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Graduate outcomes survey template

See where your graduates went, and how well you prepared them

Three questions for six months after graduation: what graduates are doing now, how well the program prepared them for it and what the program should add or drop. Use it as it is or change any question, and Usertick reads every written answer for you.

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What this graduate outcomes survey tells you

A graduate outcomes survey asks former students what they are doing now and how well their program prepared them for it. This template takes under a minute: their current situation, from working in their field to running their own business, a 1 to 10 rating of how well the program prepared them, and what the program should add or drop.

It is written for an email six months after graduation, sent to the graduating class's contact list once graduates have had time to settle into work or further study. The same template runs as a link in an alumni newsletter or on the alumni page of your website, or as a conversation that asks one question at a time.

Every written answer is read as it arrives and filed under a category from your education list, such as course content or teaching and tutors, with a type and a sentiment. Results shows the share of graduates in each situation with the typed Other answers, and the average preparation score with a column per step, each against the period before.

In an emailAs a linkOn your websiteAs a conversation
Questions
3
Time to answer
About a minute
Written for
An email to graduates six months after graduation
Plans
Every plan, the free plan included

See it on every channel

The same template on your website, behind a link, in an email and as a conversation.

In an email

Send it from Usertick to a contact list, with the first question inside the email. A tap on an answer opens the rest of the survey with that answer already kept. Usertick sends 50 emails a month on the free plan, or connect your own sender.

The 3 questions, one by one

What each question asks, why it is there, what it shows you and what to change.

Question 1 of 3 · Multiple choice

What are you doing now?

Why ask it
Where graduates are now is the outcome most programs want to report and improve, and it decides how to read the next two answers.
What you learn
A donut with the share and count for each situation, with every typed Other answer listed, and stacked shares over time so each graduating class compares with the last.
Make it yours
Keep the options broad and let Other catch the rest, such as caring for family or a year of travel.
Question 2 of 3 · Big scale

How well did the program prepare you for what you do now?

Why ask it
A 1 to 10 scale on preparation ties the program to what graduates do now. Graduates who work in their field and those who don't can rate it very differently.
What you learn
The average and a column per step from not at all to very well. Select Working in another field in the first question to see how those graduates rate their preparation.
Make it yours
Keep the wording the same every year, so each class's score compares with the class before.
Question 3 of 3 · Text · Optional

What should the program add or drop?

Why ask it
Graduates who now use the skills, or miss them, know which parts of the program to add or drop, which makes their answers useful for a curriculum review.
What you learn
Usertick gives each answer a sentiment and a theme, files it under a category from your list, and groups up to 8 themes with their trends, so requests such as more practical projects stand out.
Make it yours
Bring the top themes to the next program review with the shares from the first question beside them.

What the answers show

Results turns each question into numbers you can follow week by week.

What are you doing now?

The share of each answer with its count. Select an answer to narrow the whole page to those people and read what else they said.

Every written answer, read for you

Each answer arrives with its category, theme, type and urgency, so the urgent ones reach your team first.

Use this template in four steps

From the template to the first answers.

  1. 1

    Open the template

    Sign up free and pick Graduate outcomes in the template gallery. It opens in a matching style, ready to change.

  2. 2

    Make the questions yours

    Reword any question, change the options, and add logic or more questions.

  3. 3

    Choose where it runs

    Show it on your website, send it by email, share its link and QR code, or switch it to a conversation.

  4. 4

    Publish and read the answers

    Answers arrive in Results and the inbox as people send them, each written one read and filed by Usertick.

Tips for this survey

Small choices that keep people answering and the answers useful.

  1. 01

    Collect a personal email first

    A campus address may close after graduation, so ask for a personal email before students leave and import the list as a CSV with an email and a name per line.

  2. 02

    Schedule it in the right month

    Sends can be scheduled up to 30 days ahead, so create the send in the month your graduates reach six months.

  3. 03

    Keep each class apart

    Use a copy of the survey for each graduating class, or keep one survey and compare each period with the one before.

  4. 04

    Share outcomes with current students

    Tell current students where recent graduates went and what the program changed because of their answers.

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Questions from the library

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  3. Did you use career services?Yes / No · Outcomes and careers
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  5. How well was the trip organized?Stars · Field trips
  6. Was the trip worth the cost?Yes / No · Field trips

Frequently asked questions

About six months after graduation, when most graduates have started work or further study. Ask again at a year or two when you want longer-term outcomes, in a separate copy of the survey.

Collect a personal email before graduation and import it as a CSV with an email and a name per line. You can also share the survey link on alumni channels you already use.

Yes. Add a question on the job title, the sector or how long it took to find work, and keep the survey short so graduates finish it.

Few. Graduates no longer have a course reason to answer, so a short survey asks less of their goodwill. This template asks three and takes under a minute.

Give each program its own copy, or add a Dropdown question that names the program, since Results doesn't split answers by a link tag.

Yes. Every template comes with every plan, the free plan included, and the free plan covers 150 responses a month across your surveys.

Yes. The template becomes your own survey, so reword any question, add or remove questions, and change the options and the logic. The gallery stays as it is.

Yes, from Starter. The template is written in US English. Add languages by hand or with AI translation, and each person sees the survey in their browser's language.

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