Alumni Surveys

The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment administers alumni surveys to:

• assess student learning;
• find out more about alumni employment and advanced education;
• gauge the level of alumni satisfaction with their Evergreen experience;
• and to gather suggestions for improvements to the college.

All of the following reports are in pdf format unless otherwise noted.

Key findings:

• 51% of the alumni had attended graduate or professional school.
• 17% of the respondents had earned a graduate degree (either a master's degree or doctorate).
• The largest categories of employment were: Education/Library (20% of reported jobs), Community and Social Service (12%), Business Management (7%), and Business Operations (6%).

Greeners at Work 2003 is a survey research project studying how Evergreen prepares its graduates for the workplace. Greeners at Work consists of a survey of alumni who graduated in 1999-2000 and a survey of alumni supervisors. You can also view a Executive Report.

Previous Greeners at Work surveys were administered in 1990 and 1999:

Greeners at Work, 1999 Alumni Results
Greeners at Work, 1999 Employer Results
Greeners at Work: An Assessment (1991)

Key Findings:

• 81% of graduates are employed;
• 28% are attending or have been accepted to graduate or professional school;
• 90% would choose to attend Evergreen again if they could start college over;
• 41% are first generation degree-completers;
• 34% are involved in volunteer work

Other one-year alumni survey reports:

• 2002 Alumni Survey: A Survey of Alumni One Year After Graduation
• Alumni 2002 Culture, Text and Language Analysis
• Alumni 2002 Environmental Studies Analysis
• Alumni 2002 Evening and Weekend Studies Analysis
• Alumni 2002 Expressive Arts Analysis
• Alumni 2002 Tacoma Program Analysis
• Alumni 2002 Society, Politics, Behavior and Change Analysis
• Alumni 2002 Scientific Inquiry Analysis
• Summary of Alumni Survey Ratings on Common Items, 1992-2000 (HTML)
• 1998 Alumni Survey: Summary of Results
• 1996 Alumni Survey: Comparison with Statewide Norms
• 1996 Alumni Survey: Summary of Positive Comments