Future Plans for Bachelor's Degree Recipients
The Office of Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning conducted a survey of spring graduating students. The survey was administered online, through a link that was available to students requesting to participate in the graduation ceremony. The purpose of the survey was to acquire information about the future plans of our graduates for reporting on the College Portrait instrument published by the Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA).
The survey collection period was spring 2013 with a response rate of 19.9%.
Survey Administration |
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| Sample Size | 1809 |
| Number of Respondents | 360 |
| Response Rate | 19.9% |
Student Characteristics |
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| Gender | |
| Male | 26% |
| Female | 74% |
| Race/Ethnicity | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0% |
| Asian | 6.4% |
| Black/African American | 19.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 40.3% |
| White | 20.8% |
| Two or more races | 7.5% |
| Decline to State | 1.7% |
| Primary Future Plans | |
| Employment | 55.8% |
| Starting or Raising a Family | 3.6% |
| Military | 0.6% |
| Volunteer Service | 0.8% |
| Additional Undergraduate Study | 2.2% |
| Graduate Study | 34.7% |
| Other | 2.2% |
