{"id":2349,"date":"2018-01-19T14:23:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T19:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/research\/?page_id=2349"},"modified":"2026-02-05T17:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:13:16","slug":"alumni-survey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/research\/alumni-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2015, Bates conducted a comprehensive survey of the alumni body. The survey was designed to gather your perspectives on the value of your Bates education, your career and postgraduate paths, how your Bates experiences shaped your lives, your relationship with the college following graduation, and your levels of satisfaction with Bates in a variety of areas. Your input has already begun to inform our efforts to give students the best possible liberal arts experience and offer alumni meaningful connections to Bates.<\/span><br><a id=\"highlights\"><\/a><br>Here are some highlights from the 2015 Alumni Survey:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#Rating the Bates Experience\">Rating the Bates Experience<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Top Five\">The Top-Five Learning Outcomes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Value Most\">What You Value Most About Your Bates Experience<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Bates Career Paths\">Bates Career Paths<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/alumni\/files\/2016\/09\/160912_Final_Alumni_Survey_report.pdf\">Read the full Alumni Survey report (PDF)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"Rating the Bates Experience\"><\/a>Rating the Bates Experience<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Alumni across the decades reported high rates of satisfaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"Top Five\"><\/a>The Top-Five Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A key component of satisfaction is the widespread belief that Bates&nbsp;contributed \u201cquite a bit\u201d or \u201cvery much\u201d to the&nbsp;following top-five learning outcomes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"Value Most\"><\/a>What You Value Most About Your Bates Experience<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Alumni across the decades reported that \u201cfriendship\u201d \u2014 with classmates and with faculty \u2014 is the most valued aspect of their Bates experience.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/alumni\/files\/2016\/10\/wordle-2017b.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/alumni\/files\/2016\/10\/wordle-2017b.png\" alt=\"a word cloud\" class=\"wp-image-9218\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"career-paths\"><a id=\"Bates Career Paths\"><\/a>Bates Career Paths<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The interactive infographic below is experienced optimally&nbsp;on a desktop or laptop computer in Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Point your mouse over&nbsp;any of the options in the right and left margins to explore&nbsp;Bates alumni career paths.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\t<p><a id=\"reset-visualization\" href=\"#\">Reset<\/a><\/p>\n\t<div id=\"pathwaysChart\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015, Bates conducted a comprehensive survey of the alumni body. 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