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As part of our on-going assessment process, every degree program at Colorado Mesa University must go through a program review process on a 6 year rotation. The program review schedule is staggered so only several programs are reviewed every year. A portion of the review process is an alumni survey. The survey was created in 2007 by a committee comprised of faculty and staff. On an annual basis, the Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Decision Support attempts to administer the survey to all graduates from the programs being reviewed, who graduated within the last five years. The results are then compiled and given back to the individual departments to help in the assessment process.

Portions of the survey pertain to the employment status of the former students and further schooling they may have received. Of the graduates who responded to the survey, 67.9% identified themselves as being employed in a field related to their degree. Also, 31.4% of the respondents have indicated enrolling in further education since graduating.

Program Employed in Related Field Enrolled in Further Education
Accounting 92.9% 11.9%
Administrative Office Tech. 37.5% 25.0%
Art 57.1% 21.4%
Athletic Training 72.2% 55.6%
Biology 49.4% 35.8%
Business Administration 71.6% 15.7%
Business Admin. (Master's) 88.9% 22.2%
Certified Nurse Aid 66.7% 26.7%
Chemistry 93.3% 66.7%
Computer Info. Systems 79.3% 41.4%
Computer Science 77.8% 22.2%
Construction Management 96.0% 0.0%
Construction Technology 50.0% 25.0%
Criminal Justice 66.7% 20.8%
Early Childhood Education 66.7% 33.3%
Electric Lineworker 87.0% 13.0%
EMT 61.1% 27.8%
English 45.0% 55.0%
Environmental Sciences 70.6% 29.4%
Exercise Science 20.0% 80.0%
Geosciences 75.0% 20.0%
Graphic Design 66.7% 8.3%
History 61.5% 53.8%
Kinesiology 52.6% 26.3%
Manufacturing Technology 71.4% 14.3%
Mass Communication 64.6% 20.8%
Math 61.0% 36.6%
Music 75.0% 50.0%
Nursing 87.8% 12.2%
Physics 57.9% 52.6%
Political Science 32.3% 54.8%
Psychology 62.5% 45.8%
Public Administration 100.0% 33.3%
Radiological Technology 79.2% 37.5%
Social Work 76.7% 56.7%
Sociology 73.9% 39.1%
Spanish 58.3% 37.5%
Sport Management 44.4% 22.2%
Teacher Education (Bacc) 81.5% 22.2%
Teacher Education (Masters) 100.0% 36.4%
Transportation Services 57.1% 28.6%
Wildland Fire Management 66.7% 50.0%
Total 67.9% 31.4%