Graduation Surveys
The survey asks students to share their post-graduation plans in the following:
- Working
- Continuing Education
- Military
- Volunteering
- Still Looking
- Not Looking
Data is filterable by graduation year, term, level, college, and degree and is available for academic years 2019-2020 through 2024-2025.
Click here to view survey data on outcomes for recent graduates: https://www.marshall.edu/irp/student-outcomes-report/
OCE uses two primary measures of student outcomes
1. Knowledge Rate – The percentage of the graduating class for whom an outcome is known. It is the sum of all employment categories, plus volunteer service and military, plus continuing education, plus the number of students still seeking an outcome or not seeking an outcome. It excludes students for whom no information is available. Mathematically, the knowledge rate is:
(# employed + # service + # military + # continuing education + # still seeking employment & continuing education + # not seeking) / # total graduates
2. Career Rate – The number of graduates known to have landed in any employment category, plus service and military, plus continuing education divided by the number of students for whom an outcome is known. It excludes graduates identified as not seeking an outcome. Mathematically the career outcomes rate is:
(# employed + # service + # military + # continuing education) / (# employed + # service + # military + # continuing education + # still seeking employment & continuing education)
Graduation Survey Status
Summer 2025 and Fall 2025: The surveys are in progress and will close in April 2026.
Alumni Survey Status
The Spring and Summer 2024 alumni surveys have closed, and data is being compiled.
The Fall 2024 alumni survey launched on December 16, 2025, and will close in January 2026.