Assessment and Data Sharing

This information was gathered from national assessments as well as assesments generated from UNC.

Number of Religious/Spiritual Student Organizations at UNC in September 2009

Student Organizations:45-60

Students involved in organizations: 3,600

CIRP Data: Carolina in 2007

81.4% of Carolina first year students identified as having a religion: Main religions identified: Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam

75.5% of comparative institutions first year students identified as having a religion: Main religions identified: Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam

5.9% Difference between the number of religious first year students entering Carolina and the number of religious first year students entering comparative institutions.

CIRP Data: Carolina in 2008

81.8% of Carolina first year students identified as having a religion: Main religions identified: Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam

74.5% of comparative institutions first year students identified as having a religion: Main religions identified: Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam

7.3% Difference between the number of religious first year students entering Carolina and the number of religious first year students entering comparative institutions

.4% increase from 2007-2008 in religious first year students attending Carolina

As the number of religious first year students notably dropped at comparative institutions, they increased at UNC this year.

CIRP Data: Carolina in 2009

80.9% of Carolina first year students identified as having a religion (at other institutions it is 73.8%): Main religions identified: Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam

91.5% of Carolina first year students regularly discuss religion (at other institutions it is 83.6%).

43.1% of Carolina first year students rate themselves in the highest 10%, when compared with their peers regarding their own spirituality (at other institutions, it is 37.9%).

Though there was a slight decrease in this in-coming class at Carolina, that percentage decrease was consistent across comparative institutions, and we still have a high percentage.

CIRP Data: Carolina in 2010

81.1% of Carolina first year students identified as having a religion:

76.5% of comparative institutions first year students identified as having a religion (this is up from 2008)

4.6% Difference between the number of religious first year students entering Carolina and the number of religious first year students entering comparative institutions

92% of Carolina students regularly discuss religion with their friends

The number of religious first year students steadily increased about 1% each year, as where at UNC students have remained consistently between 81%-82%