Strada Education Network

Strada Outcomes Survey

University of Hawaiʻi 2022

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Summary Findings


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Achieved Goals and Cost Value

My education helped me achieve my goals

Strongly agree 41%

Somewhat agree 35%

Neither agree nor disagree 10%

Somewhat disagree 8%

Strongly disagree 5%

My education was worth the cost

Strongly agree 43%

Somewhat agree 31%

Neither agree nor disagree 10%

Somewhat disagree 10%

Strongly disagree 6%


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Income

$150k+ 8%

$100k - $150k 12%

$50k - $100k 38%

<$50k 29%

Decline to answer 12%


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Summary Findings by Sub-Group


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Summary Findings by Sub-Group


Helped achieve goals Worth the cost Income (>$50k)
Total 76% 74% 58%
Students of color 75% 73% 56%
Recent graduate 75% 70% 49%
Non-Traditional 73% 73% 58%
First generation 77% 74% 56%
Females 80% 77% 51%

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Net Benefit Scores Explanation


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Benefit Scores

Example

Benefit Scores are used throughout this report to show the relative positive or negative score of each item. These scores are calculated by subtracting the bottom two box scores (20% + 20% = 40%) from the top two box scores (25% + 20% = 45%) (45%-40%=5% in above example). Benefit Score = 5%. These benefit scores are then averaged to create a Net Benefit Score.


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Net Benefit Scores


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Net Benefit Profile

Academic Experiences 35

Career Experiences 15

Community Experiences 19

Financial Value 34

Career Preparation 49

Career Satisfaction 33

Life Impact 54

Skills 27

Affinity 13


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Peer benchmarking


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Peer benchmarking: Net Benefit Profile

University of Hawaiʻi National Large Public Peers
Academic Experiences 35 27 37
Career Experiences 15 14 11
Community Experiences 19 11 17
Financial Value 34 35 38
Career Preparation 49 50 53
Career Satisfaction 33 30 41
Life Impact 54 45 52
Skills 27 26 30
Affinity 13 7 17

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Net Benefit Scores by Sub-Group

Academic Experiences Career Experiences Community Experiences
Total 35 15 19
Students of color 33 17 19
Recent graduate 35 16 23
Non-Traditional 39 12 15
First generation 39 16 20
Females 42 19 27

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Net Benefit Scores by Sub-Group (continued)

Career Preparation Career Satisfaction Financial Value
Total 49 33 34
Students of color 46 31 35
Recent graduate 46 28 26
Non-Traditional 48 33 34
First generation 51 34 39
Females 55 35 37

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Net Benefit Scores by Sub-Group (continued 2)

Affinity Life Impact Skills
Total 13 54 27
Students of color 12 49 25
Recent graduate 11 51 28
Non-Traditional 11 55 28
First generation 15 55 33
Females 15 62 33

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Detailed findings


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Academic Experiences

How valuable were...

Not Applicable Not at all valuable Slightly valuable Somewhat valuable Very valuable Extremely valuable
...your professor or instructors? n/a n/a 8% 17% 33% 39%
...your classes,coursework, and areas of study? n/a n/a 8% 23% 33% 33%
...research experience? 20% 5% 8% 18% 24% 26%
...project-based learning? 16% 6% 8% 21% 24% 25%
...student services, such as financial aid or the registrar? 7% 12% 15% 21% 21% 24%
...the academic advising you received? 5% 19% 16% 21% 19% 20%

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Career Experiences

How valuable was...

Not Applicable Not at all valuable Slightly valuable Somewhat valuable Very valuable Extremely valuable
...being mentored? 43% n/a n/a 7% 16% 26%
...having a paid internship? 59% n/a n/a n/a 10% 21%
...receiving work-study? 64% n/a n/a 7% 9% 14%
...having an upaid internship? 54% 9% 5% 9% 9% 12%
...the career and job placement you received? 55% 12% 5% 7% 9% 13%
...the career advising you received? 38% 15% 9% 14% 12% 13%

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Community Experiences

How valuable was...

Not Applicable Not at all valuable Slightly valuable Somewhat valuable Very valuable Extremely valuable
...attending speakers, forums, cultural events and discussion? 24% 6% 7% 19% 23% 21%
...participating in off-campus community engagement or volunteering? 37% 5% 7% 14% 17% 20%
...participating in sports, clubs and social groups? 35% 6% 9% 13% 17% 19%
...participating in campus leadership and volunteering? 45% 6% 6% 12% 15% 16%
...alumni networking and professional connections? 41% 12% 10% 13% 12% 12%

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Financial Value

Note that responses are question specific

Did not help at all or Had very negative impact Helped a little or Had somewhat negative impact Helped some or Had no impact Helped quite a bit or Had somewhat positive impact Helped a great deal or Had very positive impact
What impact has it had on your financial circumstances? 7% 11% 17% 37% 28%
How much has it helped you to be able to support yourself and your family? 10% 11% 26% 28% 26%
How much as it helped you to make more money? 12% 14% 28% 26% 20%

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Career Preparation

Note that responses are question specific

Did not help at all or Had very negative impact Helped a little or Had somewhat negative impact Helped some or Had no impact Helped quite a bit or Had somewhat positive impact Helped a great deal or Had very positive impact
What impact has it had on your success at work? n/a n/a 18% 42% 37%
My education makes/made me an attrative candidate for potential employers. 5% 9% 15% 36% 35%
How much as it helped you to gain skills to be successful in work? 7% 12% 21% 32% 27%
How much as it helped you to be able to qualify for good jobs? 9% 11% 22% 29% 29%
How much as it helped you to advance your career? 11% 12% 21% 28% 28%

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Career Statisfaction

Not at all satisfied A little satisfied Somewhat satisfied Very satisfied Extremely satisfied
How satisfied are you in your current job or career? n/a 7% 24% 36% 28%
How satisfied are you with the progress you are making toward your long-term career goals? 8% 10% 27% 31% 24%
How satisfied were you with your first job after graduating from University of Hawaiʻi? 17% 16% 26% 24% 18%

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Career Statisfaction (continued)

Does your current job require you to have a college degree? 77%

Did your first job after graduating from University of Hawaiʻi require you to have a college degree? 64%


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Life Impact

Not at all A little Some Quite a bit A great deal
What impact has it had your quality of life? n/a n/a 16% 41% 37%
How much has it helped you to learn new things? n/a 7% 19% 33% 37%
What impact has it had on your communnity engagement, such as voting, volunteering, or advocacy? n/a n/a 43% 30% 26%
How much has it helped you to become the best person you can be? 8% 8% 22% 30% 32%
How much has it helped you to be a good role model? 9% 10% 25% 29% 27%

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Skills

How much did it help to develp your skill in...

Not at all A little Some Quite a bit A great deal
...ability to learn new things? n/a 10% 20% 34% 32%
...verbal communication or speaking? 5% 8% 23% 32% 32%
...critical thinking or problem solving? n/a 9% 23% 32% 31%
...writing? 6% 8% 20% 33% 30%
...teamwork? 8% 13% 26% 30% 23%
...creativity? 10% 14% 28% 26% 22%
...digital literacy? 12% 16% 27% 28% 17%
...leadership? 13% 15% 28% 24% 21%
...data analysis or satistics? 14% 17% 26% 27% 17%
...project management? 15% 20% 29% 25% 14%
...math? 20% 20% 30% 18% 12%

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Affinity

Note that responses are question specific.

Strongly disagree or Not at all interested Somewhat disagree or A little interested Neither agree nor disagree or Somewhat interested Somewhat agree or Very interested Strongly agree or Extremely interested
I felt like part of the community at University of Hawaiʻi 12% 16% 0% 46% 27%
When someone praises the University of Hawaiʻi, it feels like a personal compliment 10% 6% 25% 33% 26%
If a story in the media criticized University of Hawaiʻi, I would feel embarrassed 11% 11% 32% 33% 13%
How interested would you be in talking to current students about work and career? 21% 17% 26% 18% 17%
How interested would you be in serving as a mentor for current students? 26% 18% 23% 17% 16%
How interested would you be in providing a job shadowing experience for current students? 34% 15% 21% 16% 14%

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Developed Skills: Value Perceptions

Quite a bit/A great deal developed a skill Very/Extremely valuable skill at job
Ability to learn new things 66% 91%
Verbal communication/speaking 64% 94%
Critical thinking/probelm solving 63% 93%
Writing 62% 75%
Teamwork 53% 87%
Creativity 48% 66%
Digital literacy 45% 74%
Leadership 44% 75%
Data analysis 43% 57%
Project management 39% 72%
Math 30% 37%

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Educational Goals: Reasons for Pursuing Education and Outcomes

Extremely/Very important
reason for pursuing education		 Strongly agree/Agree that
education helped with outcome
Be able to qualify for good jobs 86% 58%
Gain skills to be successful at work 85% 59%
Learn new things 85% 70%
Advance your career 83% 56%
Be able to support family 82% 54%
Become the best person you can be 77% 62%
Make more money 72% 46%
Be a good role model 63% 56%

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Perspectives on student loans


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Total borrowed in student loans

$0 or no student loans 41%

Less than $5,000 5%

$5,000 to $15,000 13%

$15,001 to $25,000 13%

$25,001 to $50,000 15%

$50,001 to $75,000 5%

$75,001 to $100,000 2%

$100,001 or more 1%

Don’t know 4%


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To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

It was worth taking out student loans to get my bachelor’s degree.

Strongly agree 25%

Somewhat agree 29%

Neither agree nor disagree 15%

Somewhat disagree 14%

Strongly disagree 17%


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Appendix


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Methodology

Bachelor’s degree completers were invited to complete a 15 minute long online survey.

Responses in this report have been weighted to reflect the institutional age and gender distributions of bachelor’s degree completers between 2002 and 2021.

There were 1112 eligible responses from University of Hawaiʻi.

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Methodology: Margin of Error

Samples for this study are drawn from a finite list of alumni. The table below provides estimates for the margin of error at a 95% confidence interval across a range of sample sizes using the most conservative statistical assumptions. Margins of error for subgroups would be higher. All sample surveys and polls, whether or not they use probability sampling, are subject to multiple sources of error which are most often not possible to quantify or estimate.

Sample Size Confidence Interval Margin of Error
n=130095%+/-2.72
n=110095%+/-2.96
n=100095%+/-3.10
n=75095%+/-3.58
n=50095%+/-4.39
n=40095%+/-4.91
n=30095%+/-5.67
n=20095%+/-6.95
n=10095%+/-9.85
n=5095%+/-14.00

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Key demographics


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Income and Employment

Income

$150k+ 8%

$100k-$150k 12%

$50k-$100k 38%

<$50k 29%

Decline to answer 12%

Employment

Full time 76%

Part time 9%

Multiple 8%

Not currently working, but looking for work 3%

Not currently working, and not looking for work 4%


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Educational Background

Parent’s Education

High school or less 24%

Tech / Trade / Vocational 6%

Some college 9%

Associate degree 7%

Bachelor’s degree 27%

Some graduate school / Graduate degree 25%

Not sure %

Alumni Graduate Education

Postbaccalaureate certificate 4%

Master’s degree 42%

Post-master’s degree %

Doctoral research degree 5%

Doctoral professional degree 8%

None 40%


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Demographic Profile: Top Majors

Business, management, marketing, and related support service 14%

Social sciences 11%

Biological and biomedical sciences 8%

Psychology 6%

Health professions and related clinical sciences 6%

Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 6%

Education 5%

Other 44%


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Current occupation

Education, training, and library 24%

Healthcare 12%

Computer, engineering, and science 12%

Business and financial operations 11%

Community service, social service, legal, arts, design, entertainment, sports and media 9%

Office and administrative support 7%

Management 6%

Other 19%


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Additional demographics (unweighted)


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Gender

Male 37%

Female 55%

Another gender identity 1%

No answer 7%


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Current age and graduation year

Current Age

18-24 5%

25-39 57%

40+ 30%

No answer 7%

NA 0%

Graduation Year

2002-2006 23%

2007-2011 23%

2012-2016 28%

2017-2021 26%


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Hispanic/Latinx Origin and Race

Ethnicity

Hispanic 23%

Not Hispanic 77%

Race

White 29%

Other 3%

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4%

Multi-racial 38%

Black or African American 1%

Asian 26%

American Indian or Alaska Native 0%


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Race and Ethnicity Details

American Indian or Alaska Native 3%

Asian Indian 1%

Black or African American 3%

Chinese 17%

Cuban 0%

Filipino 18%

Guamanian or Chamorro 1%

Japanese 23%

Korean 6%

Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano/a 4%

Native Hawaiian 14%

Puerto Rican 3%

Samoan 2%

Vietnamese 2%

White 50%

Other Asian 3%

Other Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish origin 5%

Other Pacific Islander 3%

Other 4%


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Information

If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact:
Summer Casillas

summer.casillas@stradaeducation.org
https://www.stradaeducation.org/research

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