1. Graduating Student Survey 2008-2009

2. Alumni Survey Costly Poor response rate Solution At the bookstore before Graduation Hard to update addresses Do it in the Bookstore before they leave.

3.  “Go to the Bookstore and get students to fill in this survey.”  OK –Great (December 06)  Ok – Good (May 07)  Why? (December 07)  Proposal Graduating Student Survey  OIRE  Dr. Rodriguez  Deans assign people work on survey. Why?

4. Online Graduating Student Survey December 2008 May 2009

6.  Graduating Student Survey (GSS) Brief  GSS Instrument  GSS Participation Rates by Department  GSS Tables Report –UTPA  GSS Tables Report – College Available at http://www.oire.utpa.edu/publications2.htm under Student Survey Resultshttp://www.oire.utpa.edu/publications2.htm

7. Participation Rate by College and Degree Group Bachelor'sMaster'sDoctoralTotal College of … Rate Arts and Humanities49.0%56.0% 49.8% Business Administration40.9%64.7% 40.0% 43.6% Education32.8%37.1% 28.6% 34.1% Health Sciences and Human Services33.5%37.9% 34.8% Science and Engineering43.2%44.7% 43.5% Social and Behavioral Sciences41.3%32.4% 40.5% Overall participation 40.0%42.1%31.6%40.4% 5

8. 6 Participation Rate by College and Graduate & Undergraduate Status UndergraduateGraduateTotal College of … Rate Arts and Humanities49.0%56.0%49.8% Business Administration40.9%62.5%43.6% Education32.8%36.6%34.1% Health Sciences and Human Services33.5%37.9%34.8% Science and Engineering43.2%44.7%43.5% Social and Behavioral Sciences41.3%32.4%40.5% Overall participation40.0%41.8%40.4%

11. Are you a first generation College Student? UndergraduateGraduateTotal CountPercentCountPercentCountPercent First Generation44049.5%11547.3%55549.0% Not 1st Generation (Some College)19421.8%5020.6%24421.6% Not 1st Gen (Bachelor's or Higher)25528.7%7832.1%33329.4% Grand Total889100.0%243100.0%1132100.0% 8

12. Estimated Salary after Graduation UndergraduateGraduateTotal Estimated Mean Salary$35,652$54,129$43,101 Projected Number of Graduates2,2886012,889 Estimated Annual Salary of All Projected Graduates $81,572,698$32,531,727$124,518,168 10

13. 20 Are you planning to attend graduate school? UndergraduateGraduateTotal CountPercentCountPercentCountPercent Yes 57062.8%6137.0%63158.8% Probably 19521.5%3018.2%22521.0% Maybe 758.3%2515.2%1009.3% No 687.5%4929.7%11710.9% Grand Total 908100%165100%1073100% Graduate School 1st and 2nd Choice Combined Top 5 schools ranked by combining 1st and 2nd choice Graduate schools 1st Choice 2nd Choice CombinedRank The University of Texas-Pan American 407884951 The University of Texas at Austin2346692 The University of Texas at San Antonio 1444583 The University of Texas at Brownsville 229314 Texas A&M University-Kingsville129305 14

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15. 23 Did you attend a different university or college prior to attending UTPA? How many years have you attended UTPA? UndergraduateGraduateTotal CountPercentCountPercent Count Did you attend a different university or college prior to attending UTPA? Yes1 Year20.2%31.3%50.5% 2 Years14816.8%3113.6%17916.2% 3 Years11913.5%3013.2%14913.4% 4 Years8910.1%156.6%1049.4% 5 Years515.8%219.2%726.5% 6 Years333.8%104.4%433.9% More than 6 Years374.2%2511.0%625.6% Yes Total47954.4%13559.2%61455.4% No2 Years60.7%41.8%100.9% 3 Years525.9%52.2%575.1% 4 Years16318.5%62.6%16915.3% 5 Years10511.9%125.3%11710.6% 6 Years333.8%208.8%534.8% More than 6 Years424.8%4620.2%887.9% No Total40145.6%9340.8%49444.6% Grand Total 880100.0%228100.0%1108100.0%

16. 24 If you could start over, would you still go to college? UndergraduateGraduateTotal CountPercentCountPercentCountPercent Yes, and I would still go to UTPA65479.4%17379.7%82779.4% Yes, but I would go to another school16419.9%4219.4%20619.8% No60.7%20.9%80.8% Grand Total824100.0%217100.0%1041100.0%

17. Change in Personal Educational Goal UndergraduateGraduateTotal CountPercentCountPercentCountPercent Increased 2 degree levels 12614.1%4317.9%16914.9% Increased 1 degree level 46852.4%9740.4%56549.9% Stayed the same 26529.7%9338.8%35831.6% Decreased 1 degree level 293.2%72.9%363.2% Decreased 2 degree levels 50.6% 50.4% Grand Total 893100.0%240100.0%1133100.0% 23

18. The Objectives with the Highest Agreement Score.  While at UTPA, I have acquired basic intellectual competence in reading, writing, speaking, listening, critical thinking and computer literacy.  UG 3.7 GR 3.6 All 3.7  While at UTPA, I have developed an inquiring attitude and have demonstrated a desire for continued learning and creative expression.  UG 3.7 GR 3.7 All 3.7 The Objective with the Lowest Agreement Score.  While at UTPA, I have recognized the importance of maintaining health and wellness.  UG 3.3 GR 3.3 All 3.3 27, 28, 29

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20. Respondents by College College of … UndergraduateGraduateTotal with Teacher Certification CountPercentCountPercentCountPercent Arts and Humanities2317.0%710.9%3015.1% Business Administration53.7%11.6%63.0% Education9469.6%4671.9%14070.4% Health Sciences and Human Services64.4%23.1%84.0% Science and Engineering43.0%812.5%126.0% Social and Behavioral Sciences32.2% 31.5% Grand Total135100.0%64100.0%199100.0% Indicates a group below the data confidentiality threshold Indicates a group whose data was suppressed to ensure data confidentiality. 40-43

21. 44-55 TASP/TSI Advisement Services Freshman/Sophomore Academic Advisement and Mentoring (AAM) Junior/Senior Academic Advisement Services with your Faculty Advisor/Major Department URAP Satisfaction

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23. What was a word or number or table you noticed? What word or number surprised you? What table do you want to take a deeper look at? What number are you going to use when you get back to your office? Who else needs to look at these numbers?

24. 1. Use the Email link to the evaluation survey for your reflections. 2. Call OIRE to setup a presentation to other groups on campus.

25.  Middle of November: December Graduating Students will be invited to participate  Fall report on previous year’s graduates (Summer graduates will be invited to participate in the spring survey)  After the 3 rd year, the report will include comparison of multiple years.

26. HESOE  Today is the Launch of Higher Education Survey of Organizational Excellence at UTPA  Please participate and encourage others to participate