Senior Exit Survey
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Senior Exit Survey: 2021-2022
With postcollege life on the horizon, 1,877 graduating seniors reflect on their stay at SDState.
During summer 2018, a representative taskforce (including individuals from each college, Office of Career Development and Office of Institutional Research and Assessment) designed a survey to collect information on graduating students’ overall perceptions of their undergraduate experience, abilities and knowledge related to general education goals, participation in high-impact practices, satisfaction with student service offices and their graduate education aspirations. This information helps inform strategies and goals for improving undergraduate students’ educational experiences at º£½ÇÖ±²¥app. The 2018-19 academic year was the pilot year for the survey. The results below are from the 2021-2022 survey.
Methods and analysis:
A majority of graduating seniors who completed the graduation application also participated in the Senior Exit Survey (93.3% response rate). The survey instrument consists of 50 questions in closed-ended response format.
The survey had items related to
- Overall experiences
- General education goals
- High-impact practices
- Graduate school aspirations
- Student services
Results
1,877 senior students participated in the 2021-2022 Senior Exit Survey (267 from summer 2021, 450 from fall 2021 and 1,160 from spring 2022).
Descriptive statistics were used for each survey item. Moderately agreed/satisfied, agreed/satisfied and strongly agreed/satisfied selections were combined to produce percentages of agreement and satisfaction.
Overall Satisfaction with Educational Experience
- 97%: Received high quality of education
- 98%: Achieved their educational goals
- 97%: Were prepared to be successful
- 94%: Had their educational expectations met
- 95%: Were satisfied with their experience at SDState
- 95%: Would recommend SDState to others
General Educational Goals
- 97%: Felt they improved their ability to write effectively and responsibly
- 98%: Felt they improved their ability to communicate effectively and responsibly
- 93%: Felt they improved their knowledge in social sciences
- 91%: Felt they improved their knowledge in arts and humanities
- 94%: Felt they improved their knowledge in mathematical processes and reasoning
- 96%: Felt they improved their knowledge in natural sciences
Graduate School
- 30%: Have plans of pursuing a graduate degree
