Table 1.7 About how successful do you feel that you have been in making friends at your college? Broken out by relationship with organized religion
Table 1.8 About how successful do you feel that you have been in making friends at your college? Broken out by political views
Table 1.9 About how successful do you feel that you have been in making friends at your college? Broken out by college grades
Table 1.10 About how successful do you feel that you have been in making friends at your college? Broken out by field of study
Table 1.11 About how successful do you feel that you have been in making friends at your college? Broken out by gender
Table 1.12 About how successful do you feel that you have been in making friends at your college? Broken out by current housing situation
Table 1.13 About how successful do you feel that you have been in making friends at your college? Broken out by current employment status
Table 1.14 About how successful do you feel that you have been in making friends at your college? Broken out by sexual orientation
Table 1.15 About how successful do you feel that you have been in making friends at your college? Broken out by SAT or ACT scores
Table 1.16 About how successful do you feel that you have been in making friends at your college? Broken out by race or ethnicity
Table 1.17 About how successful do you feel that you have been in making friends at your college? Broken out by religion
Table 1.18 About how successful do you feel that you have been in making friends at your college? Broken out by public or private college
Table 1.19 About how successful do you feel that you have been in making friends at your college? Broken out by enrollment
Table 1.20 About how successful do you feel that you have been in making friends at your college? Broken out by carnegie class or type of college
Table 1.21 About how successful do you feel that you have been in making friends at your college? Broken out by tuition, $
Table 2.1 In general, the students around you seem to be:
Table 2.2 In general, the students around you seem to be: Broken out by age
Table 2.3 In general, the students around you seem to be: Broken out by population density of place of origin
Table 2.4 In general, the students around you seem to be: Broken out by geographic region of origin
Table 2.5 In general, the students around you seem to be: Broken out by student school year
Table 2.6 In general, the students around you seem to be: Broken out by annual income of family of origin
Table 2.7 In general, the students around you seem to be: Broken out by relationship with organized religion
Table 2.8 In general, the students around you seem to be: Broken out by political views
Table 2.9 In general, the students around you seem to be: Broken out by college grades
Table 2.10 In general, the students around you seem to be: Broken out by field of study
Table 2.11 In general, the students around you seem to be: Broken out by gender
Table 2.12 In general, the students around you seem to be: Broken out by current housing situation
Table 2.13 In general, the students around you seem to be: Broken out by current employment status
Table 2.14 In general, the students around you seem to be: Broken out by sexual orientation
Table 2.15 In general, the students around you seem to be: Broken out by SAT or ACT scores
Table 2.16 In general, the students around you seem to be: Broken out by race or ethnicity
Table 2.17 In general, the students around you seem to be: Broken out by religion
Table 2.18 In general, the students around you seem to be: Broken out by public or private college
Table 2.19 In general, the students around you seem to be: Broken out by enrollment
Table 2.20 In general, the students around you seem to be: Broken out by carnegie class or type of college
Table 2.21 In general, the students around you seem to be: Broken out by tuition, $
Table 3.1 Grade your college on the extent to which it combats social isolation and fosters positive and respectful human relationships on campus.
Table 3.2 Grade your college on the extent to which it combats social isolation and fosters positive and respectful human relationships on campus. Broken out by age
Table 3.3 Grade your college on the extent to which it combats social isolation and fosters positive and respectful human relationships on campus. Broken out by population density of place of origin
Table 3.4 Grade your college on the extent to which it combats social isolation and fosters positive and respectful human relationships on campus. Broken out by geographic region of origin
Table 3.5 Grade your college on the extent to which it combats social isolation and fosters positive and respectful human relationships on campus. Broken out by student school year
Table 3.6 Grade your college on the extent to which it combats social isolation and fosters positive and respectful human relationships on campus. Broken out by annual income of family of origin
Table 3.7 Grade your college on the extent to which it combats social isolation and fosters positive and respectful human relationships on campus. Broken out by relationship with organized religion
Table 3.8 Grade your college on the extent to which it combats social isolation and fosters positive and respectful human relationships on campus. Broken out by political views
Table 3.9 Grade your college on the extent to which it combats social isolation and fosters positive and respectful human relationships on campus. Broken out by college grades
Table 3.10 Grade your college on the extent to which it combats social isolation and fosters positive and respectful human relationships on campus. Broken out by field of study
Table 3.11 Grade your college on the extent to which it combats social isolation and fosters positive and respectful human relationships on campus. Broken out by gender
Table 3.12 Grade your college on the extent to which it combats social isolation and fosters positive and respectful human relationships on campus. Broken out by current housing situation
Table 3.13 Grade your college on the extent to which it combats social isolation and fosters positive and respectful human relationships on campus. Broken out by current employment status
Table 3.14 Grade your college on the extent to which it combats social isolation and fosters positive and respectful human relationships on campus. Broken out by sexual orientation
Table 3.15 Grade your college on the extent to which it combats social isolation and fosters positive and respectful human relationships on campus. Broken out by SAT or ACT scores
Table 3.16 Grade your college on the extent to which it combats social isolation and fosters positive and respectful human relationships on campus. Broken out by race or ethnicity
Table 3.17 Grade your college on the extent to which it combats social isolation and fosters positive and respectful human relationships on campus. Broken out by religion
Table 3.18 Grade your college on the extent to which it combats social isolation and fosters positive and respectful human relationships on campus. Broken out by public or private college
Table 3.19 Grade your college on the extent to which it combats social isolation and fosters positive and respectful human relationships on campus. Broken out by enrollment
Table 3.20 Grade your college on the extent to which it combats social isolation and fosters positive and respectful human relationships on campus. Broken out by carnegie class or type of college
Table 3.21 Grade your college on the extent to which it combats social isolation and fosters positive and respectful human relationships on campus. Broken out by tuition, $
Table 4.1 How much has the pandemic impacted your ability to make and maintain friendships on campus?
Table 4.2 How much has the pandemic impacted your ability to make and maintain friendships on campus? Broken out by age
Table 4.3 How much has the pandemic impacted your ability to make and maintain friendships on campus? Broken out by population density of place of origin
Table 4.4 How much has the pandemic impacted your ability to make and maintain friendships on campus? Broken out by geographic region of origin
Table 4.5 How much has the pandemic impacted your ability to make and maintain friendships on campus? Broken out by student school year
Table 4.6 How much has the pandemic impacted your ability to make and maintain friendships on campus? Broken out by annual income of family of origin
Table 4.7 How much has the pandemic impacted your ability to make and maintain friendships on campus? Broken out by relationship with organized religion
Table 4.8 How much has the pandemic impacted your ability to make and maintain friendships on campus? Broken out by political views
Table 4.9 How much has the pandemic impacted your ability to make and maintain friendships on campus? Broken out by college grades
Table 4.10 How much has the pandemic impacted your ability to make and maintain friendships on campus? Broken out by field of study
Table 4.11 How much has the pandemic impacted your ability to make and maintain friendships on campus? Broken out by gender
Table 4.12 How much has the pandemic impacted your ability to make and maintain friendships on campus? Broken out by current housing situation
Table 4.13 How much has the pandemic impacted your ability to make and maintain friendships on campus? Broken out by current employment status
Table 4.14 How much has the pandemic impacted your ability to make and maintain friendships on campus? Broken out by sexual orientation
Table 4.15 How much has the pandemic impacted your ability to make and maintain friendships on campus? Broken out by SAT or ACT scores
Table 4.16 How much has the pandemic impacted your ability to make and maintain friendships on campus? Broken out by race or ethnicity
Table 4.17 How much has the pandemic impacted your ability to make and maintain friendships on campus? Broken out by religion
Table 4.18 How much has the pandemic impacted your ability to make and maintain friendships on campus? Broken out by public or private college
Table 4.19 How much has the pandemic impacted your ability to make and maintain friendships on campus? Broken out by enrollment
Table 4.20 How much has the pandemic impacted your ability to make and maintain friendships on campus? Broken out by carnegie class or type of college
Table 4.21 How much has the pandemic impacted your ability to make and maintain friendships on campus? Broken out by tuition, $
If the pandemic had not occurred, how would your social life be different?

Samples

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Methodology

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