The National Alumni Career Mobility Survey

Track alumni career mobility beyond the first job.

Get the insight you need to measure student ROI and increase the career mobility of your graduates.

Why NACM?

By going beyond the first job and focusing on alumni outcomes at the 5-year and 10-year marks, NACM provides a robust set of insights on career preparation, satisfaction, and economic mobility to assist higher ed decision makers.

Improve effectiveness and grow your impact with:

A broader success story

Data presented in campus reports and interactive dashboards easily highlight success stories that can be used for marketing, recruiting and alumni engagement.

Robust career data

Comparative research

Actionable insight

What does the NACM survey cover?

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CAREER INSIGHTS

Number of jobs, industries, titles, geography, full vs. part-time, graduate school completion rate, internships during and after degree.

ECONOMIC MOBILITY

Salary growth, loan debt, family income growing up, current salary range.

EDUCATION SATISFACTION

Satisfaction with educational experience, marketability of major, relationships, network, mentor(s), faculty/staff influence on success, affinity to school.

CAREER SATISFACTION

Purpose, work-life balance, stability, responsibility, enthusiasm, and degree relevance.

LEARNING OUTCOMES AND EXPERIENCES

General education, career advice, high impact learning practices, competencies.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Community involvement, philanthropy, awards, honors, and recognition.

See for yourself.

Wondering what NACM survey results look like? Our team is happy to walk you through an example dashboard and answer any questions you have. Just reach out, and we’ll be in touch soon.

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Download the 2023 NACM Annual Report

Explore national trends and benchmarks with data from over 9,000 undergraduates at 38 public and private institutions.

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What's included with NACM?

Branded survey and welcome message

Branded email messaging campaign

Response rate updates

Lightcast career profiles data

Data cleaning and structuring

Unit data file in Excel

Campus summary report (includes peer and national benchmark data)

Export demographic filtered view of dashboard to PDF

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What is Career Mobility?

The High Impact Career Mobility IndexTM (CMI) was created from NACM data to provide a more nuanced understanding of alum success beyond salary. Defining career mobility led to a better understanding of the connections between career mobility, return on investment, and the campus practices that influence both.

Career mobility is defined as a combination of career pathway preparation, career satisfaction, and economic mobility.

Are your students engaging in high-impact career practices?

Boost learners' career readiness by ensuring equitable access to these high-impact career practices, measured by the NACM survey.

Help students understand career opportunities

Help students create a plan for their career

Provide helpful career advice (faculty and employers)

Network with employers

Encourage internships related to career goals

Teach critical thinking and problem solving

Wondering if NACM is right for your institution?

We'd love to learn more about the work you're doing and explore how our alumni survey solutions can help.

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The National Alumni Career Mobility (NACM) survey was developed by the Career Leadership Collective as the first annual survey to inform career-readiness practices at colleges and universities in the United States. It is now part of Lightcast’s suite of data-driven solutions powering learner career success.

Lightcast and the Collective maintain a strategic partnership to meet the alumni tracking and career-readiness needs of higher education.

Learn about the Collective