Master's Exit Survey Benchmarking
| This Page Last Updated |
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| 09/13/2026 |
| Description |
| This data workbook summarizes student responses to select questions from the Graduate School Master's Exit Survey (MES) for each master's program over the past ten academic years (certain questions do not have ten years worth of data available). The workbook also calculates differences in response means between each program and all other master's programs administered by the Graduate School, as well as programs in the associated disciplinary division, school/college, and disciplinary division within school/college respectively. Data can be filtered by student legal sex and/or demographic group to view comparisons by student subgroups for programs with sufficient numbers. |
| Report URL |
| https://tableau.wisconsin.edu/#/views/MastersExitSurveyBenchmarking/HomePage?:iid=2 |
| Data Cookbook URL (requires authorization) |
| https://uwmadison.datacookbook.com/institution/reports/60012/versions/86214 |
| Data Domain(s) |
| Student Record |
| Data Source Information |
| InfoAccess, Other |
| Responsible Office |
| Graduate School Office of Academic Analysis, Planning, & Assessment |
| Important Notes |
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The Master's Exit Survey (MES) is part of the warrant process for students graduating from master's programs at the university and is administered at the time of graduation. More detailed information on the survey can be found at https://kb.wisc.edu/grad/56327. Reported numbers represent aggregated survey responses collected over the past ten academic years (certain questions do not have ten years worth of data available; most MES questions and responses only exist from November, 2019 onward) . For privacy reasons, data are redacted in this workbook 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. |
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 |
| 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 |