Adams State University – School of Counselor Education – 2021
GRADUATE EXIT SURVEY
Response Rate
- Electronic Surveys sent: 457
- Surveys returned: 188
- Response Rate: 41.14%
Status of Program
- On campus: 3.19% (N = 6)
- Online: 96.81% (N a 182)
Counseling Concentration
- Community/Clinical: 62.77% (N = 118)
- School: 33.51% (N = 63)
- Dual: 3.72% (N = 7)
Current Position
- School Counselor: 30.85% (N = 58)
- Community/Clinical: 25.00% (N = 47)
- Private Practice: 20.21% (N = 38)
- Other: 33.51% (N = 63)
Length of Employment
- Less than 6 months: 33.51% (N = 63)
- 6 months to 1 year: 25.53% (N = 48)
- 1 to 3 years: 25.53% (N = 48)
- 3 to 6 years: 6.91% {N = 13)
- More than 6 years: 4.79% (N = 9)
Current annual salary range?
- Under $10,000: 21.81% (N = 41)
- $10,000 to $20,000: 4.79% (N = 9)
- $20,000 to 30,000: 6.91% (N = 13)
- $30,000 to $40,000: 12.23%(N = 23)
- $40,000 to $50,000: 25.53% (N = 48)
- More than $50,000: 22.87% (N = 43)
What licensures/certifications do you currently hold?
- Non-independent level licensed counselor: 13.30% (N = 25)
- Independent-level licensed counselor (LPC, LPCC, LCPC, etc.): 9.04% (N = 17)
- NCC: 5.32% (N = 10)
- NCSC: 0.00% (N = 0)
- Other: 7.98% (N = 15)
- None: 56.38% (N = 106)
What licensures/certifications are you currently working on?
- Non-independent level licensed counselor: 12.23% (N = 23)
- Independent-level licensed counselor (LPC, LPCC. LCPC, etc.): 62.23% (N = 117)
- NCC: 35.64% (N = 67)
- NCSC: 5.85% (N = 11)
- Other: 4.26% (N = 8)
- None: 6.91% (N = 13)
Program Satisfaction
- Academic quality of coursework: 6.18(.81)
- Practicum experiences: 6.02 (1.13)
- Internship experiences: 6.36 (.78)
- Exp. in self-exploration: 6.53 (.66)
- Physical facilities: 5.42 (1.25)
- Faculty availability: 6.15 (.92)
- Faculty advisement: 6.38 (.97)
- Modeling of ethics & prof: 6.20 (.97)
- Rel. of academics to current position: 5.88 (1.01)
- Rel. of practical exp. to current position: 6.08 (1.07)
- Sequence of coursework: 5.84 (1.10)
- Cohesiveness of coursework: 6.01 (.96)
- Prep for self-care & growth: 6.09 (.95)
- Prep for license & exams: 5.30 (1.46)
- Prep forinvolvementin prof.org: 5.55 (1.29)
- Prep for current position: 5.71 (1.09)
- Overall Total Satisfaction: 5.96 (.68)
ALUMNI SURVEY RESULTS
Response Rate
- Electronic Surveys sent: 1504
- Surveys returned: 119
- Response Rate: 7.09%
Status of Program
- On campus: 14.29% (N = 17)
- Online: 89.08% (N = 106)
Counseling Concentration
- Community/Clinical: 58.82% (N: 70)
- School: 34.45% (N = 41)
- Dual : 6.72% (N = 8)
*Currently Employed as a Professional Counselor
- Yes: 89.08% (N = 106)
- No: 10.92% (N = 13)
Current Position
- School Counselor: 32.77% (N = 39)
- Community/Clinical: 30.25% (N = 36)
- Private Practice: 31.09% (N = 37)
- Other: 15.97% (N= 19)
Length of Employment
- Less than 6 months: 7.56% (N = 9)
- 6 months to 1 year: 15.13% (N = 18)
- 1 to 3 years: 33.61% (N = 40)
- 3 to 6 years: 31.09% (N = 37)
- More than 6 years: 12.61%(N=15)
Current annual salary range?
- Under $10,000: 1.68% (N = 2)
- $10,000 to $20,000: 4.20% (N = 5)
- $20,000 to 30,000: 2.52% (N = 3)
- $30,000 to $40,000: 7.56% (N = 9)
- $40,000 to $50,000: 21.85% (N = 26)
- More than $50,000: 61.34% (N = 73)
What licensures/certifications are you currently working on?
- Non-independent level licensed counselor: .84% (N = 1)
- Independent-level licensed counselor (LPC. LPCC, LCPC, etc.): 33.61% (N = 40)
- NCC : 5.04% (N = 6)
- NCSC: 2.52% (N = 3)
- Other: .84% (N= 1)
- None: 47.06% (N = 56)
Program Satisfaction Includes 2020 Alumni survey+ 2021 Graduate survey results (N=356)
- Academic quality of coursework: 6.29(.76)
- Practicumexperiences:6.12(1.02)
- Internshipexperiences:6.33(.95)
- Exp.in self-exploration:6.48(.74)
- Physicalfacilities:5.73(1.20)
- Faculty availability:6.21(.94)
- Faculty advisement: 6.24(1.08)
- Modeling of ethics & prof: 6.23(1.08)
- Rel. of academics to current position: 5.96(.10)
- Rel. of practical exp. to current position:6.13(1.07)
- Sequence of coursework: 6.08(.98)
- Cohesiveness of coursework: 6.16(.92)
- Prep for self-care & growth:6.16(.95)
- Prep for license & exams: 5.83(1.20)3
- Prep for involvement in prof. org: 5.73(1.20)
- Prep for current position:5.83(1.13)
- Overall Total Satisfaction: 6.08(.84)
