Doctoral Student Experience Survey Results
| This Page Last Updated |
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| 07/27/2025 |
| Description |
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A summary of Doctoral Student Experience Survey responses since November, 2019 when the survey was first administered. Data can be filtered by year, division, school/college, academic plan, and selected student demographics. |
| Report URL |
| https://tableau.wisconsin.edu/#/views/DoctoralStudentExperienceSurveyResults/HomePage?:iid=1 |
| Data Cookbook URL (requires authorization) |
| https://uwmadison.datacookbook.com/institution/reports/38848/versions/80566 |
| Data Domain(s) |
| Student Record |
| Access Restrictions |
| UW-Madison Employees (NetID Required) |
| Data Source Information |
| InfoAccess, Other |
| Data View Information |
| ACADEMIC_PLAN; RETENTION_AWARDS_MAIN; RETENTION_AWARDS_PLAN; STDNT_ETHNIC_REPORTING |
| Update Schedule |
| Data are updated annually in July for the prior academic year. |
| Responsible Office |
| Graduate School Office of Academic Analysis, Planning, & Assessment |
| Important Notes |
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The Doctoral Student Experience Survey is administered to all research doctoral students at the preliminary examination stage as a required step to move on to dissertator status. For most students this is in the third or fourth year of their program. More detailed information and a link to the current survey questionnaire can be found at https://kb.wisc.edu/grad/56327. For privacy reasons, data in this visualization are redacted when there are fewer than five responses. In such cases it is often possible to increase the number of reported responses by adjusting the provided filters. Once applied, a filter will adjust all dashboards in the workbook until the filter is cleared. The academic year filter in the visualization refers to the year in which the student's degree was conferred. |
Definitions
| Name | Functional Definition | Data Domains |
|---|---|---|
| Academic Plan | An area of study--such as a major, minor, or certificate--that is within an academic career. |
Academic Planning, Student Record |
| Academic Year (Su,Fa,Sp) | An academic year consists of sequential summer, fall, and spring terms. For example, the 2021-22 academic years includes summer 2021, fall 2021, and spring 2022. |
Academic Planning |
| Disability Self-Identification (Survey) | The individual identified as disabled or had a prior disability on the survey tool. Additional Information: The individual voluntarily reports having a disability or prior disability based on the following definition of disability developed by the United States Department of Labor: You are considered to have a disability if you have a physical or mental impairment or medical condition that substantially limits a major life activity, or if you have a history or record of such impairment or medical condition. Examples of disabilities include, but are not limited to, autism, blindness, bipolar disorder, cancer, cerebral palsy, deafness, diabetes, epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, impairments requiring the use of a wheelchair, intellectual disability, major depression, missing limbs or partially missing limbs, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis (MS), obsessive compulsive disorder, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). |
Student Record |
| Disciplinary Division | The four divisions established on the basis of related subjects of teaching and research and are independent of colleges, schools, and departments, and include: Biological Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences. |
Academic Planning, Employee Record |
| International Students | Non-immigrant visitors who come to the United States temporarily to take classes. |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Legal Sex | A person's biological or reassigned sex as printed on legal documents. Categories include Female (F), Male (M), Another Legal Sex (X), undisclosed (U). Definition provided by the Data Guidelines for Legal Sex and Gender, endorsed by the Data Governance Council Feb 20, 2024 and published at https://uwmadison.box.com/s/8m8ibkv81kxbmkl5ijafbpkm2onicnms |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| School/College of Academic Plan | Indicates the school/college that has ownership of the academic plan. |
Academic Planning, Student Record |
| Underrepresented Student of Color | A domestic (non-international) student who identifies, alone or in combination with other racial/ethnic categories, as African American/Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, Hispanic/Latino(a), Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, or one or more of the following Asian subcategories (Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, or Vietnamese). |
Student Record |