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Message
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Graduation Exit Survey for Outgoing Students
Captures how graduating students rate their academic program, career preparation, and overall value as they leave — with an AI follow-up that digs into the specific moments behind their satisfaction score. Built for registrars, program directors, and student success teams who need both a benchmark number and the story behind it.
Sample questions
A preview of what’s in the template. Every question is editable before you launch.
12 questions · ~7 min
Q02
Multiple ChoiceRequired
What are your plans immediately after graduation?
- Starting a job related to my field of study
- Starting a job unrelated to my field of study
- Continuing to graduate or professional school
- Still searching for a job
- Taking time off before deciding next steps
- Starting my own business
Q03
Opinion ScaleRequired
Overall, how satisfied are you with your academic program?
Scale: 1 – 10
Min:Very dissatisfiedMax:Very satisfied
Q04
MatrixRequired
Rate each part of your experience here.
5 rows × 5 columns
- Academic quality of coursework
- Faculty accessibility and mentorship
- Career services and job placement support
- Campus facilities and resources
- Extracurricular and networking opportunities
Columns: Poor · Fair · Good · Very good · Excellent
Q05
Opinion ScaleRequired
How likely are you to recommend this program to a prospective student?
Scale: 0 – 10
Min:Not at all likelyMax:Extremely likely
Q06
Best–Worst Trade-off (MaxDiff)Required
Which of these mattered most, and least, to the overall value of your experience?
- Quality of instruction
- Cost relative to value gained
- Career and internship preparation
- Campus life and community
- Networking opportunities
- Academic advising and support
- Flexibility of scheduling
- Institutional reputation
Pick best & worst per setBest:Mattered mostWorst:Mattered least
Q07
Multiple ChoiceRequired
Did the program meet the goals you had when you first enrolled?
- Yes, fully met my goals
- Mostly met my goals
- Partially met my goals
- Did not meet my goals
Q08
AI Interview
Probe the reasoning behind the respondent's satisfaction and recommend scores. Ask for a specific moment, class, mentor, or experience that most shaped how they feel about the program, and if they said their goals were only partially or not met, ask exactly what gap remained. If they gave a high score, confirm what the program should absolutely keep doing.
Q09
Short Text
If you could change one thing about your program, what would it be?
Q10
Short Text
What was your major or program of study?
Q11
Multiple Choice
How would you describe your current employment status?
- Employed full-time
- Employed part-time
- Self-employed
- Enrolled in further education
- Seeking employment
- Not currently seeking employment
- Prefer not to say
Q12
Message
That's everything — congratulations again, and thank you for the honest feedback! Your responses will be reviewed by program leadership to improve the experience for future students.
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 single satisfaction score with an AI follow-up interview that probes the specific moments and reasoning behind each respondent's satisfaction and recommendation ratings
- Combines quantitative benchmarking (opinion scale satisfaction and recommendation scores, matrix ratings, max-diff prioritization) with open-ended context (short text on what they'd change and their major)
- Captures practical outcome data — post-graduation plans, employment status, and whether the program met original enrollment goals — alongside experience ratings
- Opens and closes with warm, on-brand chat messages that frame the survey as a genuine reflection rather than a generic form
QuestionPro
Graduation exit survey - Sample questionnaire templateThis is a directly comparable, fielding-ready graduation exit survey template aimed at the same use case — capturing outgoing students' program satisfaction. It appears to rely on standard static question types (ratings, multiple choice) rather than adaptive follow-up. As with most QuestionPro templates, it's positioned as a customizable starting questionnaire rather than an interview-style experience.
What it does well
- Purpose-built specifically for graduation exit surveys, matching the academic use case directly
- Backed by QuestionPro's established survey platform with broad question-type and distribution options
- Likely offers easy customization and export given QuestionPro's general template infrastructure
Where it falls short
- No adaptive AI follow-up to probe the reasoning behind a satisfaction or recommendation score — respondents give a static rating with no deeper interview
- No voice AI interview option or guided screen-share tasks for richer qualitative capture
- No published per-response quality scoring or transparent prompt methodology for the questions asked
Frequently asked questions
What questions are in the “Graduation Exit Survey for Outgoing Students” template?
The template includes 12 ready-to-use questions, starting with: “Congratulations on graduating! We'd love your honest reflections on your time here — your answers directly shape how we…” · “What are your plans immediately after graduation?” · “Overall, how satisfied are you with your academic program?”. The full set is previewed above, and every question is editable.
How long does this survey take to complete?
Respondents typically finish the 12 questions in about 7 minutes.
Can I customize this template?
Yes — every question, answer option, and the ordering is editable before you launch. You can add or remove questions, or ask the AI editor to rework the survey around your research goal.
Is this template free to use?
Yes. Open it in the editor and start customizing right away — no account required to try it, and the free plan covers launching your survey.
Ready to launch?
Open this template in the editor. Every part is yours to change before the first respondent sees it.
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