Undergraduate First Destination Outcomes (Restricted)

This Page Last Updated
04/05/2026
Description

A 2024-2025 academic year summary of campus-wide First Destination Survey responses, summarized by major, school/college, admit type, first generation status, student athlete status, residency tuition, international status, and Pell Grant status. To protect student privacy, Pell Grant data is redacted for group of fewer than 5 students. Access is limited to those with restricted student access and is subject to FERPA guidelines for student privacy.

Report URL
https://tableau.wisconsin.edu/#/views/UndergraduateFirstDestinationOutcomesRestricted/Homepage
Data Cookbook URL (requires authorization)
https://uwmadison.datacookbook.com/institution/reports/63952/versions/84094
Data Domain(s)
Career Services, Financial Aid, Student Record
Access Restrictions
Student Record Data Restricted
Data Source Information
Handshake, InfoAccess
Data View Information
RETENTION_AWARDS_MAIN, RETENTION_AWARDS_PLAN, RETENTION_SEMESTER_HISTORY, RETENTION_STUDENT, STDNT_ETHNIC_REPORTING, UGRD_RECRUITMENT_CATEGORY, FA_AWARD
Update Schedule
Annually, typically in December or January
Responsible Office
Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research
Important Notes

The First Destination Survey is administered at the time of graduation to undergraduate students who have applied to graduate. Bachelor's degree recipients have up to six months after graduation to respond to the survey, and results are limited to those who earned a degree. All responses to the survey are voluntary. For degree recipients who did not respond to the survey an effort is made to find their post-graduation outcomes from other sources such as the National Student Clearinghouse and LinkedIn.

The survey complies with National Association of Colleges and Employers standards for First Destination Surveys and meets accountability requirements set by the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents and the State of Wisconsin.

Results are tabulated based on the number of respondents, not the overall number of graduates. For employment-related results or continuing-education related results, results are limited to those students who indicated they planned to do the corresponding activity after graduation.

Reported salary figures reflect full-time employment in U.S. dollars only and omit any amounts below $15,090, which is the U.S. federal minimum-wage threshold.

Definitions

Name Functional Definition Data Domains
Athletic Participation

This field specifies the sport a student actively participates in or their non-participatory association with Athletics, such as receiving services or medical hardship.

Student Record
First Generation Status

An undergraduate is considered a first generation student if they reported on their application for admission that neither of their parents had earned a four-year college degree. All others, including those who did not respond to the question are considered non-first generation.

Student Record
International Students

Non-immigrant visitors who come to the United States temporarily to take classes.

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Major

A focused area of study that leads to a degree.

Academic Planning
Pell Recipient

Pell Recipient is an undergraduate student who has received a Federal Pell Grant disbursement during a specified term.

Financial Aid
School/College of Student

The student's primary school/college. Some students have a second major or pursue a certificate in another school/college.

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Term Admit Type

Indicates whether a student is a continuing, readmitted, reentry/transfer, new freshman, new transfer, or other new student in that term, except students who start as new freshmen in summer are shown as new freshmen in the following fall too, if enrolled.

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Tuition Residency

The residency status of a student for tuition purposes. Some non-resident students from Minnesota ("Minnesota Compact" students) pay tuition based on a legal agreement between the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota.

University of Wisconsin - Madison