University of California 2011 Accountability Report

Indicator 4.5
Long-term alumni academic satisfaction, Universitywide, 2010

Data visualization. please download the source data for accessible information.

UC students who graduated in 1989, 1999, and 2004 report higher levels of satisfaction with their UC education than UC seniors who were surveyed in 2010. Student satisfaction seems to grow slightly with time away from UC.

The reasons for the differences in satisfaction among the classes are not clear. Students graduating five, 10 or 20 years ago may have been more satisfied with their UC education than students graduating in 2010. Satisfaction may grow with time away from UC, upon reflection and as students settle into careers.

You may view or download a table of the raw data used to generate these charts in CSV files, which can be opened in spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice.