Institutional Surveys

The Office of Assessment and Accreditation Support manages institutional surveys conducted at the University of San Francisco. If you are planning to conduct a survey of any member of the USF community, including prospective, current, or former students; or any current university employee, please refer to the Institutional Survey Policy. Once you review the policy, please contact usfsurveys@usfca.edu to get your institutional survey started. 

ALUMNI SURVEYS

Working in collaboration with the Office of Alumni Engagement and Career Services, the Office of Assessment and Accreditation Support developed the Alumni Outcomes Survey to assess undergraduate student success from the perspective of employment and attainment of educational objectives. This survey samples alumni two and five years post-graduation. 

2016-2017

The Alumni Outcomes Survey replaces the previous Undergraduate Alumni Survey, distributed in 2007 and 2012. This survey sampled alumni, two to ten years post-graduation.

2011-2012

2006-2007

COVID-19 SURVEYS

GRADUATING STUDENT SURVEYS

The Graduating Student Survey is the University of San Francisco's exit survey taken by students before they graduate. The objective of the Graduating Student Survey is to capture graduating students’ perception of their student experience. The survey asks students about their educational and co-curricular experiences, their values, ideals, and perspectives relative to people who are different from themselves, their religious identity, their work experiences, and their post-graduation plans. The Graduating Student Survey integrates the perspective of both undergraduate and graduate students. This survey replaces both the Undergraduate Graduating Student Survey and the Graduate Student Graduating Student Survey. 

2018-2020

2016-2017

The Graduate Student Graduating Student Survey was administered from 2010 to 2014 to all graduate students as they completed their Master's or Doctoral degree. It was replaced by the Graduating Student Survey in 2016 - 2017. 

2010-2014

2013-2014

2012-2013

2011-2012

2010-2011

GRADUATE STUDENT SURVEYS

The Admitted Graduate Student Survey is conducted in fall semester each year in order to learn how applicants admitted to USF graduate programs perceive USF and the factors that influenced their decisions to attend or not attend USF.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SURVEYS

The New Student Success Survey was developed in 2018 and is administered to new first-year and transfer students each year. The purpose of the survey is to gather information about academic behaviors, institutional commitment, and barriers to success for new first-year and transfer students. 

2022 New Student Success Survey Report

2021 New Student Success Survey Report

2020 New Student Success Survey Report

2019 New Student Success Survey Report

2018 New Student Success Survey Report

2018-2020 New Student Success Survey Comparative Analysis Report

 

In order to create a better summer experience for USF students, undergraduate students who took summer session courses in summer 2022 were asked to complete a short 6-7 question survey. The survey asked questions regarding reasons for taking summer session courses, course format preferences, preference for length of summer session courses, other experiences of interest, and motivations for taking summer elective courses. 

2022 Undergraduate Summer Session Survey

NATIONAL SURVEYS

The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) is a survey of first year and senior students about the characteristics and quality of their undergraduate education. While NSSE does not directly assess student learning, the survey does reflect self-reported behaviors associated with desired outcomes of an undergraduate education. USF did not participate in NSSE in 2019.

All reports prepared by NSSE, unless otherwise noted.

2022

2021

2020

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

The Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium (HEDS) Student Satisfaction Survey is a national survey of undergraduate students that measures how satisfied students are with their academic experiences, course instruction, campus services and facilities, and campus life.