Student and Alumni Survey Results
Learn what students and alumni think about their education at Excelsior.
Learn about improvements to the student experience based upon survey and research results.
The results provide the percentage of students giving a positive response to each survey item.
| How satisfied were you with your Excelsior College undergraduate experience in the following areas? | |
| Instructional Services | 83% |
| Academic Services | 84% |
| Institutional Perceptions | 81% |
| Student Services | 82% |
| Enrollment Services | 81% |
| Please rate your satisfaction with your Excelsior College undergraduate experience. | |
| So far, how has your college experience met your expectations | 87% |
| Rate your overall satisfaction with your experience here thus far | 78% |
| All in all, if you had to do it over, would you enroll again? | 77% |
| How satisfied were you with your Excelsior College graduate experience in the following areas? | |
| Instructional Services | 88% |
| Academic Services | 86% |
| Institutional Perceptions | 83% |
| Student Services | 85% |
| Enrollment Services | 83% |
| Please rate your satisfaction with your Excelsior College graduate experience. | |
| So far, how has your college experience met your expectations | 94% |
| Rate your overall satisfaction with your experience here thus far | 90% |
| All in all, if you had to do it over, would you enroll again? | 90% |
Alumni Data
| Number of Excelsior College graduates as of FY21 | 188,973 |
| Number of Excelsior College graduates who earned more than one degree (as of FY21) | 14,422 |
Location of Excelsior College graduates*
Each country shaded blue indicates that there is at least one student from that country that graduated within the last fiscal year.
This figure represents where Excelsior College graduates reside within the continental United States. Specifically, each blue dot represents a graduate and the color of the states corresponds to the number of graduates from that state.
Finally, this figure represents where Excelsior College graduates reside within New York State with each blue dot representing a graduate.
*Location is based upon zip code upon enrollment at Excelsior College.
Overall alumni satisfaction
The results below provide the percentage of students giving a positive response to each survey item on the One Year Alumni Survey. The survey is administered to all recipients graduates one year after graduation. Respondents from the survey graduated between July 2019 and June 2020. There were 320 respondents. The response rate was 6.4%.
| Associate (n=128) | |
| Overall satisfaction with your experience at this institution. | 76% |
| Current field of employment related to degree earned at this institution? | 79% |
| Would you recommend this institution to others? | 76% |
| How satisfied are you that this institution helped you meet your program outcomes? | 83% |
| Baccalaureate (n=162) | |
| Overall satisfaction with your experience at this institution. | 89% |
| Current field of employment related to degree earned at this institution? | 57% |
| Would you recommend this institution to others? | 95% |
| How satisfied are you that this institution helped you meet your program outcomes? | 90% |
| Masters (n=28) | |
| Overall satisfaction with your experience at this institution. | 96% |
| Current field of employment related to degree earned at this institution? | 71% |
| Would you recommend this institution to others? | 96% |
| How satisfied are you that this institution helped you meet your program outcomes? | 96% |
Alumni continuing education
| Associate | |
| Do you have plans to seek additional education? | 83% |
| Level of education planned/in progress: | |
| Bachelor’s degree | 97% |
| Certificate | 63% |
| Master’s degree | 95% |
| Doctoral degree | 47% |
| Baccalaureate | |
| Do you have plans to seek additional education? | 75% |
| Level of education planned/in progress: | |
| Bachelor’s degree | 24% |
| Certificate | 63% |
| Master’s degree | 95% |
| Doctoral degree | 47% |
| Masters | |
| Do you have plans to seek additional education? | 60% |
| Level of education planned/in progress: | |
| Certificate | 21% |
| Post Graduate Courses | 8% |
| Doctoral degree | 13% |
