Institutional Surveys
The Office of Assessment and Accreditation Support manages institutional surveys conducted at the University of San Francisco. If you are planning a survey with more than 100 prospective participants (faculty, staff, or students), please refer to the Guidelines for Institutional Surveys. Once you review these guidelines, please contact usfsurveys@usfca.edu to get your institutional survey started.
COVID-19 SURVEYS
ADMITTED GRADUATE STUDENT SURVEY
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.
2020 New Student Success Survey Report
2019 New Student Success Survey Report
2018 New Student Success Survey Report
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
GRADUATING STUDENT SURVEYS
The Graduating Student Survey is the University of San Francisco's exit survey taken by students before they graduate. The survey is designed to capture student perceptions of their educational experience. The survey asks students about the preparation they received in a variety of knowledge and skills, their values, ideas, and perspectives relative to differences of people who are different from themselves and co-curricular contributions to their experience. 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.
2016-2017
The Undergraduate Graduating Student Survey was administered from 2003 to 2015 to seniors as they completed their Baccalaureate degree. It was replaced by the Graduating Student Survey in 2016 - 2017.
2010-2015
- 2010-2015: Frequencies by Year
- 2010-2015: Means by Year
- 2010-2015: ILOs - Frequencies by Year
- 2010-2015: ILOs - Means by Year
- 2010-2015: Diversity - Frequencies by Year
- 2010-2015: Diversity - Mean by Year
2014-2015
2013-2014
2012-2013
2011-2012
2010-2011
2009-2010
2008-2009
2007-2008
2006-2007
2005-2006
2004-2005
2003-2004
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
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. Beginning in 2018, USF opted to offer NSSE every other year. The next administration will be in the 2019-2020 academic year.
All reports prepared by NSSE, unless otherwise noted.
2018
- 2018: Snapshot
- 2018: Engagement Indicators and 2018: High-Impact Practices (USF Combined Report)
- 2018: Campus Environment (USF Report)
- 2018: Module - ACUHO-I Housing Study (NSSE Report)
- 2018: Module - ACUHO-I Housing Study (USF Report)
- 2018: Module - Community Engagement (NSSE Report)
- 2018: Module - Community Engagement (USF Report)
2017
- 2017: Summary of Results (USF Report)
- 2017: Snapshot
- 2017: Engagement Indicators
- 2017: High-Impact Practices
- 2017: Module - Academic Advising
- 2017: Module - Experiences with Writing
2016
- 2016: Summary of Results (USF Report)
- 2016: Snapshot
- 2016: Engagement Indicators
- 2016: High-Impact Practices
- 2016: Module - First-year Experiences and Senior Transitions
2015
- 2015: Snapshot
- 2015: Engagement Indicators
- 2015: High-Impact Practices
- 2015: Module - First-year Experiences and Senior Experiences
- 2015: Module - Social and Cognitive Global Perspectives
- 2015: Frequencies and Means Comparisons (USF Report)
- 2015: ILOs - Means FY-SR Alignment (USF Report)
- 2015: ILOs - Frequency FY-SR Alignment (USF Report)
- 2015: WSCUC Core Competencies - FY-SR Means Alignment (USF Report)
- 2015: WSCUC Core Commitments and Standards Alignment Frequency (USF Report)
2014
- 2014: Snapshot
- 2014: Engagement Indicators
- 2014: High-Impact Practices
- 2014 Module - Experiences with Information Literacy
- 2014: Frequencies and Means Comparisons (USF Report)
- 2014: ILOs - Meas FY-SR Alignment (USF Report)
- 2014: ILOs - Frequency FY-SR Alignment (USF Report)
- 2014: WSCUC Core Competencies - FY-SR Means Alignment (USF Report)
- 2014: WSCUC Core Competencies - FY-SR Frequency Alignment (USF Report)
ADDITIONAL SURVEYS
- AlcoholEDU for College
- Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement (BCSSE)
- Cooperative Institutional Research Program - Freshmen Survey (CIRP)
- Educational Benchmarking Inc. - Undergraduate Housing Survey (EBI)
- Higher Education Research Institute - Faculty Survey (HERI)
- Library Quality Survey (LibQual)
- National College Health Assessment (NCHA)
- Priorities Survey for Online Learners (PSOL)
- Student Satisfaction Inventory (SSI)
- USF Academic Integrity Survey