Strategic National Arts Alumni Project

snaap gathers, analyzes and reports on survey data from graduates of arts and design schools and colleges to understand the professional success, educational satisfaction, and personal fulfillment of arts alumni.

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Search the Survey Archive

The SNAAP Survey Archive is a searchable database of survey questions, variable names, and study information for all SNAAP survey administrations from 2008 to present. Users can search by keyword, survey year, or survey instrument to explore how SNAAP has measured the educational experiences, careers, work lives, and creative pathways of arts alumni over time. The archive is designed to support researchers, educators, scholars, and others as they develop research projects, compare survey content across years, and better understand the data available through SNAAP.

Search terms can be anywhere in the study: title, description, variables, etc.

Because our holdings are large, we recommend using at least two query terms:
freelance
internship
job satisfaction

Keywords help delimit the breadth of results. Therefore, use as many as required to achieve your desired results:
internship training skills

Our search will find studies with derivative expressions of your query terms: A search for ​“intern” will find results containing ​“internship”

Use quotes to search for an exact expression: ​“career services”

You can combine exact expressions with loose terms: ​“job satisfaction” benefits

Exclude results by using a MINUS sign: volunteer ‑freelance ‑contractor will exclude freelance and contractor survey questions

On the results page, you will be able to sort and filter to further refine results. 

Special Report 2026

From Inclusion to Institutional Practice: Predictors of Belonging in Arts and Design Education

Dr. Nathan Martin, Dr. Christian Folk, Dr. Angie Miller, & Dr. Tim Dowd

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Special Report 2026

Sense of Belonging Experiences of Arts and Design Alumni

Dr. Christian M. Folk, Dr. Angie Miller, & Dr. Nathan Martin

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Special Report 2024

Arts and Design Alumni Employment and Perspectives on Their Work and Careers

Dr. Jennifer L. Novak-Leonard University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Special Report 2024

Reflections: Alumni Perspectives on their Postsecondary Experiences in Arts and Design

Dr. Jennifer L. Novak-Leonard & Dr. Shanita Bigelow University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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for institutions

SNAAP is pleased to announce the 120 institutions that participated in the 2022 survey.

FAQ

The next large-scale SNAAP survey will be administered in Fall 2027.

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Our Approach

Learn what SNAAP did to improve the design and administration of the 2022 survey.

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Casebook

Learn how administrators, faculty and staff use SNAAP data to improve their programs. 

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for the field

SNAAP offers robust national insights and data about arts and design alumni.

National Data

Information gathered through SNAAP not only benefits arts training institutions, but also policy makers, arts leaders, and parents and students considering intensive arts training.

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DataBriefs

SNAAP issues the DataBrief, a digest of key findings from our research.

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Presentations

View presentations from researchers using the SNAAP data to explore and understand a range of topics.

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