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Graduating Student Experience & Career Readiness Survey
Captures how graduating students rate their academic experience, campus support, and readiness for what's next — from advising and coursework to job offers or grad school plans. Built for registrars, career centers, and academic affairs teams tracking outcomes across cohorts and programs. An AI follow-up interview digs into the specific moments that shaped a student's sense of readiness, going beyond a single rating.
Sample questions
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14 questions · ~7 min
Q02
Multiple ChoiceRequired
Which best describes the degree you're completing?
- Bachelor's degree
- Master's degree
- Doctoral degree
- Professional degree (e.g., JD, MD, MBA)
Q03
Opinion ScaleRequired
Overall, how satisfied are you with your academic experience here?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very dissatisfiedMax:Very satisfied
Q04
MatrixRequired
How would you rate each of the following aspects of your experience?
6 rows × 5 columns
- Academic advising
- Career services support
- Relevance of coursework to your career goals
- Faculty accessibility and mentorship
- Financial aid or affordability support
- +1 more
Columns: Poor · Fair · Good · Very good · Excellent
Q05
Multiple ChoiceRequired
What best describes your primary plan immediately after graduation?
- Full-time job already secured
- Still actively job searching
- Continuing to graduate or professional school
- Taking time off before deciding next steps
- Starting my own business or venture
Q06
Rating ScaleRequired
How prepared do you feel for your next step, whether that's a job or further study?
Range: 1 – 5
Min:Not at all preparedMax:Extremely prepared
Q07
Best–Worst Trade-off (MaxDiff)Required
Which of the following shaped your overall experience the most, and which shaped it the least?
- Quality of teaching and instruction
- Academic advising
- Career services and job search support
- Internship or research opportunities
- Campus community and sense of belonging
- Financial aid and affordability
- Extracurricular activities and clubs
- Mental health and wellness support
Pick best & worst per setBest:Shaped my experience the mostWorst:Shaped my experience the least
Q08
AI Interview
Explore the specific experiences behind the respondent's preparedness rating: ask for a concrete moment, class, mentor, or internship that made them feel ready (or unready) for what's next. If they rated themselves highly prepared, push for one skill or gap they still worry about; if they rated themselves low, ask what single change earlier in their degree would have helped most. Also surface how their post-graduation plan (job, grad school, still searching) connects to that sense of readiness.
Q09
Opinion ScaleRequired
How likely are you to recommend this university to a prospective student in your field?
Scale: 0 – 10
Min:Not at all likelyMax:Extremely likely
Q10
Long Text
What's one thing the university could have done differently to better support you during your time here?
Q11
Multiple Choice
Which age range do you fall into?
- 18-21
- 22-24
- 25-29
- 30-39
- 40 or older
- Prefer not to say
Q12
Multiple Choice
Are you a first-generation college student (the first in your immediate family to earn a four-year degree)?
- Yes, first-generation college student
- No, not first-generation
- Prefer not to say
Q13
Multiple Choice
How do you describe your gender?
- Woman
- Man
- Non-binary
- Prefer to self-describe
- Prefer not to say
Q14
Message
That's everything — congratulations again, and thank you! Your answers feed directly into how we support advising, career services, and future students on their path to graduation.
What’s included
AI follow-ups
Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.
Attention checks
Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.
AI-drafted copy
Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.
Auto report
Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.
How it compares
We reviewed the closest templates from other survey tools. Here’s what they do well — and where this template goes further.
Why this template
- Goes beyond a satisfaction score with an AI follow-up interview that digs into the specific moments — advising, coursework, a job offer, grad school decision — that shaped a graduate's readiness, not just a single rating
- Combines structured questions (degree type, satisfaction opinion scale, matrix ratings across academic experience dimensions, MaxDiff on what shaped the experience most) with open-ended probing, so registrars and career centers get both comparable metrics and narrative context
- Captures post-graduation destination (job vs. further study) alongside a readiness rating and a recommend-likelihood score, giving academic affairs teams outcome data tied to satisfaction drivers
- Built-in demographic questions (age range, first-generation status, gender) let teams segment readiness and satisfaction findings by cohort without building a separate crosswalk
SurveyMonkey
Graduation Survey Template for UniversityA dedicated, fielding-ready graduation survey template aimed at the same audience as ours — graduating students reflecting on their academic experience. It's a static question set meant to be launched as-is or lightly customized, with SurveyMonkey's standard reporting layered on top. No mention of adaptive follow-up questioning to explore individual responses in depth.
What it does well
- Purpose-built for the graduation/exit-survey use case, so questions are likely pre-aligned to this audience
- Backed by SurveyMonkey's mature survey infrastructure (distribution, basic analytics, broad respondent familiarity)
- Quick to deploy for teams wanting an off-the-shelf, no-setup template
Where it falls short
- Fixed question flow with no adaptive AI follow-up to probe the 'why' behind a satisfaction or readiness rating
- No voice AI interview or guided screen-share task option for richer qualitative capture
- No published methodology for how responses are scored or synthesized into a report
SurveySparrow
University Student Satisfaction Survey TemplateA general university student satisfaction template rather than one specifically built for the graduating-cohort, career-readiness moment — useful for ongoing satisfaction tracking but less tailored to registrar/career-center exit reporting. It appears to be a static, ready-to-send form using SurveySparrow's standard survey builder. No indication of adaptive questioning or career-outcome-specific fields like next-step plans or readiness.
What it does well
- Conversational/chat-style survey format that can feel more approachable than a plain form
- Broadly applicable to any student population, not just graduating seniors
- Part of a template library, so easy to adapt for related student-experience surveys
Where it falls short
- No graduation-specific or career-readiness content (e.g., post-grad plans, job/grad-school outcomes) built into the template
- Static question set with no adaptive AI follow-up interview or voice AI option to explore individual answers
- No transparent prompt methodology or automated per-response quality scoring
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