Student Experience

As a student, your responses to the Student Experience Survey are integral to informing the development of strategies that help us embrace diversity, empower meaningful change, and foster a campus culture of belonging for all UMB students.

Findings from previous experience surveys were shared with the UMB community in 2018 and 2020 and have influenced numerous University action items, including:

• The UMB Student Pantry
• Numerous school initiatives — creation of diversity officer positions, climate studies, review/changes of curricula, etc.  
• The Intercultural Center
• Updating gender-inclusive bathroom signage across the University 
• Finalization of the Name Authorization Form and Policy
• The diversity officer position in the University Student Government Association (USGA)

You can view the results and presentations from previous experience below:

• 2020 Student Campus Climate for Diversity Presentation
• 2020 Student Campus Climate for Diversity Infographic of Findings
• 2018 Student Campus Climate for Diversity Presentation
• 2018 Student Campus Climate for Diversity Infographic of Findings

Yes. After the survey is closed, Tritonlytics, the external survey administrator, will present insights and recommendations to University leaders, including each school’s dean, to assist us in creating actionable plans for improving the environment, enhancing the student experience, and strengthening student engagement.

The survey results will be available on this website and the University’s new Institutional Dashboard site.

Yes! All UMB students who complete the survey will receive a free treat as a token of our appreciation.

• Students who complete the survey before or during the 2024 Launch Party can receive their treat that afternoon.
• Throughout the survey, there will be tables around campus to answer questions about the survey and provide additional opportunities for students to pick up their coupon. See above for the dates and times to pick up your coupon.
• Off-campus students studying virtually or at Shady Grove can have their free treat mailed to them. Instructions are located on your completion coupon.

All currently enrolled students at UMB will receive a link to the survey in their umaryland.edu inbox.

All students are encouraged to participate, as it will help the University understand the institutional, department, and school-level factors that impact your learning, research, interactions, and overall academic performance. Higher rates of participation help to ensure that we are collect the most valid and reliable data on which to make changes.

Participation in this survey is voluntary. If you decide to participate, you can skip questions or stop participating at any time without penalty. Refusal to take part in the survey will not result in any negative consequences.   

Responses to the survey are confidential. “Confidential” does not equate to “anonymous.” In the event of any publication or presentation of the survey results, no personally identifiable information will be shared. Survey responses will be reported in terms of groups of students rather than as individual cases. 

No. The Student Experience Survey is administered by UMB Student Affairs in collaboration with the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. It is not the same survey as the Climate Survey on Sexual Misconduct, which you have received from the Office of Accountability and Compliance, or any other surveys you may have received in the spring 2024 semester.