1. AUB Alumni Survey Report 2016
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2. Outline
Introduction
Demographic Information
Employment Status
AUB Experience
Connectedness to AUB
Comments

3. Demographic Information
Alumni Survey was prepared and administered online summer of 2016 to three groups of AUB Alumni:
graduates of 2015 and 2016,
Graduated five years ago, and
graduated ten years ago.
Answered by 1029 alumnus, nearly 70% of which graduated in 2015/16.
A higher percentage of females answered survey (51%), and two thirds were holders of a Bachelor’s degree

4. Breakdown of Sample by Faculty and Age

5. Employment Status

6. Employment Status of Respondents
65% of total sample are employed full-time/part-time or self-employed,
50% graduates of
71-75% to older graduates.
15% of total sample are seeking employment, 82% of them come from graduates.
14% are still studying and as expected 91% of them come from recent graduates
85% of sample report that current job is somewhat/very related to what they have studied at AUB

7. Range of Income
Higher income, as expected, is reported by older graduates
a higher percentage of them prefer not to answer this question.
It is interesting to note that 48% of respondents in 10 year cohort are in $70,000 and over income bracket and 25% of the 5-year cohort.

8. Point of Securing First Paying Job
25% of total sample reported securing 1st job while enrolled as undergraduate
recent graduates 30%
older ones 20%
87% of our graduates find work within one year of graduation (including while enrolled)
Recent graduates 91%
Older graduates 82-83%
An excellent outcome for AUB. It is doing much better now in securing jobs for its graduates than before

9. Relation of job to major and frequency of changing jobs
A higher percentage of respondents reported that first paying job was more related to their major and to their career paths and required them to use the skills they gained in college than the current job.
With respect to changing jobs,
47% had one job only since graduation,
38% had 2-3 jobs,
12% 4-5 jobs, and
3% more than 6 jobs since

10. AUB Experience
Satisfaction with quality, reputation, personal development, experience

11. Satisfaction with undergraduate experience, overall instructionN
Mean %
Satisfaction with AUB undergraduate/graduate experience
797
3.8/5 76
Characterize the quality of instruction in your MAJOR
795
3.1/4 78
Overall Quality of Instruction
786
3.2/4 80
If employed, how well did AUB prepare you for the demands of your current position
574
3.6/5 72
If pursuing graduate studies, how well did AUB prepare you for the demands of your current graduate or professional school?
391
3.7/5 74
Satisfaction with AUB experience
76% of overall sample satisfied/very,
64% of 5-year cohort
Quality of instruction in major
35% of total sample rated it excellent, 42% with the 10 year group
82-86% rated it as Good/Excellent Overall quality of instruction
32% of total sample rated excellent 45% with the 10 year
87-90% rated it as good/excellent
Preparation for employment and graduate work %.

12. Overall Satisfaction by Cohort

13. AUB’s Academic Reputation
AUB's academic reputation is
Total
# %
# %
5 Yrs. Ago
10 Yrs. Ago
Declining
148 19
104 21 23 15
Staying the same
330 42
207 41 45 61 48
Improving
212 27
146 29 32 25
Don't know 90 12 50 10 17 16
780
507
108
128
AUB Reputation
42% overall view it as stable
27% view it as improving
Highest percentage of those who view it as stable comes from the 10-year cohort,
highest percentage of those who view it as improving comes from recent graduates (29%).
Another group of recent graduates also view AUB’s reputation as declining (21%).

14. Alumni Personal Development
Total sample
5 years
10 years
Extent your education at AUB affect your personal development in each of the following areas?
Very much %
SomeWhat
Mean
Creative thinking 39 40
2.3 43 45 36
Critical thinking 62 28
2.6 68 65 60
Communication 58
2.5 64
Writing skills 52 32 55 50
Effective speaking 49 33
2.4 56 44
Empirical and quantitative computation 42 38 48 46
Reading and comprehending materials on a variety of topics 57 31 54
Ability to use computers/information technology 41 47
Leading others
2.2
Teamwork 51 59
Planning and carrying out projects 30
Learning on your own 67 23
2.7 74 71 69
Personal responsibility 63 25 70
Social responsibility 34
Self-confidence in expressing your own ideas 53
Physical and mental health 29 37
2.0 27
Career planning
1.9 20
Appreciating the arts 19
Appreciating diversity 61
Appreciation for life-long learning 66
Understanding other cultures, races or ethnic groups
Appreciating global perspectives

15. Experience of Big Six High Impact Practices

16. Alumni Personal Development
Overall, highest areas of growth ≥ 60% were in
learning on their own,
taking personal responsibility, and
acquiring critical thinking skills
Also improved in communication, reading and comprehending materials on different topics, and planning and carrying out projects.
Their lowest development ≤0.30 occurred in career planning, appreciating the arts, and physical and mental health.
Examining responses by cohort, highest rate of development was reported by the more recent graduates, while lowest by 10-year cohort

17. Experiencing Big Six High Impact Practices
Percentage agreement on experiencing these HIPs for whole sample ranged from 55-96% with the highest agreement on
‘I had at least one professor who made me excited about learning’
‘I worked on a project that took a semester or more to complete’
‘My professors cared about me as a person’.
Comparing respondents by cohort, it was clear that more recent graduates have experienced these practices more while the older ones (10-year cohort) the least, and this is due to the fact that AUB has started engaging and encouraging these practices in recent years

18. Alumni Participation and Support
Extent of connectedness and willingness to provide support

19. Graduates Connectedness to AUB by Cohort

20. Alumni Connectedness by Cohort

21. Graduates’ Connectedness to AUB
86% of respondents have some to very strong connection to AUB, percentage is higher with recent graduates, they also more frequently visit campus and visit AUB website,
There is a need to motivate older graduates and to strengthen their connectedness to AUB
A large percentage of graduates are aware of the WAAAUB, have an AUB Alumni ID (80%), 2/3 of them are willing to attend WAAAUB events and 61% are willing to contribute funds.
Recent graduates have higher agreement with these statements except for raising funds as 10-year cohort reports 71% willingness to do that.
Older graduates reported higher receiving and reading of Main Gate, Al Jameaa, and registration in online community, so
AUB needs to better orient and encourage recent graduates in these areas.
It is also important to note the very low percentage of respondents (19%) who are aware of their campus benefits as alumnus or who have attended an AUB Class Reunion event (10%), especially in the 5-year cohort category
Need to orient graduates to their campus benefits

22. Comments
Very useful comments were provided by alumni on the following questions:
Do you read AUB Main Gate?
Do you know about WAAAUB, the alumni association of AUB
Have you attended an AUB Class Reunion event? (If no, please specify why
Are you willing to contribute or help raise funds for scholarships
Additional thoughts you might have on how AUB can serve you better.

23. Thank you. K. El Hassan, PhD OIRA