Western Michigan University Niche Overview

Social Listening with Niche

For nearly two decades Niche has compiled reviews and rankings of colleges and universities across the United States. In recent years, it has become an invaluable tool for millions of high school students in their college search. Niche empowers these students to seek advice directly from their peers about the schools they are considering. Students providing reviews are often direct and comprehensive in their compliments and criticisms. SimpsonsScarborough utilizes powerful web and text analysis tools to harness these online data sources and turns them into actionable insights.

Pairing data from social media with advanced statistical analysis is called social listening. Social listening is most useful in helping you understand perceptions in the market surrounding your brand. With many communication channels now being hosted (partly or in whole) online, it is easier than ever to track trends, and derive actionable information. Using social listening techniques to analyze Niche will help you understand a perspective student’s experience researching your brand. Though social listening cannot replace survey research in depth or specificity, it can highlight some trends and emphasize areas where further research is needed.

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At SimpsonScarborough, we know where confusion and misinformation often creep into analysis. Throughout this report the compass icon will help you stay clear of common missteps, as well as provide general tips and advice to help you better interpret the analysis. These tips will ensure that you can get the most out of your social listening tools.

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Key Niche Metrics

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In the last Five years February has had 11.87% of all reviews, the highest of any month followed by January with 11.57%. Over the last Five years the average rating of WMU has increased. Overall, WMU’s rating is below the average on Niche. In the six last months WMU’s rating has been above the average on Niche.

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	School Average		Niche Average
Author	Percent	Average Rating (out of 5)	Percent	Average Rating (out of 5)
Freshman	40%	3.89	23%	4.29
Sophomore	22%	3.94	23%	4.18
Junior	21%	3.91	19%	4.09
Senior	9%	3.84	16%	3.98
Graduate Student	0%	4	3%	4.26
Alumni	3%	3.93	7%	3.91
Other	4%	3.96	8%	4.21

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Top Descriptors

Word	Average Rating (out of 5)
roommate	3.08	Weakness
	4.07	Strength
alert	3.4	Weakness
backlash	3	Weakness
behavioral	4	Strength
bistro	3	Weakness
bowl	4	Strength
compliant	2	Weakness
dig	4	Strength
ed.	5	Strength
event	3.98	Strength
hockey	4	Strength
jaw	4	Strength
n	4	Strength
non-Greek	3.33	Weakness
notify	3.4	Weakness
obligate	3	Weakness
outcast	4	Strength
prone	3	Weakness
rhetoric	4	Strength
Roommate	2	Weakness
rowdy	2.5	Weakness
sheltered	4	Strength
slowly	4.5	Strength
subsidize	4	Strength
switching	4	Strength
university	4.28	Strength
w	3	Weakness
wear	3.33	Weakness
undergraduate	4.24	Threat
outside	3.93	Threat
present	4.28	Threat
library	3.94	Threat
middle	3.63	Opportunity
adult	4.15	Threat
engage	4.35	Threat
Freshman	4.15	Threat
care	4.07	Threat
English	3.81	Threat
near	4	Threat
female	3.72	Opportunity
due	3.74	Opportunity
relaxing	4.31	Threat
nursing	3.99	Threat
experience	4.25	Threat
undergrad	4.03	Threat
back	4	Threat
up	3.86	Threat
standard	3.96	Threat
associate	4.21	Threat
invite	4.51	Threat
knowledge	4.23	Threat
official	3.53	Opportunity
understand	4.27	Threat

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats

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Strengths (30% of top descriptors): These descriptors are core strengths of your brand as identified by reviews on Niche. They have a strong positive association with WMU. WMU’s top potential strengths are ed., slowly, university.
Weaknesses (24%): These descriptors are core weaknesses of your brand as identified by reviews on Niche. They have a strong negative association with WMU. WMU’s top potential weaknesses are compliant, Roommate, roommate.
Opportunities (7%): These descriptors are opportunities for your brand as identified by reviews on Niche. Opportunities are the relative weaknesses of other schools when compared to WMU’s. WMU’s top potential opportunities are middle, female, due.
Threats (39%): These descriptors are threats for your brand as identified by reviews on Niche. Threats are the relative strengths of other schools when compared to WMU’s. WMU’s top potential threats are undergraduate, present, outside.

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Word	Percent	Average Rating (out of 5)
campus	22%	4.04
student	15%	4.28
school	12%	4.06
class	8%	4.06
people	7%	4.11
life	6%	3.84
college	6%	4.2
time	5%	3.93
experience	5%	4.22
year	5%	4.05
thing	5%	3.94
professor	5%	4.3

Conversations Analysis

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Net Promoter Score

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Promoters and Detractors

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