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Use this alumni survey template to understand what former students value after leaving your institution and what support they would welcome now. Eight questions explore useful learning, continuing connection, and future alumni activities. Customize the survey in SurveyLegend and use the answers to plan services with a clear purpose.

When to use this alumni survey

Choose the alumni group and the time since graduation before sending your invitation. A recent graduate may need different support from someone who left many years ago. Include people who rarely attend alumni events as well as active members. This questionnaire asks about the continuing relationship; our student graduation survey template focuses on the point of leaving.

8 questions for your alumni survey

Start with these questions and adapt them to your audience. Every field is optional. Where answer choices are listed, respondents choose one.

Respondent introduction:
Please reflect on your experience since leaving this institution and the alumni support you would find useful now. You may respond even if you have not used any alumni services. All questions are optional.

How to customize your alumni survey

Name the institution and explain which services or decisions the answers will inform. Keep an option for people who have not used alumni support. Avoid turning the survey into a donation request or assuming everyone wants career networking. If you ask for follow-up contact details, make that a separate, explained choice. Do not treat positive feedback as permission to publish a named quote or use someone's story in marketing.

Printable alumni survey template

Use this printable alumni survey template at a reunion, discussion group, or alumni event. It lets former students share reflections on paper if that feels more comfortable. SurveyLegend gives you an online alternative so alumni can respond in the format that works for them.

AI prompt for an alumni survey

Create an alumni survey in SurveyLegend with questions about useful learning, ongoing support, connection, and future alumni activities.

The full prompt below includes all 8 questions and their response settings. Copy it, register for a free SurveyLegend account, and paste it into SurveyLegend's AI survey creation tool. Review and customize the result before sharing.

Create an alumni survey in SurveyLegend using the exact questionnaire below.

Purpose: Understand the continuing relevance of the educational experience and alumni support.

Requirements:
- Include exactly 8 questions or fields, in the order shown. Preserve the wording, answer choices, choice order, field types, and optional settings verbatim.
- Use one selection for each Single choice field. Show all fields. Preserve instructions about leaving an irrelevant field blank; do not invent automatic branching.
- Do not add scoring, sample answers, claims of validation, or an anonymity promise.
- Keep the respondent introduction below. Any named event, advertisement, use case, review period, or organization referenced must be supplied by the survey creator before sharing. Do not invent these details.
- If a field, setting, or required supporting asset cannot be provided, explain the limitation. Do not silently substitute it or claim a working survey exists.

Respondent introduction:
Please reflect on your experience since leaving this institution and the alumni support you would find useful now. You may respond even if you have not used any alumni services. All questions are optional.

Exact questionnaire:

1. How long has it been since you completed your studies at this institution?
Field type: Single choice
Answer choices, in order:
- Less than 1 year
- 1 to less than 3 years
- 3 to less than 6 years
- 6 to less than 11 years
- 11 years or more
- Prefer not to answer
Required: No

2. Which part of your learning experience has been most useful since leaving?
Field type: Long text
Answer choices: none; respondent enters their own text.
Required: No

3. What do you wish your studies had helped you prepare for more effectively?
Field type: Long text
Answer choices: none; respondent enters their own text.
Required: No

4. How connected do you currently feel to the institution?
Field type: Single choice
Answer choices, in order:
- Not at all connected
- Slightly connected
- Moderately connected
- Very connected
- Extremely connected
Required: No

5. During the past year, have you used an alumni service or attended an alumni activity?
Field type: Single choice
Answer choices, in order:
- Yes
- No
- Not sure
Required: No

6. If you used an alumni service or attended an activity, what was useful or could be improved? Leave this blank if you did not.
Field type: Long text
Answer choices: none; respondent enters their own text.
Required: No

7. What kind of alumni activity or support would be most useful to you now?
Field type: Long text
Answer choices: none; respondent enters their own text.
Required: No

8. What would make it easier for you to stay involved, if you wanted to?
Field type: Long text
Answer choices: none; respondent enters their own text.
Required: No

Before finishing, compare every field with this specification. Report differences separately. Let the creator review and customize the private draft before sharing; do not publish it automatically.

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Use alumni feedback to plan relevant support

Review responses by broad time-since-graduation groups where there are enough answers to do so responsibly. Compare requests from less-connected alumni with the interests of frequent participants. Use comments to understand the reason behind an activity preference before planning a new service. Invite a smaller follow-up discussion if an idea needs clarification. Findings describe the alumni who responded; they are not a verified measure of graduate outcomes or employment success.

How is an alumni survey different from an alumni contact form?

A contact form updates records and preferences. This survey collects feedback about the educational experience and continuing relationship. Keeping them separate lets people share an opinion without making a record update the main task.

Should I ask alumni about their salary or employer?

Only if that information supports a clearly explained study. This starter does not need it. A formal graduate-outcomes study would require its own definitions, timing, collection design, and review.

Can I publish positive alumni comments?

Do not assume a survey response gives permission for public use. Ask separately before publishing a named comment or using a story in promotional material, and explain exactly how you intend to use it.

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