Graduate Degree Program Completer Survey (2025)

The College of Education would like your feedback of your graduate experience to drive our future efforts to effectively prepare advanced degree program seekers and to take this opportunity to thank you for allowing the COE to provide you with what we believe a quality Advanced Degree Program. We have developed a survey that will assist us in making continuous improvement in our program, to ensure that our Completers are well prepared to continue as educators. Your responses are anonymous and confidential. Your name is not attached to your comments. We would be most appreciative if you would take the time to respond to the following questions. Thank you in advance for your responses.
*This survey is adapted from the Graduate Exit Survey (GEMS) from UNCGA.

Degree Awarded/Expected

Graduation or Expected Graduation date (semester and year)

Culminating scholarly product

Explain "other":

Were you working before entering this program?

Yes No

Employment before entering this program was:

Full-time teacher Military-connected work Worked for a corporation Other

Please specify "other."

Describe your current employment.

How closely is your post-graduate employment, if any, related to your graduate field of study at Fayetteville State University? Would you say...

Directly related Somewhat related Not related I have no post-graduate employment

Which reason below best explains why you took post-graduate employment that was not related to your graduate field of study by your choice or not?

I could not find positions to apply for in my graduate field of study I was not offered any positions related to my graduate field of study I could not find positions related to my graduate field of study which paid enough My career goals have changed

Overall, how would you rate the quality of:

Your academic experience at Fayetteville State University

Your overall experience at Fayetteville State University

As a result of your graduate education at Fayetteville State University, how well prepared are you to practice in your discipline or profession?

Please provide comments for your answer from above here:

Please rate the relevance of any experiential preparation required in your degree program to your professional goals:

Internship: On-the-job training experience including some responsibilities and expectations of full-time employees
Practicum/Clinical Experience: Supervised practical application in a field of study

Internship

Practicum/Clinical Experience

Please rate the quality of support you were provided during your graduate education in the following areas:

Financial support

Information technology (IT) resources

Your personal work space (e.g., desk or office)

Library and electronic research resources

University career services

Describe any other help you recieved from the HBCU Master's Program grant.

Describe any internships you completed while in the program.

Were you a graduate assistant (GA) at any time during your graduate studies?

Yes No

Select all sources of funding applied to your graduate studies

Other:

Faculty

Please rate your overall satisfaction with each of the following:

Overall quality of instruction

Opportunity for interaction with faculty

Quality of advising

Quality of mentorship

Professional Preparation

Please rate your overall satisfaction with each of the following:

Opportunities for leadership and/or professional development

Career and vocational guidance and preparation

Please provide comments:

If you have received or participated in any of the following professional development activities during your graduate experience, mark your level of satisfaction if you engaged in the listed activity. Include activities offered from any unit on campus (e.g., your department, the Graduate School, etc.)

Received formal or informal training on interviewing skills and resume writing

Received information or advice on career options within academia

Received information or advice on career options outside academia

Had assistance in developing professional contacts outside your program

What are some key skills or knowledge you have gained from your graduate program?

Other (please specify)

How useful did you find your Semester HBCU STEM Scholar seminars?

Additional comments about the STEM Scholars Seminars:

If yes, how did these supports positively affect your mental health? Explain.

Focus on my studies without financial worry

Avoid taking on additional student loan debt

Reduce the number of hours I needed to work

Meet basic living expenses while in school

Reducing stress about paying for tuition

Allowing me to sleep better at night

Enabling me to maintain better work-life balance

Allowing me to focus on learning rather than financial survival

What was your favorite aspect of your graduate program? Why?

What was your least favorite aspect of your graduate program? Why?

If you could change one thing about your graduate program, what would it be?