"We are grateful to our alumni for your partnership with us and for advocating for everything that is best in a college for Christ and his kingdom."
President Philip Ryken
We are deeply grateful for the extraordinary participation of our alumni community in this important initiative. With more than 5,000 responses in 2024 representing nearly 20% of our contacted alumni base, your engagement far exceeded typical response rates of 3-5% for similar institutional surveys.
This remarkable level of participation provides us with invaluable insights that will help shape how we serve both current students and alumni in the years ahead.
82 Countries Represented
Plus 50 states and Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
5,161 Total Respondents
A 20% response rate
93.5% said it was a great or good decision
to attend Wheaton College
89% of alumni read the Alumni Magazine
(Thank you!)
Wheaton's Distinctive Mission
The survey results powerfully affirm Wheaton's distinctive mission and impact for Christ and His Kingdom. An overwhelming 93% of respondents confirmed that choosing Wheaton was the right decision, while 86% actively recommend the College to others.
Distinguished Faculty and Christ-centered Residence Life
You particularly highlighted our distinguished faculty and Christ-centered residential experience as key strengths, noting how these elements foster moral and ethical decision-making capabilities that prove invaluable both during college years and throughout professional careers.
Because so many of you participated in our survey, we have a wealth of significant, actionable data to speak into decision-making at Wheaton. We are committed to sharing regular communication updates with you in the impact of your feedback to us, and the actions we're taking as a result.
An Invitation to Explore
We invite you to explore this website, which serves as a growing resource for understanding how your feedback is helping us enhance the Wheaton experience. Here you'll find key survey insights, important College updates, and information about how we're responding to your input. Please bookmark this page and check back periodically – we'll be regularly updating it with new findings and initiatives that demonstrate how your participation is helping shape Wheaton's future while honoring our historic mission and theological commitments.
Thank You!
We understand that your time is very valuable and, on behalf of everyone at Wheaton College, thank you for giving us your time and your thoughts. We don’t take it—or you—for granted.
- Cindra Stackhouse Taetzsch ’82, Chief Alumni Officer and Executive Director, Wheaton College Alumni Association
Consistent alumni response generates meaningful, actionable data
In Pursuit of Engagement and Excellence
"Our results fall into Actionable Results, Prioritized Improvement Opportunities, Enhanced Brand Recognition, and Alumni Partnerships categories. For example, we see a clear opportunity to build greater alumni involvement. Specifically, we have many alumni with lower levels of connectedness who still readily recommend the College to prospective students and parents at a much higher level. This is engagement we can deliberately pursue."
Dr. Kirk D. Farney M.A. ’98, Vice President for Advancement, Vocation, and Alumni Engagement
Key Areas Wheaton College Could Improve in its Offerings to Students
Your suggestions for areas of improvement align with our own priorities for growth, and we acknowledge there is more work to do. See how Wheaton is proactively addressing these areas.
1. Skills and Training for Career
Learn how the Center for Vocation and Career (CVC) is working tirelessly to prepare students for life after Wheaton.
Learn more about Life with God Together, a spiritual formation initiative to inspire students to grow a spiritually vibrant, Christ-like evangelical witness.
3. Developing Moral and Ethical Decision-making Abilities
81% of alumni believe that Wheaton performed at a good to excellent level when they were students for “developing moral/ethical decision-making abilities.” But this area also continues to be a concern for alumni. Our intentional residence life program as well as innovative programs like Wheaton Passage Orientation give many opportunities for continued growth in this area.
We are reading every word of the survey results, and we are meeting with the Alumni Association Board of Directors and Alumni Engagement team to see what we can learn and how we can do better. We'll outline next steps we're taking in response to your feedback as they become available.
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