ACT offers fourteen standardized survey instruments that address the topics most commonly required by four-year colleges.
- Adult Learner Needs Assessment Survey—Explores the perceived educational and personal needs of adult students at your institution, or of prospective adult students in the community. (4 pages, 25 minutes) View sample (PDF)
- Alumni Outcomes Survey—Assesses alumni's perceptions of your institution's impact on their personal and professional growth and development and provides a detailed employment and education history. (4 pages, 30 minutes) View sample (PDF)
- Alumni Survey (Four-year College Form)—Helps 4-year institutions evaluate the impact of their programs, services, and experiences on students by assessing the perceptions of its graduates; also provides a detailed employment and education history. (4 pages, 25 minutes) View sample (PDF)
- College Outcomes Survey—Assesses enrolled students' perceptions of the importance of, progress toward, and college contribution to a variety of college outcomes; assesses satisfaction with selected aspects of the institution's programs and services. (4 pages, 30 minutes) View sample (PDF)
- College Student Needs Assessment Survey—Helps identify the perceived personal and educational needs of students enrolled at your institution. (4 pages, 20 minutes) View sample (PDF)
- Entering Student Survey—Collects a variety of demographic, background, and educational information about your institution's students as they enter school. (4 pages, 25 minutes) View sample (PDF)
- Financial Aid Student Services Survey—Addresses the informational needs of the financial aid office. (4 pages, 20 minutes) View sample (PDF)
- Student Opinion Survey (Four-year College Form)—Explores enrolled students satisfaction with programs, services, and other aspects of their college experience (4 pages, 20 minutes). View sample (PDF)
The Student Opinion Survey is also available in a Web-based version.
- Survey of Student Opinions—Assesses students' perceptions of the importance of, and satisfaction with, a full range of programs, services, and environmental factors at the college they are attending. Also included are an extended set of background items and a set of items related to students' impressions of, and experiences at, the college. (4 pages, 25 minutes) View sample (PDF)
- Survey of Academic Advising—Obtains students' impressions of your institution's academic advising services. (4 pages, 25 minutes) View sample (PDF)
- Survey of Current Activities and Plans—Identifies why prospective students accepted for admission chose not to matriculate. (4 pages, 25 minutes) View sample (PDF)
- Survey of Postsecondary Educational Plans—Identifies the educational plans and preferences of prospective students while they are still enrolled in secondary school. (4 pages, 20 minutes) View sample (PDF)
- Withdrawing/Nonreturning Student Survey (Long Form)—Provides an in-depth look at students' reasons for leaving college before completing a degree or certificate program. (4 pages, 20 minutes) View sample (PDF)
- Withdrawing/Nonreturning Student Survey (Short Form)—Helps identify students' reasons for leaving college before completing a degree or certificate program. (2 pages, 10 minutes) View sample (PDF)
Standardized surveys are easy to use, can be administered in 30 minutes or less, and can be customized to include up to 30 locally developed questions.
Normative Data Reports are available, allowing you to make valuable comparisons with similar institutions nationwide.
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