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First Destination Survey

The First Destination Survey is the survey for graduating seniors!

Fall 2024 graduates: 
Congratulations!  Select the quarter of your graduation:
 
 
For students graduating in Winter 2025 and later:  look for an emailed invitation to take this survey at the end of the quarter that you will receive your degree!

For each quarter's graduates, the survey is open for up to six months after graduation.  The survey asks graduating seniors about plans after completing a degree – whether seeking employment, working, going to graduate school, or pursuing other interests.

2016-2023 First Destination Survey Results

First Destination Survey Dashboard

Results show the post-graduation plans of recent undergraduate degree recipients. The aim of this dashboard is to help students with major selection and career preparation. Responses include graduates from 7 years (Summer 2016 to Spring 2023).  Responses from Spring 2023 graduates were collected through January 2024.

The survey helps current students with major selection and career preparation, and helps alumni understand where UC Santa Cruz students go after graduation.  Results help UCSC Career Success and academic departments plan to better meet students' and recent graduates' needs. Responses are confidential, reported in the aggregate, and are combined over multiple quarters and years.

2012-2017 First Destination Survey Results

2014-2016 Plans for Employment and Graduate Studies:  Major-specific reports provide an overview of the diverse interests and achievements of recent graduates from UC Santa Cruz, for the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 graduating cohorts combined.

Arts Humanities Physical and Biological Sciences Baskin Engineering Social Sciences