2016 Graduate Student Satisfaction Survey (GSSS) Results

About the GSSS

The Graduate Student Satisfaction Survey (GSSS) was administered in Spring 2016. A link to the survey was emailed to 4,922 enrolled, degree-seeking graduate students on the Lawrence and Edwards campuses in early March 2016. The survey closed in mid-April 2016. There were 2,296 responses for a response rate of 46.6%. Response rates are available by department, sex, and ethnicity.If the response rate for a department was 35% or less and the number of respondents was 3 or less, the results for that department are not included here.

Survey results were distributed to graduate directors, department chairs, and deans.

Survey Instrument (pdf)

2016 Results

• University Summary


• Doctoral Students Summary


• Master's Students Summary


• College/School Reports
   
  Select a College/SchoolCollege of Liberal Arts and SciencesSchool of Architecture, Design and PlanningSchool of BusinessSchool of EducationSchool of EngineeringSchool of Journalism and Mass CommunicationsSchool of MusicSchool of PharmacySchool of Social Welfare  


• College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Division Reports
   
  Select a DivisionDivision of HumanitiesDivision of Natural Sciences and MathematicsDivision of Social and Behavorial SciencesSchool of the Arts  


• Department Reports
   
  Select a DepartmentAerospace EngineeringAfrican and African-American StudiesAmerican StudiesAnthropologyApplied Behavioral ScienceArchitecture and Urban PlanningBusinessChemical and Petroleum EngineeringChemistryCivil, Environmental, and Architectural EngineeringClassicsCommunication StudiesComputational BiologyCurriculum and TeachingDesignEast Asian StudiesEcology and Evolutionary BiologyEconomicsEducational Leadership and Policy StudiesEducational PsychologyElectrical Engineering and Computer ScienceEngineeringEngineering ManagementEnglishFilm and Media StudiesFrench and ItalianGeographyGeologyGermanic Languages and LiteraturesGlobal and International StudiesHealth, Sport, and Exercise SciencesHistoryHistory of ArtJournalismLiberal Arts and SciencesLinguisticsMathematicsMechanical EngineeringMedicinal ChemistryMolecular BiosciencesMuseum StudiesMusicPharmaceutical ChemistryPharmacology and ToxicologyPhilosophyPhysics and AstronomyPolitical SciencePsychologyPublic AdministrationReligious StudiesSlavic Languages and LiteraturesSocial WelfareSociologySpanish and PortugueseSpecial EducationSpeech, Language, and HearingTheatreUrban PlanningVisual ArtWomen, Gender and Sexuality Studies  

Results from the 2013 survey will be added to the website soon.

Questions about the survey results and administration should be directed to the Office of Analytics & Institutional Research at air_help@ku.edu (full contact information below).