Instruments
Seven instruments, one per campus population
The Thriving Quotient is a family of validated survey instruments, each built for a different population on campus. All measure thriving on scales an institution can act on, all are administered the same way, and all are priced the same: survey administration from $750, with report packages from $1,500. Choose by who you are surveying.
For students
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Undergraduate Thriving Quotient
The core instrument. Five scales of undergraduate thriving — engaged learning, academic determination, positive perspective, diverse citizenship and social connectedness.
Undergraduate -
Sophomore Experiences Survey
For second-year students, at the point in the degree where institutions most often lose them.
Sophomore -
Adult Thriving Quotient
For adult learners — students who are also working, parenting, or returning to study.
Adult Learner -
Graduate Student Thriving Quotient
For master's and doctoral students.
Graduate -
Community College Thriving Quotient
For students in the two-year setting, where the student body and its pressures differ from a four-year campus.
Community College
For faculty and staff
What is the same across all seven
- Administration
- Your campus distributes a survey link to the sampled population. Responses return directly to The Thriving Project; your institution does not host or process the data. Reporting follows once the window closes.
- Packages
- Survey administration $750 · Basic report $1,500 · Expanded report $2,500 · Thriving Campus package $10,000. Three or more survey packages in one order earn 15% off those packages.
- Research use
- Researcher access for a single dissertation or study is $250, proposal first.
Choosing an instrument
Which Thriving Quotient instrument should our campus use?
Choose by population. There is one instrument each for undergraduates, second-year students, adult learners, graduate students, community college students, faculty and staff. A campus surveying more than one population orders one survey package per population, and three or more earn a 15% discount.
Are the instruments administered differently?
No. Every instrument is administered the same way: your campus distributes a survey link to the sampled population, responses return directly to The Thriving Project, and reporting follows once the survey window closes.
Is there an adjunct faculty instrument?
Yes, as a variant of the Faculty Thriving Quotient. It is chosen as the instrument at checkout rather than sold as a separate product.