Subjectively-viewed leadership skill change across major of study
| Aggregate major | Percent of students in each response category | Mean | n | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Much | Weaker | No | Stronger | Much | |||
| Weaker | Change | Stronger | |||||
| Agriculture | 0.2 | 2.1 | 24.1 | 52.3 | 21.3 | 3.923 | 2,086 |
| Biological sciences | 0.2 | 2.0 | 28.6 | 48.3 | 20.9 | 3.877 | 28,916 |
| Business | 0.2 | 1.2 | 19.2 | 52.2 | 27.2 | 4.051 | 68,090 |
| Education | 0.1 | 1.1 | 22.6 | 50.6 | 25.5 | 4.003 | 33,087 |
| Engineering | 0.3 | 2.0 | 24.7 | 50.2 | 22.8 | 3.934 | 17,340 |
| English | 0.3 | 2.4 | 28.0 | 45.0 | 24.3 | 3.905 | 16,253 |
| Health or medicine | 0.1 | 1.1 | 22.7 | 53.5 | 22.6 | 3.973 | 21,289 |
| History | 0.2 | 2.0 | 25.9 | 45.4 | 26.5 | 3.959 | 10,198 |
| Political science | 0.3 | 2.2 | 22.5 | 45.9 | 29.1 | 4.015 | 14,086 |
| Humanities | 0.3 | 2.0 | 23.3 | 45.7 | 28.7 | 4.005 | 21,534 |
| Fine arts | 0.3 | 2.3 | 28.4 | 46.3 | 22.7 | 3.888 | 15,599 |
| Math or statistics | 0.3 | 2.1 | 29.6 | 46.4 | 21.6 | 3.869 | 5,478 |
| Physical sciences | 0.3 | 2.1 | 29.4 | 47.9 | 20.3 | 3.857 | 8,424 |
| Social sciences | 0.2 | 1.9 | 25.9 | 47.9 | 24.1 | 3.938 | 51,798 |
| Other | 0.4 | 2.1 | 27.0 | 48.0 | 22.5 | 3.909 | 119,580 |
| Aggregate major | Percent of students in each response category | Mean | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Much | Weaker | No | Stronger | Much | |||
| Weaker | Change | Stronger | |||||
| Agriculture | 0.2 | 2.1 | 24.1 | 52.3 | 21.3 | 3.923 | 2,086 |
| Biological sciences | 0.2 | 2.0 | 28.6 | 48.3 | 20.9 | 3.877 | 28,916 |
| Business | 0.2 | 1.2 | 19.2 | 52.2 | 27.2 | 4.051 | 68,090 |
| Education | 0.1 | 1.1 | 22.6 | 50.6 | 25.5 | 4.003 | 33,087 |
| Engineering | 0.3 | 2.0 | 24.7 | 50.2 | 22.8 | 3.934 | 17,340 |
| English | 0.3 | 2.4 | 28.0 | 45.0 | 24.3 | 3.905 | 16,253 |
| Health or medicine | 0.1 | 1.1 | 22.7 | 53.5 | 22.6 | 3.973 | 21,289 |
| History | 0.2 | 2.0 | 25.9 | 45.4 | 26.5 | 3.959 | 10,198 |
| Political science | 0.3 | 2.2 | 22.5 | 45.9 | 29.1 | 4.015 | 14,086 |
| Humanities | 0.3 | 2.0 | 23.3 | 45.7 | 28.7 | 4.005 | 21,534 |
| Fine arts | 0.3 | 2.3 | 28.4 | 46.3 | 22.7 | 3.888 | 15,599 |
| Math or statistics | 0.3 | 2.1 | 29.6 | 46.4 | 21.6 | 3.869 | 5,478 |
| Physical sciences | 0.3 | 2.1 | 29.4 | 47.9 | 20.3 | 3.857 | 8,424 |
| Social sciences | 0.2 | 1.9 | 25.9 | 47.9 | 24.1 | 3.938 | 51,798 |
| Other | 0.4 | 2.1 | 27.0 | 48.0 | 22.5 | 3.909 | 119,580 |
Note(s): Overall n = 433,758. Institutions participating in survey = 619. Data come from the CIRP. The aggregate major categories are those used by the CIRP
Source(s): Table by authors
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