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This report presents an analysis of transfer students in Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for the fiscal year 2003. It highlights key metrics including the number of students transferring, their academic performance compared to non-transfer students, and the acceptance rates of transfer credits. In FY 2003, 23,358 students transferred, marking a 23.3% increase from FY 2000. The report provides definitions of transfer terms and outlines future steps for improving transfer reporting, emphasizing the importance of data in understanding transfer pathways.
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Program Collaboration and Transfer Update www.mntransfer.org Presented to the Board of Trustees July 2005
TRANSFER REPORTING DEFINITIONS • Transfer Student - Enrolls at a system institution and transfers in one or more credits. • Transfer Record - One record for each institution from which a student transfers credits. • Transfer FYE - Transfer credits divided by 30. • Point in time - Transfer is measured when the student first enrolls at the receiving institution - not when credit is transferred.
TRANSFER IN FISCAL YEAR 2003 • 23,358 students transferred to Minnesota State Colleges and Universities • 23.3% increase compared to FY 2000 • 22.1% of all new students were transfer students • 31,757 transfer records • Transfer credits were the equivalent of 28,240 FYE • 21.3% of the System’s total FYE
TRANSFER STUDENTS, RECORDS AND CREDIT (FYE) FISCAL YEARS 2000 TO 2003 Fiscal Year
ALL TRANSFER STUDENTS:WHERE DID THEY COME FROM IN 2003? Total = 23,358 Fiscal Year 2003
SYSTEM TRANSFER STUDENTS:WHERE DID THEY COME FROM IN 2003? Total = 12,051 Fiscal Year 2003
ALL TRANSFER STUDENTS:WHERE DID THEY GO IN 2003? Total = 23,358 Fiscal Year 2003
ALL TRANSFER STUDENTS AS % OF NEW STUDENTS Fiscal Year
TRANSFER STUDENT SUCCESS: MEASURE 6B • Definition: Transfer student performance is compared to that of non-transfer students on four measures • Cumulative GPA at graduation • Cumulative credits earned at graduation • Persistence rate • Graduation rate after 3 and 6 years • Groups of transfer and non-transfer students are compared based on their student classification, ie. Freshmen, sophomore, etc.
TRANSFER GPA AT GRADUATION COMPARED TO NON-TRANSFER Measure 6B2.1
TRANSFER CHANGEIN GPA COMPARED TO NON-TRANSFER Measure 6B2.1
TRANSFER CUM CREDITS EARNED COMPARED TO NON-TRANSFER: UNIVERSITIES Measure 6B1.2
TRANSFER 6-YEAR GRAD RATE COMPARED TO NON-TRANSFER Measure 6B2.1
MEASURE 5B: COURSE TRANSFERDEFINITIONS • Percent Accepted: Credits accepted in transfer divided by Sending Credits. • Numerator: Credits Accepted: Total credits accepted in transfer at the receiving institution. • Denominator: Sending Credits: Total college-level credits earned at the sending institution, including credits from courses with “D” grade. • Cohort: Undergraduate students enrolling and transferring in one or more credits from a System institution to another System institution during a fiscal year. • Timeframe: Reported for students transferring in to System institutions during Fiscal Years 2002 & 2003.
Figure 5B-1 PERCENT CREDITS ACCPETED IN TRANSFER: SYSTEM SUMMARY
Figure 5B-2PERCENT CREDITS ACCPETED TRANSFERBY RECEIVING SECTOR
REASONS COURSES ARE NOT ACCEPTED IN TRANSFER • Courses that do not apply to the student’s program or major at the receiving institution: • Student changed program or major • Student has more credits than are needed for the program or major • Courses with a grade of “D” are often not accepted if the student’s GPA is below 2.0. • Courses that were in progress or were taken after the student submitted the transcript. • Courses that were taken more than once.
REASONS COURSES WERE NOT ACCEPTED IN TRANSFER Source: Review of selected transcripts
NEXT STEPS ON TRANSFER REPORTING • Transfer rates • More complete information on transfers from the system to other institutions • Identify sources of comparative data on transfer