Transfer Core Theme

Office of Strategy & Analysis Institutional Effectiveness

Transfer Core Theme Report to Board of Trustees For internal use only

For Internal Use Only

May 2018

Objective D:

Prepare Students with a Foundation for Success in Continued Studies Core Theme Indicator #4:

Transfer Degree Conversion Rate For Internal Use Only

2

Transfer Degree Conversion Rate

Percent of AA/AS/APE graduates who completed a bachelor’s degree within four years of SLCC graduation

Transfer Degree Conversion Rate

60% 50%

45%

42%

40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 2010

3

2011

2012

2013

2014

Completion Cohort + 4 Years

2015

2016

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2017

42%

2017 Transfer Degree Conversion Rate

Transfer Benchmarks

National Student Clearinghouse

For Internal Use Only

4

2010 Benchmarks

5

SLCC

National

Transfer-Out Rate: Percent of entire cohort who transfer to a four-year institution within six years.

28%

32%

Transfer-with-Award Rate: Percent of transfer cohort who completed an award at SLCC before going on to a fouryear institution.

26%

34%

Transfer-Out Bachelor’s Completion Rate: Percent of transfer cohort who earned a BA/BS within six years.

29%

42%

Bachelor’s Completion Rate: Percent of entire cohort who earned a BA/BS within six years.

8%

13%

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Transfer-Out Rates

~28%

SLCC Transfer-Out Rate

Percent of 2010 cohort who transfer to a four-year institution within six years.

6

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Transfer-with-Award Rates

~26%

SLCC Transfer-with-Award Rate Percent of 2010 transfer cohort who completed an award at SLCC before going on to a four-year institution.

7

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Transfer-Out Bachelor’s Completion Rates

~29%

SLCC Transfer-Out Bachelor’s Completion Rate Percent of 2010 transfer cohort who earned a BA/BS within six years.

8

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Transfer-In Bachelor’s Completion Rates by State

19%

Utah Transfer-in Bachelor’s Completion Rate

Percent of 2007 transfer cohort who earned a BA/BS from a public institution within six years.

9

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Academic Preparation

Student Success After Transfer

For Internal Use Only

10

Overprescribed Programs?

Program-Level Articulation

For Internal Use Only

11

Transfer Program Courses

Comparison of the number of lower-division major courses required in each program

9

Average number of lowerdivision courses required by SLCC majors

4

Average number of courses required at SLCC beyond U of U requirements

12

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Additional Lower-Division Courses

The number of potential additional lower-division major courses by program

12

Number of majors with potential for additional articulated courses

13

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Required Course Alignment Score Comparison of number of required courses (Table 1) and articulation of required courses (Table 2)

6

Average number of SLCC program changes needed to align with U of U programs

14

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Transfer Program Lower-Division Credits

Comparison of the number of lower-division major credits required and possibly earned at SLCC

70%

Average percent of maximum credits taught in SLCC’s A.S. programs

15

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