No guesswork: real student data to guide your strategy

Each year, NACE surveys thousands of college students nationwide to uncover how they think about careers, engage with employers, and make decisions about their future.

The 2025 Student Survey Report and Dashboard go beyond generalized trends—they give you hard evidence to guide your strategies, strengthen student programs, and adapt recruiting practices to meet today’s realities.

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Fee: $280 (members); $435 (nonmembers)

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This product is FREE to all member participants. If your organization participated in the survey, or you purchased the report and dashboard, go to MyNACE > Research Reports > 2025 Student Survey Report & Dashboard – 4 Year to access the reports.

2025 Student Survey Report
2025 Student Survey Report

Dive Deep Into the Data

The 2025 Student Survey Report examines recent 4-year college graduate preferences and attitudes regarding their career development including preparedness and career readiness, experiential learning, their job preferences including modality, and their success in the job market and at career fairs.

Your Biggest Student Questions—Answered

With insights from 13,600+ students across 258 institutions, the 2025 report answers your most critical questions like:

  • How early are students starting the job search, and which resources do they actually use?
  • Do students use AI in their job search—or do ethical and knowledge gaps hold them back?
  • What skills were developed via experiential learning?
  • Do students feel like their institution prepared them for life after graduation?
September 2025. 8 1/2” x 11”. 40 pages. PDF format.
2025 Student Survey Report

Mix and Match Criteria for Deeper Insights

Bring the data to life with our exclusive, interactive dashboard! Quickly see how different student populations experience the path from college to career—and use that evidence to design appropriate strategies.

You can filter bachelor’s degree data by: major,  gender, ethnicity, and  first-generation status. Dashboard figures and breakouts include things like...

Internship + Experiential Learning

  • Modality, pay status, and industry
  • Satisfaction, job offers, and conversion factors

The Job Search + Networking

  • Search methods and applications  
  • Career fairs and career center usage
  • Recruiting events attended

Belonging

  • Support and acceptance on campus

Career Readiness

  • Classroom and competency connections
  • Skill articulation
  • Competency development during experiential learning

AI Usage

  • AI in the job search
  • Search tactics incorporating AI

September 2025. Microsoft Power BI. Web format.


How do you use a dashboard?
Check out this dashboard demo from a previous Student Survey report.

It pays to participate: get free and discounted access!

NACE members who participated in the 2025 Student Survey receive free access to the product for every single NACE member at their organization at MyNACE > Research Reports > 2025 Student Survey Report & Dashboard – 4 Year. Nonmembers who participated are eligible for a discounted rate.

To learn more about survey participation, contact NACE Research at [email protected].

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