Unlock the Power of Student Well-Being

Discover how the ACHA Well-Being Assessment can transform your student experience—get insights, drive change, and make a real impact. Ready to elevate well-being on your campus?

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Introducing the ACHA Well-Being Assessment

The ACHA Well-Being Assessment (formerly the Wake Forest Wellbeing Assessment) is a quick, 10-minute survey that helps colleges and universities design focused, evidence-based programs to support student well-being.

Created by experts in well-being and student affairs, it evaluates 14 key dimensions of student wellness—both on your campus and across the nation.

Tailored for fulltime undergraduates (ages 18–24), the Well-Being Assessment delivers clear, actionable insights and drives higher response rates, so you can make data informed decisions to strengthen your campus well-being initiatives every year.

How to Participate

Unlock Powerful Insights with the ACHA Well-Being Assessment

Actionable Student Data

Gain clear, targeted insights to design evidence-based well-being programs that truly make a difference for your undergraduates. 

Benchmark Your Campus

See how you stack up against institutions nationwide with comprehensive, de-identified summary reports—no guesswork required.

Trusted Expertise

Rely on decades of experience. The same team behind the ACHA National College Health Assessment ensures accurate, high-quality results you can count on.

Turnkey Support

From survey setup to data delivery, the ACHA Research Team manages every step—so you can focus on improving student well-being.

What Do Results Look Like?

When your campus participates in the Well-Being Assessment, you'll receive an executive summary report that includes data revealing the status of your students in the 14 dimensions of well-being that are key to their success:

  • Happiness
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Loneliness
  • Social anxiety
  • Life satisfaction
  • Self-esteem
  • Optimism
  • Positive coping
  • Belonging
  • Meaning
  • Purpose
  • Activity engagement
  • Academic engagement

 

Learn more about the dimensions and their pathways and outcomes. 

Survey Results

2024 Data Reports

Eleven postsecondary institutions participated in the inaugural survey period in 2024, with 8,692 surveys completed by students. For the purpose of forming the Reference Group, only institutions located in the United States that surveyed all students or used a random sampling technique are included in the analysis, yielding a final data set consisting of 8,498 students at 10 schools.

2023 Pilot Survey Data Reports

How to Participate

Step 1: Submit Order Form
  • Based upon your selected sample size and survey customizations, complete an order form.

Order Form

 

  • ACHA Institutional Members receive discounted pricing on the ACHA Well-Being Assessment.

Join or Renew

 

Step 2: Send Us Required Materials
  • Email us an Excel file of student email addresses, your letter of invitation/consent, and your preferred subject line.
  • Send us a copy of your Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval (and administrative approval, if applicable.) Refer to the FAQs below for additional information.
  • We handle the rest — we email the invitation and reminder letters to your students, collect, and download the data, and generate your data reports.

 

Step 3. Get Your Data Reports Package

When you complete the survey process and administrative requirements, we will send you:

  • An institutional data file — statistical program file with built-in codebook for your own analysis
  • A comprehensive institutional report — frequency distribution for every survey question by sex and for all subjects
  • An institutional executive summary — highlights of your results

When the annual survey period has ended, we will send you:

  • An aggregate reference group report and reference group executive summary for your survey period — so you can compare your data to the national sample.

The average turnaround time for the return of your institutional results is only six weeks or less once your survey has closed.

Tools for Implementing the ACHA Well-Being Assessment

Instrument Development, Technical Papers, and Psychometric Properties of the Assessment

Promotional Materials Toolkit

Engage and inform your campus about the importance of participating in this vital assessment with customizable materials that can be tailored to fit your unique audience and messaging needs.

Learn More

For More Information, Contact

Valerie Hartman, MS
Manager, Research Administration
(443) 270-4552
vhartman@acha.org