Student Voting Rates for Yale University · NSLVE CAMPUS REPORT |Yale University. IDHE.TUFTS.EDU 11...

AUGUST 2017

WHAT'S INSIDE

2012 & 2016 CAMPUS REPORT About This Report

Your Institution's Voting Data

Voting and Registration Rates

Student Voting Rates for How Your Institution's NumbersCompare

Yale UniversityYour Students' Voting Data

By Voting Method

By Age Group

By Education Level

By Undergraduate Class Year

By Enrollment Status

By Gender

By Field of Study

NSLVE CAMPUS REPORT | Yale University

IDHE.TUFTS.EDU 2 | 12NSLVE CAMPUS REPORT | Yale University

About This ReportThank you for participating in the National Study ofLearning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE). SinceNSLVE’s launch in 2013, more than 1,000 collegesand universities have signed up to receive theirvoting rates for the 2012, 2014 and 2016 federalelections. Along with others, your institution’sparticipation in this study has allowed us to build arobust database of nearly 30 million college studentrecords, about 10 million for each election year, thatserve as a foundation for innovative research oncollege student political learning and engagement indemocracy.

NSLVE is a signature initiative of the Institute forDemocracy and Higher Education (IDHE) at TuftsUniversity's Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life.The mission of IDHE is to shift college anduniversity priorities and culture to advance politicallearning, agency, and equity. We achieve ourmission through research, resource development,technical assistance, and advocacy.

About the DataThe voter registration and voting rates in this reportreflect the percentage of your institution's studentswho were eligible to vote and who actually voted inthe 2012 and 2016 elections. These results arebased on enrollment records your institutionsubmitted to the National Student Clearinghouse(FERPA-blocked records excluded) and publiclyavailable voting files collected by Catalist.

Institutional voting rates are adjusted by deductingan estimated number of students identified by eachinstitution as non-resident aliens and reported to theIntegrated Postsecondary Education Data System(IPEDS). For breakdowns by studentcharacteristics, we cannot consistently adjust forstudents who are non-resident aliens, residentaliens, or undocumented students. This may resultin your institution’s actual voting rate being higherthan we report. To calculate that percentage, and toread more about NSLVE data, see our FAQ onCampus Reports. Please also see Creating andMaintaining the NSLVE Database paper for amore detailed study methodology.

Reviewing the DataUse the following key to interpret the charts:* = number of students is less than 10n/a = no data was collected or calculated for thisfield.

What to do next?

For up-to-date news on NSLVE data, resources andupcoming opportunities visit our website:idhe.tufts.edu.

Follow us on Twitter @TuftsIDHE or email us [email protected].

Warm regards,IDHE Team

q Review the data. This report provides abaseline measure of your students’engagement in democracy in 2012 and 2016,and compares your institution’s voting rates tosimilar institutions. Visit our website for morecomparison data.

q Share the report widely and strategically,including posting it online.

q Put your data into practice. Use our IDHEResources to guide you.

q Address your campus climate for studentpolitical learning, discourse, and participation.Start by bringing the IDHE team to your campusor using the IDHE self- assessment rubricavailable on our website.

q Partner with IDHE. We are available withvirtual office hours, webinars, brown bagdiscussions and in-person trainings.


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2012 2016 Change

Total student enrollment 11,567 13,162 1,595Age under 18/Unknown (82) (65)IPEDS estimated non-resident aliens (2,073) (2,629)FERPA records blocked * *

Total eligible voters 9,406 10,466 1,060

Number of students who registered 6,619 8,295 1,676

Number of students who voted 3,072 5,929 2,857

Registration rate 70.4% 79.3% 8.9

Voting rate of registered students 46.4% 71.5% 25.1

Voting rate 32.7% 56.7% 24.0

Difference from all institutions -14.2 +6.3

56.7%

2016 Voting Rate

Voting and Registration Rates

YOUR STUDENTS' VOTING DATA | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

2016 VOTING RATE

FOR ALL INSTITUTIONS

50.4%

CHANGE

FROM 2012

24.0

70.4%

46.4%

32.7%

79.3%

71.5%

56.7%

Registration Rate Voting Rate of

Registered Students

Voting Rate

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-14.2 +6.3

By Carnegie Classification


HOW YOUR NUMBERS COMPARE | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS


32.7%

47.5% 47.7% 46.9%

56.7%52.3% 51.9% 53.1%

Your Institution Research Institutions Public Research

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Private Research

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50.4%

2016 Voting Rate

for All Institutions

LOW

13.1%

HIGH

81.4%

46.9%

2012 Voting Rate

for All Institutions

LOW

19.3%

HIGH

72.9%

Difference from All Institutions Difference from All Institutions


2012 2016Voted Rate Voted Rate Change

Absentee 857 27.9% 1,491 25.2% -2.8

Early Vote 58 1.9% 98 1.7% -0.2

Mail 152 5.0% 723 12.2% 7.2

In-Person,Election Day 1,525 49.6% 2,723 45.9% -3.7

Unknown 480 15.6% 894 15.1%

Total 3,072 5,929


By Voting Method*


* Your students' data broken down by voting method. If your campus has a high number of voting method "Unknown", it means that this information was not

reported by local officals where your students voted.

27.9%

1.9% 5.0%

49.6%

25.2%

1.7%

12.2%

45.9%

Absentee Early Vote Mail In-Person,

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2012 2016Enrolled Voted Rate Enrolled Voted Rate Change

18-21 4,759 1,540 32.4% 4,985 2,602 52.2% 19.8

22-24 2,116 530 25.1% 2,552 996 39.0% 14.0

25-29 3,195 640 20.0% 3,885 1,611 41.5% 21.4

30-39 1,219 268 22.0% 1,417 564 39.8% 17.8

40-49 118 50 42.4% 177 100 56.5% 14.1

50+ 72 44 61.1% 79 56 70.9% 9.8

Unknown * *

* Your students' data broken down by age at the time of the election. To provide more accurate voting rates, students ineligible to vote because they were

too young, students whose age data was not reported to the Clearinghouse, as well as records that were FERPA blocked are removed from this table.

Please note that we are not able to adjust these voting rates by removing non-resident aliens, resident aliens or undocumented students.

By Age Group*



32.4%

25.1%20.0% 22.0%

42.4%

61.1%

52.2%

39.0% 41.5% 39.8%

56.5%

70.9%

18-21 22-24 25-29 30-39 40-49 50+

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Undergraduate 0 0 n/a 5,409 2,785 51.5% n/a

Graduate 289 61 21.1% 7,496 3,134 41.8% 20.7

Unknown 11,190 190

* Your students' data broken down by undergraduate and graduate students. To provide more accurate voting rates, students ineligible to vote because they

were too young, students whose age data was not reported to the Clearinghouse, as well as records that were FERPA blocked are removed from this table.


By Education Level*



n/a

21.1%

51.5%

41.8%

Undergraduate Graduate

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First Year 0 0 n/a 1,300 685 52.7% n/a

Sophomore 0 0 n/a 1,392 758 54.5% n/a

Upperclassman 0 0 n/a 2,680 1,329 49.6% n/a

By Undergraduate Class Year*


* Your students' data broken down by undergraduate students' class level. To provide more accurate voting rates, students ineligible to vote because they

were too young, students whose age data was not reported to the Clearinghouse, as well as records that were FERPA blocked are removed from this table.


n/a n/a n/a

52.7% 54.5%49.6%

First Year Sophomore Upperclassman

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Full-time 11,277 2,986 26.5% 12,983 5,860 45.1% 18.7

Part-time 202 86 42.6% 112 69 61.6% 19.0

Unknown 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a

By Enrollment Status*




* Your students' data broken down by part-time and full-time students. To provide more accurate voting rates, students ineligible to vote because they were

too young, students whose age data was not reported to the Clearinghouse, as well as records that were FERPA blocked are removed from this table.


26.5%

42.6%45.1%

61.6%

Full-time Part-time

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Women 3,947 1,583 40.1% 4,619 3,161 68.4% 28.3

Men 3,912 1,472 37.6% 4,399 2,718 61.8% 24.2

Unknown 3,620 17 0.5% 4,077 50 1.2%

By Gender*


* Your students' data broken down by gender. To provide more accurate voting rates, students ineligible to vote because they were too young, students

whose age data was not reported to the Clearinghouse, as well as records that were FERPA blocked are removed from this table. Please note that we are

not able to adjust these voting rates by removing non-resident aliens, resident aliens or undocumented students.

40.1% 37.6%

68.4%61.8%

Women Men

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Architecture 0 0 n/a 229 87 38.0% n/a

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender,and Group Studies * * n/a 324 158 48.8% n/a

Biological and BiomedicalSciences 41 10 24.4% 1,141 487 42.7% 18.3

Business, Management, andMarketing 13 * n/a 895 302 33.7% n/a

Computer and InformationSciences * * n/a 265 96 36.2% n/a

Engineering and EngineeringTechnologies 0 0 n/a 544 208 38.2% n/a

English Language and Literature * * n/a 243 122 50.2% n/a

Foreign Languages, Literatures,and Linguistics 0 0 n/a 245 83 33.9% n/a

Health Professions 15 * n/a 1,353 733 54.2% n/a

History 20 * n/a 508 255 50.2% n/a

Legal Professions and Studies 0 0 n/a 722 399 55.3% n/a

Liberal Arts and Sciences, andHumanities 0 0 n/a 1,925 1,024 53.2% n/a

Mathematics and Statistics 0 0 n/a 281 120 42.7% n/a

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 n/a 239 125 52.3% n/a

Natural Resources andConservation 11 * n/a 432 218 50.5% n/a

Philosophy and Religious Studies * * n/a 182 86 47.3% n/a

Physical Sciences 52 11 21.2% 604 209 34.6% 13.5

Psychology 18 * n/a 272 149 54.8% n/a

Social Sciences 35 * n/a 1,326 534 40.3% n/a

Theology and ReligiousVocations 0 0 n/a 321 173 53.9% n/a

Visual and Performing Arts * * n/a 822 337 41.0% n/a

Unknown 11,239 3,017 26.8% 222 24 10.8% -16.0

By Field of Study*



* Your students' data broken down by field of study. To provide more accurate voting rates, students ineligible to vote because they were too young, students

whose age data was not reported to the Clearinghouse, as well as records that were FERPA blocked are removed from this table. Please note that we are

not able to adjust these voting rates by removing non-resident aliens, resident aliens or undocumented students. The green and red highlighted values below

represent your campus's top three and bottom three voting rates by field of study.


Thank you for the work you do to improve your students’ political learning and engagement. We hope thatyou find your NSLVE report useful. For up-to-date news on NSLVE data, resources, and to sign up for ournewsletter visit: idhe.tufts.edu.

References:NSLVE encourages to share this report as broadly as possible, including posting it. When doing so, pleaseuse the following citation: Institute for Democracy & Higher Education: National Study of Learning, Voting andEngagement. (2016). 2012 & 2016 NSLVE Campus Report. Medford, MA.

Follow us: @TuftsIDHE

Contact us:Institute for Democracy & Higher Education:National Study of Learning, Voting and EngagementLincoln Filene Hall, Medford, MA [email protected] | 617-627-3804

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