PAIR Surveys

First-Year Student Survey
First-Year students share their attitudes, values, perceptions and experiences with regard to their decision to attend college and, more specifically, James Madison University. View Findings ►
This survey is administered March - June to incoming summer and fall freshmen.

Transfer Student Survey
Transfer students share their attitudes, values and experiences at other institutions. View Findings ►
This survey is administered March - June to incoming summer and fall transfers.

Continuing Student Survey
Current JMU Students share their perceptions and degree of satisfaction with JMU, and their self-perceptions, attitudes, values, and beliefs. View Findings ►
This survey is administered on Spring Assessment Day to enrolled undergraduates with 45 - 70 credit hours.

Senior Insights Survey
Graduating students share about their experiences during the college career, with a focus on work-based learning experiences. View Findings ►
This survey is administered during the two months prior to graduation to undergraduates who have applied to graduate.

Benchmarking Surveys

National Survey of Student Engagement
NSSE collects information about first-year and senior students' participation in programs and activities that institutions provide for their learning and personal development. The results provide an estimate of how undergraduates spend their time and what they gain from attending college. View Findings ►