Differences between Students' Values at Two Schools

116 undergraduates from a Christian liberal arts college (25 men and 91 women) and 91 undergraduates from a state university (34 men and 57 women) were given the Rokeach Value Survey. Two-sample t tests indicated that the subjects at the two schools ranked 5 of the 18 values significantly differently at p ≤ .05, 3 at p ≤ .01 level, and 4 at p ≤ .001. At the .001 level, “A Comfortable Life” and “Pleasure” were ranked significantly higher by students at the secular university, and “Salvation” and “Wisdom” were ranked significantly higher by students at the religious institution. Three explanations for these results are given.