Student Perceptions of Parking
Parking is generally a major issue on most college campuses. We addressed parking in this survey to identify how many students own parking permits, the cost and the convenience of parking on the MSUM campus.
Just under 60 percent of student respondents indicated they own parking permits (Figure 18).
Figure 18. Students with Parking Permits (n=476)
The highest number of parking permits issued on the MSUM campus was in the A and A-1 lots respectively (Figure 19).
Figure 19. Parking Lots Used by Survey Respondents (n=476)
MSUM students are not happy with on-campus parking spaces (Figure 20). Nearly 45 percent of student respondents rate MSUM's parking convenience as either poor or very poor, whereas less than 3 percent of respondents rate the MSUM parking convenience as very good.
Figure 20. Parking Convenience (n=354)
MSUM students are not happy with parking permit prices as well. Nearly 54 percent of respondents rate parking affordability at MSUM either poor or very poor, whereas, less than 15 percent of respondents rated parking affordability as either good or very good (Figure 21).
Figure 21. Parking Affordability (n=354)
Campus Public Transportation
Three questions were asked to help identify the current demand for MSUM public transportation and where services could be added. First, students were asked if they planned to take Tri-College classes with 431 out of 476, greater than 90 percent, respondents indicated they do not plan to take Tri-College classes. Second, those who answered yes to taking Tri-College classes were asked if they would consider using the MAT bus system to get to and from Tri-College classes. Less than 30 percent of respondents indicated they would consider taking MAT buses to Tri-College classes with greater than 35 percent indicating they would not consider taking MAT buses (Figure 22).
Figure 22. Tri-College Students Who would Consider Taking the MAT Bus (n=354)
Finally, students were asked if they would use a MAT Circulator serving the MSUM and Concordia campuses that runs with approximately 15 minute intervals (Figure 23). Less than 19 percent of student respondents indicated they would use the circulator, and 37 percent specified that they would not use a campus circulator.
Figure 23. Students Who would use a MAT Circulator Bus around MSUM and Concordia if available (n=476)