The survey was sent to 832 Daemen University students who were conferred a degree in September 2020, January 2021, or May 2021. There were 299 Survey responses, some of them were partially completed surveys. This may cause the sample size (n = 299) for each question to be lower. 3 of the 832 emails sent bounced (were not delivered). Survey responses and LinkedIn were used to calculate the Knowledge rate for this iteration of the survey. The Daemen University Knowledge Rate for this year is 55.9% and includes information from LinkedIn on an additional 166 students. Nationally the combined, average for bachelor's and Master’s Degree Knowledge rate was 55.1%. 80% of survey respondents were female, 17 % were male and no respondents reported being Transgender. 3% preferred not to respond to the gender identity question asked. This is comparable to Daemen’s student body composition overall and comparable to survey responses in past years. In terms of race, the reporting was comparable to last year with Caucasians making up 84% of the respondents, followed by 6% of Black/African Americans. Other races listed, although minimal in measure – Asian and Two or more. The extreme uni-polar distribution regarding non-international students (97.88%), non-veterans (100%), and non-Hispanic (86.77%) resulted in few if any significant differences in these measures. When asked if they felt that they are employed in a field that is related to their major 96% of graduates (N=59) and 78% of Undergraduates (N = 93) replied yes. 95.32% of Daemen graduates are either employed and/or in graduate school. NACE defines this number as the Career Outcomes Percentage - the number of graduates who have landed in any of the employment categories, plus service and military, plus continuing education divided by the number of students for whom an outcome is known. (See Table Below). 14.69% are pursuing graduate education, 67.19% are employed full-time and 13.44 % are employed part-time.
The survey was sent to 858 Daemen University students who were conferred a degree in September 2019, January 2020, or May 2020. There were 414 survey responses, some of them were partially completed surveys. This may cause the sample (n = 414) size for each question to be lower. Forty-one of the 857 emails sent bounced (were not delivered) and 13 students opted out of completing the survey. 81.4% of survey respondents were female, 17% were male and .4% reported Transgender. 1.2% preferred not to respond to the gender identity question asked. This is comparable to Daemen’s student body composition overall and comparable to survey responses in past years. In terms of race, the reporting was comparable to last year with Caucasians making up 86.52% of the respondents, followed by 7.1% Black/African American, followed by those who chose “Two or more races” at 3.2%.
18.36% of graduates from Daemen responded they are in a program of continuing education.
The 2019 survey was sent to 950 Daemen University students who were conferred a degree in September 2018, January 2019, or May 2019. There were 472 Survey responses, some of them were partially completed surveys. This may cause the sample (n = 472) size for each question to be lower. Thirteen of the 950 emails sent bounced (were not delivered) and four students opted out of completing the survey. The majority of the survey respondents were female (80.14%) and Caucasian (86.52%). This is representative of the student body at Daemen and comparable to past years' survey respondents' demographic measures.
23.73% of graduates from Daemen responded they are in a program of continuing education.
The 2018 survey was sent to 1,041 Daemen University students who were conferred a degree in September 2017, January 2018, or May 2018. There were 302 Survey responses, 40 of which were partially completed surveys. This may cause the sample (n = 302) size for each question to be lower. Thirteen of the 1,041 emails sent bounced (were not delivered) and four students opted out of completing the survey. The Majority of the survey respondents were female (81.3%) and Caucasian (84.91%). This is representative of the student body at Daemen and comparable to last year's survey respondent demographic measures.
24.5% of graduates from Daemen responded they are in a program of continuing education.
The 2016 survey was sent to all of the 577 Daemen University students who obtained their Bachelor's degree or a dual degree that is only given as a combined degree (BS/MS Accountancy and BS/MS health sciences/physician assistant) or graduate degree conferred September 2014, January 2015, or May 2015. Of the 577 graduates invited to participate, 37.39% responded they are in a continuing education program. This compares to the 39.5% response rate for the 2015 survey.
The 2015 survey was sent to all of the 493 Daemen University students who obtained their Bachelor's degree or a dual degree that is only given as a combined degree (BS/MS Accountancy and BS/MS health sciences/physician assistant) conferred in September 2013, January 2014, or May 2014. 39.5% response rate.
The 2014 survey was sent to all of the 412 Daemen University students who obtained their Bachelor's degree or a dual degree that is only given as a combined degree (BS/MS Accountancy and BS/MS health sciences/physician assistant) conferred in September 2012, January 2013, or May 2013. 46.6% response rate
The 2013 survey was sent to all of the 377 Daemen University students who obtained their Bachelor's degree or a dual degree that is only given as a combined degree (BS/MS Accountancy and BS/MS health sciences/physician assistant) conferred in September 2011, January 2012, or May 2012. 41.1% response rate.
