RADAR

Separate dashboards in the workbook display aggregate data on the demographic and gender characteristics of enrolled students, program completion rates, as well as student satisfaction with both their graduate program and the broader campus diversity climate. Each dashboard allows data comparisons between the program and the larger disciplinary division to provide additional context to the reported numbers.

General Notes

Information is limited to specific academic departments, programs, and plans eligible for the Graduate Student Support Competition (GSSC). Reported numbers exclude secondary majors for students pursing joint degrees. More information on Graduate School degree programs can be found at https://grad.wisc.edu/academic-programs/.

Displayed counts are distinct headcounts within specified filter conditions.

More information on the Graduate Student Support Competition can be found at https://kb.wisc.edu/grad/page.php?id=87254.

Characteristics of Enrolled Students Dashboard

Enrollment data include all enrollment records in the reported academic year, and may therefore differ from other official publications using tenth day frozen enrollment records.

Program Completion Rates Dashboard

Doctoral completion rates are for students starting their doctoral plan between academic year 2011/12 and academic year 2015/16. Master's completion rates are for students starting their master's plan between academic year 2015/16 and 2019/20.  In both cases, degree completion/enrollment status is measured at the end of spring, 2023.

The 'Still Enrolled in Program' category includes students still enrolled in either fall 2022 or spring 2023 in their original academic plan, as well as those enrolled in a different academic plan but in the same academic program. The 'Left with Other Degree from Program' category includes students who did not complete their original master's plan but who earned either a (different) master's or doctoral degree in the same program.

Student Satisfaction Dashboard

Data on the Student Satisfaction Dashboard are derived from responses to the Graduate School Doctoral Exit Survey (DES) and Master's Exit Survey (MES) between summer 2018 and spring 2023. The DES and MES are administered to graduating students just prior to degree completion. Since fall 2015, all research doctoral program graduates have been required to complete the DES prior to submitting their signed degree warrant to the Graduate School. Similarly, graduating master's students have been required to complete the MES since fall 2019. Prior to that term survey completion was voluntary for master's graduates. More detailed information and a link to the current survey questionnaires can be found at https://kb.wisc.edu/grad/56327.