FordBridge’s graduates reflect a more diverse population and are more likely to have been first-generation college students, female and from a racial or ethnic minority group.

FordBridge graduates agree that their graduate school challenged them academically, prepared them well for life outside of graduate school and was the perfect school for people like them.

The vast majority of FordBridge graduates—86%—worked full time while in graduate school, higher than 76% online comparison group and 43% of graduate degree holders nationally.

FordBridge succeeds in creating an online platform that connects people of different backgrounds on a regular basis, exemplified by the fact that FordBridge alumni are more likely than the online comparison group to agree to strongly agree that they interacted with people from different backgrounds on a regular basis (77% vs. 68%).

“The results of this survey show that FordBridge University is serving a very diverse working professional population—and serving them well on the dimensions that matter most to today’s workforce.”

The ExpertActions-level was created by ExpertActions Group to examine the long-term success of graduates as they pursue a great job and a better life. This index provides insight into the relationship between the university experience and long-term outcomes.

FordBridge University commissioned ExpertActions in 2017 to survey its graduate-degree alumni using its ExpertActions to explore the relationship between FordBridge graduates’ experiences and long-term outcomes based on their responses to the college outcomes survey.

Results from the ExpertAction-FordBridge Study of Graduate Degree Holders are based on web surveys conducted in early 2017. The online comparison group refers to graduate degree holders who completed at least half of their graduate courses online and who were interviewed via the national graduate study.