You’ll soon see that we have a lot of different numbers to show you, but they make the process of analyzing and concluding so much easier because there is context.
Our respondents were all a different grade; 57.7% Freshman, 11.5% Sophomore, 7.7% Juniors, and 23.1% Seniors. Which you can see to the left below.
Out of these respondents, 53.8% of them participate in a religious group/activity and 46.2% do not. Which you can see on the graph to the right below.
Next, we have 69.2% feel comfortable talking about their beliefs, 11.5% don’t feel comfortable, and for 19.2% of respondents, it depends on the situation.
When we asked if people felt supported by Western for both answers of Yes and No, the percentages were the same at 50%.
57.7% of people feel they aren’t excluded because of their beliefs where 42.3% feel they are.
65.4% of people feel that they have been made uncomfortable by sharing their beliefs and the 34.6% haven’t experienced that.
Only 17.4% of people believed that Western was in support of their beliefs and 65.2% believed Western was not supporting them in their beliefs. The rest said Western only partially does their part in supporting the advancement of people’s beliefs
40% of people think Western doesn’t need to change anything in order to help support students better and 60% feel there is something to be done about it.
And most importantly, 20.8% of people say their beliefs haven’t changed in any way since coming to college and the other 79.2% all say theirs has changed.