Comparison Institutions and Response Rates

Your Cohort and Peers

Based on the number of Virginia Tech faculty and other organizational characteristics, your comparison "cohort" includes 110 COACHE partners who identify as generally similar. The complete list is available in the CAO Report's appendices. You selected five comparison institutions – "peers" in the report – to represent those most similar to you in the faculty labor market. They are listed at the right.

  • Iowa State University (2017)
  • North Carolina State University (2018)
  • Purdue University (2018)
  • University of California, Davis (2017)
  • University of Missouri - Columbia (2019)

Response Rates

Your report summarizes the findings from 36% of your eligible faculty. Given an average survey completion time of 22 minutes, this report constitutes approximately 263 hours of your faculty’s time and, more importantly, their candor. Your response rate is lower than your peers by approximately 10.8 percentage points.

Differences in rates of response between demographic groups matter, as well. The table below summarizes response rates by tenure status, rank, gender, and race. As you read this preview and the complete CAO Report, keep in mind how large or small these subgroups’ representation is among your survey responses.

Response Rates
You
Peers
Cohort
All Faculty
36%
47%
44%
Tenured
37%
47%
47%
Pre-tenure
37%
48%
47%
Non-tenure Track
33%
46%
39%
Full Professor
36%
48%
47%
Associate Professor
39%
48%
45%
Men
31%
43%
41%
Women
45%
54%
51%
White
39%
49%
47%
Faculty of Color
28%
41%
41%
Asian/Asian-American
21%
37%
36%
Underrepresented Minorities
39%
49%
46%