Survey Research
The office of Institutional Research administers a variety of national and locally created surveys to assess student, faculty, and staff experiences on campus. Descriptions of some of these surveys, as well as the most recent survey results, can be found below. If you would like to create a survey, please contact Sarah Todd, Director of Institutional Research (todds@canton.edu) and review the guidelines for survey research outlined by the Institutional Review Board at IRB - SUNY Canton.
SUNY Student Satisfaction Survey
In the spring of 2026, SUNY Canton administered the SUNY Satisfaction Survey (SSS). The SSS was created to replace the Student Opinion Survey and was developed in a collaborative process between SUNY System Institutional Research and campus Institutional Research representatives. The survey asked students to rate their satisfaction with campus services and facilities and their participation in high-impact practices. For the 2026 administration, students were also asked to respond to questions related to their mental health and wellness. While results from the 2026 administration are pending, results from the 2024 and 2022 surveys can be found below.
Comprehensive 2024 survey results
Comprehensive 2022 survey results
Student Opinion Survey
Prior to the creation of the SUNY Student Satisfaction Survey in 2021, SUNY Canton participated in the Student Opinion Survey (SOS). The SUNY Student Satisfaction Survey was created to replace the SOS. The SOS was an initiative led by the SUNY System Administration Office of Institutional Research and Analysis to facilitate a cooperative research effort with other SUNY institutions to assess students' impressions of their college education. The 2018 project was the twelfth in the series of survey projects; earlier projects were conducted in 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012, and 2015. Results of the 2018 survey.
Withdrawing Student Survey
In an ongoing effort to assess student satisfaction and success, SUNY Canton asks all students who leave the institution to complete a survey asking them for the reasons for their departure as well as their future plans. The survey asks students to respond on a Likert scale with the level of importance of various college type, academic, financial, and personal reasons in their decision to leave SUNY Canton in order to assess why students are not retained.
Graduate Survey
SUNY Canton administered a survey at graduation and six months after graduation to gather data related to the current employment and continuing education status of graduates, as well as their feelings of preparedness for the workforce and further studies. In addition, the graduate survey administered six months after graduation asks program-specific questions to analyze student levels of satisfaction with the program in addition to assessing program student learning outcomes.
Analysis of the survey of 2025 graduates
Advising Survey
SUNY Canton offers the Advising Survey to assess student satisfaction and utilization of advising services. The survey questions students on their experiences with their advisor as with the Office of Advising and First Year Programs, and it also asks questions related to the frequency and types of advising sought.
Analysis of the survey from Spring 2019
Climate Survey
Consistent with New York State Education Law 129-B and policies of The State University of New York, Canton participated in the 2019 University-wide Biennial SUNY Uniform Campus Climate Survey. The Survey gathered information about student and employee experience with sexual and interpersonal violence and knowledge of policies and resources.
SUNY Canton, working with SUNY and community colleagues (including students, faculty, and staff), will use these data to improve response to violence, develop prevention programs, and will continue to study the issue. The next Climate Survey will be administered in the Spring Semester of 2027.
Student Climate Survey Summary
Employee Climate Survey Summary