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1 IVY TECH ANNUA AL TRANSFER ACTIVITY Bill Jackson Analysis of Non cohort Transferr Data Provided by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education NOVEMBER 2013

2 Executive Summary This year s Ivy Tech s transfer activity was not immune from the enrollment declines reported elsewhere. Statewide transfer activity between Ivy Tech and public four year institutions declined slightly compared with last year s data. The number of students transferring any credit (10,563) decreased by 3.6 percent compared with the prior year. Likewise, the total number of credit hours students transferred last year (225,037) declined by 7.1 percent compared with the prior year. However, this year s report includes data from Vincennes University and Purdue University Statewide Technology that were excluded in prior years, which somewhat masks the overall decline. The perstudent average credit hour transferred also declined a modest 4.3 percent; from 22.3 the prior year to 21.3 currently. In fiscal year , 88 percent of Ivy Tech s transfer students were reported as transferring without benefit of an Ivy Tech credential. The number of students earning an associate degree prior to transfer declined to 1,210, a decrease of 22.8 percent (357/1,567 = 22.8%) compared with the prior year. The vast majority of Ivy Tech transfer students (91 percent) were reported as pursuing a bachelor s degree at the four year, public university to which their credits transferred. A much smaller share (8.1 percent) reported they were pursuing an associate degree. Most of the remaining transfer students degree types were reported as unknown. Transfers represent student success for which Ivy Tech does not get credit using traditional evaluation metrics such as term to term persistence, graduation rate, and degrees earned, nor is it a metric in the Commission for Higher Education s current performance funding formula. Students who transfer credits from Ivy Tech simply continue the pursuit of their educational goals at another institution. More importantly, students who transfer credits earned at Ivy Tech (costing $111/credit hour) save an estimated $144 per credit hour compared with Indiana four year public institutions (estimated at $256/credit hour based on a review of their tuition data from the IPEDS Navigator website). On this basis, the average Ivy Tech transfer student saved $3,076 compared with the average cost of those same credits earned at a four year public institution. This estimated savings is equivalent to the cost of a single term, full time enrollment (12 credit hours) at an Indiana public university. In total the scale of savings realized by Ivy Tech students who transfer credit hours is large. During the fiscal year covered by this report, 10,563 students transferred 225,037 credit hours to Indiana s 4 year public institutions. Multiplying per credit hours savings ($144) times credit hours transferred (225,037) produces an estimated student savings in excess of $32 million dollars. Maintaining healthy student transfer levels is possible only by building and maintaining partnerships with Indiana s public university campuses. Among the 16 listed Indiana four year institutions, eight enrolled a greater number of transfer students than they did in the previous year, with two new institutions being added to the data this year Vincennes and Purdue Statewide Technology. The sustained growth in transfer activity (both students and credit hours) during the past ten years Ivy Tech Annual Transfer Activity/Bill Jackson Page 2 of 23

3 reflects the significant leadership role and commitment Ivy Tech assumed to enhance the collaborative transfer process between and among Indiana s higher education institutions and reflects the important role Ivy Tech plays in the education of Indiana s college students. Ivy Tech Annual Transfer Activity/Bill Jackson Page 3 of 23

4 Table of Contents Executive Summary... 2 Purpose... 5 Analysis... 6 Key Transfer Metrics... 6 Table1. Key Transfer Metrics... 6 Table 2. Rank Order Leading Transfer Receiving Institutions... 6 Ivy Tech Student Transfers to Public Four Year Institutions... 7 Chart 1. Ivy Tech Students Transferring Credits from to Table 3. Ivy Tech Students Transferring Credits to Indiana s Public Four Year Institutions... 8 Ivy Tech Credit Hours Transferred to Indiana s Public Four Year Institutions... 9 Table 4. Total Credit Hours Transferred to Indiana's Public Four Year Insitutions... 9 Table 5. Average Credit Hours Transferred to Indiana s Public Four Year Institutions Table 6. Students Classified as Transfer Students by Receiving Institution Table 7. Ivy Tech Students Transferring Credits by Ivy Tech Regions Table 8. Credits Transferred by Region to Indiana Public Universities Table 9. Average Total Credit Hours Transferred to Indiana Public Universities by Region Ivy Tech Student Transfers by Degree Pursued At Transfer Institution Table 10. Ivy Tech Student Transfers by Degree Pursued at Indiana Public Four Year Institutions Ivy Tech Student Transfers by Type of Ivy Tech Credential Earned Table 11. Count of Ivy Tech Student Transfers by Type of Ivy Tech Credential Earned Count of Ivy Tech Student Transfers by Entry Type and Fiscal Year Table 12. Count by Fiscal Year of Ivy Tech Transfer Students by Entry Type.17 Chart 2. Count of Ivy Tech Transfer Students By Entry Type and Fiscal year. 18 Ivy Tech Transfer Students by Entry Type Percent by Fiscal Year Table 13. Ivy Tech Transfer Students By Entry Type as a Perecnt of Total Student Transfers Chart 3. Ivy Tech Transfer Students buy Entry Percent and Fiscal Year Most Popular Ivy Tech Degree Programs At Point of Student Transfer Table 14. Headcount of Ivy Tech Student Degree Programs At Point of Transfer. 20 Chart 4. Enrollment Trend of Six Most Popular Point of Transfer Degree Programs What Institution is the Primary Destination for Students Transferring Credit Hours From Each Region?...21 Table 15 Region Based Credit Hours Transferred to Indiana Based Public Higher Education Institutions.22 Conclusions and Recommendations..23

5 Purpose The annual transfer report examines longitudinal trends of regional and statewide transfer activity from Ivy Tech to Indiana s public four year institutions. This analysis includes all degree seeking students who, during the analysis period, transferred their credits from one or more Ivy Tech campus to any of Indiana s public four year institutions. Thus, the report shows when the credits were applied to the students records at the transfer to institution and do not reflect when the student earned the credits at Ivy Tech. All high school enrolled (both dual credit and fee paying high school) and non degree seeking students are excluded. The source data for this report is from is the Indiana Commission for Higher Education (ICHE) data warehouse including fiscal years through Credit hour and enrollment information are based on student data reported to ICHE by the transfer to institution. Versions of this report issued for fiscal years and earlier also used ICHE baseline data. Beginning with its data, ICHE modified the dataset s data definitions, creating slight differences from the earlier reports (over the last five years, differences of no more than 1.8% for any of the four key metrics). Consequently, the current report is not directly comparable to reports issued prior to In a footnote to its data aggregation methodology, ICHE states it possible that within a given fiscal year, Ivy Tech students that transferred credits from more than one Ivy Tech campus or that attended multiple four year institutions may be counted multiple times as students are counted in each institution in which an enrollment is documented. ICHE also states that data reporting errors by partner transfer institutions are also possible sources for data irregularities. The dataset ICHE provides defines four distinct student entry type categories: first time entry; continuing; transfer; and unknown. All report tables (excluding Table 6) include all four student entry type categories. See data Tables 12 & 13 for more detailed information about the entry type variable definitions and their growth trends. In this report, transfer activity is measured by four key metrics: 1) the number of students transferring any credits to a public four year institution, 2) the total credit hours transferred to a public four year institution, 3) the average number of credit hours transferred, and 4) the total students classified as transfer students by receiving four year institutions. Credit hours shown in this report were applied toward a degree at the transfer to institution. ICHE s transfer dataset includes categories for both Ivy Tech degrees/credential earned prior to transfer and pursued at the transfer to institution. Table 10 summarizes degrees pursued by type among former Ivy Tech students at their transfer to institution(s). Table 11 summarizes Ivy Tech credential types earned prior to transfer. Ivy Tech Annual Transfer Activity/Bill Jackson Page 5 of 23

6 Analysis Key Transfer Metrics Tables 1 and 2 (below) summarize changes in key transfer metrics and highlight the most important partner institutions Ivy Tech students rely on for acceptance of transfer credits and continuation of their educational objectives. Transfer credit hours shown (below) are accepted by the transfer to institution towards a degree. Table1. Key Transfer Metrics Table 1 Key Transfer Metrics Measure Percent Change from to Number of students transferring any credits 10, % Total credit hours transferred 225, % Percent Change vs % 8% Average number of credit hours transferred Total students classified as transfer students by receiving institutions % 4, % 4% 2% Using the same metrics, Table 2 displays the leading state universities that received credits earned by Ivy Tech students: Table 2. Rank Order Leading Transfer Receiving Institutions Table 2 Rank Order Leading Transfer Receiving Institutions Leading Receiving Institutions First Second Third Fourth Number of students transferring any IUPUI IU Bloomington PU West Lafayette Ball State credits (2,077) (1,936) (1,661) (832) Total Credit hours transferred Average number of credit hours transferred Total students classified as transfer students by receiving institutions IUPUI (62,257) IU Kokomo (33.5) IUPUI (1,234) Ball State (20,837) IU East (32.9) Ball State (523) IU Bloomington (20,244) PU Calumet (30.7) IU Bloomington (366) PU West Lafayette (17,835) IUPUI (30.5) IUPU Ft. Wayne (308) Note: The number in parenthesis is the listed school s data for that metric. Ivy Tech Annual Transfer Activity/Bill Jackson Page 6 of 23

7 Ivy Tech Student Transfers to Public Four Year Institutions Ivy Tech Students Transferring Credits from to (Chart 1): The total number of students transferring any credits from Ivy Tech to any four year public institution in Indiana dipped in (by 394 students) for the first time since During the fiscal year 10,563 individual students transferred credit hours from Ivy Tech to one of the four year, public institutions in Indiana. o Total students transferring declined by 3.6 percent from the prior year. o Since , student transfers increased byy more than 170 percent. Chart 1. Ivy Tech Students Transferring Credits from to Source: CHE Data Warehouse,, annual SIS dataa submissions FY through FY Ivy Tech Annual Transfer Activity/Bill Jackson Page 7 of 23

8 Ivy Tech Students Transferring to Public Four Year Institutions (Table 3): During eight of Indiana s 16 four year campuses increased their student transfer base; this includes two institutions that were not included in previous years. Since , Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) has accepted the most Ivy Tech transfer students In , IUPUI received the most Ivy Tech student transfers (2,077), followed by Indiana University Bloomington with 1,936 and Purdue West Lafayette with 1,661 Vincennes University (126 students) and Purdue University Statewide Technology (142 students) received the fewest transfers from Ivy Tech students during fiscal year Table 3. Ivy Tech Students Transferring Credits to Indiana s Public Four Year Institutions Table 3 Ivy Tech Students Transferring Any Credits from Ivy Tech Statewide to Public Four Year Institutions Institutions Receiving Ivy Tech Credits Ball State University Indiana State University Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University East Indiana University Kokomo Indiana University Northwest IUPU Ft Wayne IUPU Indianapolis Indiana University South Bend Indiana University Southeast Purdue University Calumet Purdue University North Central Purdue University Stwide. Technology Purdue University W. Lafayette University of Southern Indiana Vincennes Univ. Grand Total Fiscal Year % Change vs. Prior Year % , % ,340 1,756 1, % % % % % ,033 1,128 1,423 1,553 1,683 2,112 2, % % % % % N/A ,082 1,345 1,520 1,603 1, % % N/A 1,672 2,222 3,500 4,022 4,719 4,903 6,191 7,153 8, ,957 10, % Ivy Tech Annual Transfer Activity/Bill Jackson Page 8 of 23

9 Ivy Tech Credit Hours Transferred to Indiana s Public Four Year Institutions (Table 4) Total credit hours transferred declined by 7.7 percent over the last year. Both the number of students transferring and the average credit hours transferred decreased since Since 2002 the total number of credit hours transferred by Ivy Tech students increased almost ten fold (from 23,515 in to 225,037 in ). The credit hour transfer trend, however, differed considerably by individual institution. In, excluding Vincennes and Purdue Statewide Technology, eight of the remaining 14 Indiana four year institutions increased their Ivy Tech student transfers. Indiana State experienced the sharpest decline in the number of credit hours students transferred in , decreasing 78 percent. There is anecdotal evidence suggesting ISU s credit hour figure may have resulted from a reporting error. Ball State University experienced the highest year over year growth, increasing by 52 percent in Table 4. Total Credit Hours Transferred to Indiana s Public Four Year Institutions Table 4 Total Credit Hours Transferred to Indiana s Public Four Year Institutions Fiscal Year Percent Credit Hours Transferred Change vs. Prior Year Ball State University 3,227 6,805 7,273 6,158 8,579 8,239 8,948 9,995 11,640 13,706 20, % Indiana State University 5,606 7,710 5,723 10,234 11,243 10,743 12,772 13,610 17,374 52,262 11, % Indiana Univ. Bloomington ,842 3,525 4,269 5,785 9,899 12,297 16,665 20,785 20, % Indiana Univ. East ,501 3,053 2,119 1,924 2,168 4,801 5,648 8,577 11, % Indiana Univ. Kokomo Indiana Univ. Northwest 864 1,170 4,304 4,204 4,939 4,608 5,660 4,638 6,616 9,157 10, % ,604 1,331 1,406 1,687 2,441 2,734 3,276 4,679 5, % IUPU Fort Wayne 2,974 4,403 4,714 5,228 4,975 5,388 5,902 10,636 15,440 17,352 14, % IUPU Indianapolis 2,798 2,609 10,077 12,738 15,610 22,526 31,416 37,592 42,710 58,371 63, % Indiana Univ. S. Bend 557 1,269 2,839 4,294 1,994 5,122 5,000 5,531 6,907 6,856 7, % Indiana Univ. Southeast ,708 1,788 2,234 2,841 2,724 3,976 5,837 5,867 7, % Purdue Univ. Calumet Campus 935 1,465 2,521 2,065 4,135 4,032 2,887 3,250 6,413 6,455 9, % Purdue Univ. North Central Campus , ,722 1,705 5,895 6,485 6, % Purdue Univ. Statewide Tech ,979 N.A. Purdue Univ. West Lafayette Campus 1,896 2,416 2,442 3,013 8,218 9,075 12,448 16,061 16,827 19,498 17, % Univ. of S. Indiana 3,536 5,448 6,247 6,512 7,774 7,293 10,597 11,785 12,803 13,778 14, % Vincennes University ,328 N.A. Grand Total 23,515 35,062 54,169 64,764 80,127 89, , , , , , % Ivy Tech Annual Transfer Activity/Bill Jackson Page 9 of 23

10 Average Number of Credit Hours Transferred from Ivy Tech to Public Universities (Table 5) The average number of hours transferred per student from Ivy Tech to public universities increased steadily during the last eleven years from 14.6 in to 22.3 in Assuming Ivy Tech courses are three credit hours each, the average number of courses transferred has risen from 4.8 to 7.4 in the same time frame. Those four year institutions accepting the highest average number of credit hours in were Indiana University Kokomo, Indiana University East, Purdue Calumet Campus, IUPUI, and Indiana University South Bend. The four year institutions accepting the lowest average number of credit hours in included Indiana University Bloomington, Vincennes University, Purdue West Lafayette, and Purdue University Statewide Technology. Table 5. Average Credit Hours Transferred to Indiana s Public Four Year Institutions Table 5 Average Credit Hours Transferred from Ivy Tech to Indiana Public Four Year Institutions Fiscal Year Average Credit Hours Transferred Percent Change vs. Prior Year Ball State % University Indiana State % University Indiana Univ % Bloomington Indiana Univ. East % Indiana Univ. Kokomo Indiana Univ. Northwest % % IUPU Fort Wayne % IUPU Indianapolis % Indiana Univ. S % Bend Indiana Univ. Southeast % Purdue Univ Calumet Campus 21.7% Purdue Univ. N. Central Campus % Purdue Univ Statewide Tech. N.A. Purdue Univ. W Lafayette 11.7% Univ. of S. Indiana % Vincennes Univ N.A. Statewide Average % Ivy Tech Annual Transfer Activity/Bill Jackson Page 10 of 23

11 Students Classified as Transfer Students by the Receiving Institution (Table 6) To be counted in this table, a student must be classified as an (in bound) transfer by the receiving institution. These are students that the receiving institutions views as beginning college at Ivy Tech and then transferring to their institution to continue their education. This table excludes all three other ICHE entry type categories (i.e. first time, continuing, and unknown). Overall, the number of students transferring from Ivy Tech to one of the 4 year public institutions in Indiana increased more than five fold from a low of 805 in to 4,229 in IUPUI, Ball State, Indiana University Bloomington, and IPFW received the largest number of Ivy Tech transfer students in , while Ball State, Indiana University East, and Indiana University Southeast experienced the largest yearover year percentage growth. Purdue Calumet Campus, Indiana State, and IPFW experienced the largest year over year percentage declines. Table 6. Students Classified as Transfer Students by Receiving Institution Table 6 Students Classified as Transfer Students by Receiving Institution Fiscal Year Students Classified as Transfers by Receiving Institutions Percent Change vs. Prior Year Ball State University % Indiana State University % Indiana Univ % Bloomington Indiana Univ. East % Indiana Univ. Kokomo % Indiana Univ % Northwest IUPU Fort Wayne % IUPU Indianapolis ,233 1, % Indiana Univ. S. Bend % Indiana Univ % Southeast Purdue Univ. Calumet % Purdue Univ. N % Central Purdue Univ N.A. Statewide Technology Purdue Univ. W % Lafayette University Of S. Indiana % Vincennes University N.A. Grand Total 805 1,223 1,878 2,010 2,452 2,490 2,818 3,192 3,611 4,295 4, % Ivy Tech Annual Transfer Activity/Bill Jackson Page 11 of 23

12 Ivy Tech Students Transferring Credits by Region to State Universities (Table 7) Excluding Vincennes and Purdue Statewide Technology, eight of the remaining 14 public institutions increased the number of Ivy Tech transfer students they enrolled from the previous year. Some regions transfer headcount growth far outpaced others. On average across the state, the number of students transferring from a region increased more than six fold (10,563 / 1,672 = 6.3 times). At the high end, the Bloomington region s transfer headcount increased almost 45 fold (1,558/35 = 44.5 times). On the low end, the Terre Haute region s transfer headcount increased by just more than two fold (322/153 = 2.1 times). Those regions with the most students transferring in included: Central Indiana, Bloomington, and Lafayette. Regions with the fewest students transferring in were: Madison, Terre Haute, and Richmond. The sharpest percentage increase in number of student transfers in the last year was in Columbus and Richmond. Table 7. Ivy Tech Students Transferring Credits by Ivy Tech Regions Table 7 Ivy Tech Students Transferring Credits by Region to Indiana Public Four Year Institutions Number of Fiscal Year Students Transferring Credits from ITCC Percent Change vs. Prior Year Reg 01 Gary % Reg 02 S. Bend % Reg 03 Ft Wayne % Reg 04 Lafayette ,030 1,192 1,223 1, % Reg 05 Kokomo % Reg 06 Muncie % Reg 07 Terre Haute % Reg 08 Indianapolis ,032 1,214 1,367 1,625 1,864 2,310 2, % Reg 09 Richmond % Reg 10 Columbus % Reg 11 Madison % Reg 12 Evansville % Reg 13 Sellersburg % Reg 14 Bloomington ,138 1,520 1, % Grand Total 1,672 2,222 3,500 4,022 4,719 4,903 6,191 7,153 8,725 10,957 10, % Ivy Tech Annual Transfer Activity/Bill Jackson Page 12 of 23

13 Credits Transferred by Region to Public Universities (Table 8) Four Ivy Tech regions had noteworthy percentage increases in total credit hours transferred to Indiana public universities in versus the prior year. They were Columbus, Muncie, Richmond, Sellersburg, and South Bend. The three Ivy Tech Regions with the sharpest percentage decline were Terre Haute, Bloomington, and Madison. Table 8. Credits Transferred by Region to Indiana Public Universities Table 8 Credits Transferred by Region to Indiana Public Universities Total Hours Transferred by Ivy Tech Regions Fiscal Year Percent Change vs. Prior Year Reg 01 Gary 1,316 2,498 4,479 4,247 8,191 5,633 9,097 8,734 15,391 17,362 19, % Reg 02 South Bend 746 1,762 3,774 5,644 3,183 6,427 6,478 7,213 9,174 9,537 10, % Reg 03 Fort Wayne 3,422 4,958 5,491 6,206 5,717 6,354 6,320 11,030 16,289 18,755 16, % Reg 04 Lafayette 2,495 3,134 3,935 3,725 9,154 9,826 13,700 15,585 16,992 21,177 21, % Reg 05 Kokomo 858 1,440 3,285 4,320 4,947 4,067 5,158 4,784 6,295 9,970 10, % Reg 06 Muncie 2,231 4,272 5,356 4,445 7,168 6,541 8,134 8,604 10,077 12,843 16, % Reg 07 Terre Haute 3,318 4,049 3,295 5,387 6,194 5,842 6,522 6,874 10,047 27,761 8, % Reg 08 Indianapolis 3,467 4,787 11,129 12,976 14,906 23,480 30,335 36,526 42,421 58,672 57, % Reg 09 Richmond ,916 3,702 2,281 2,478 2,744 3,955 4,857 7,142 7, % Reg 10 Columbus ,814 2,837 2,343 3,534 3,245 4,644 9,340 12, % Reg 11 Madison ,365 1,507 1,608 1,978 1,580 3,305 2, % Reg 12 Evansville 3,140 5,261 5,761 5,766 7,026 6,904 10,012 11,093 11,574 13,838 12, % Reg 13 Sellersburg ,711 2,318 2,511 3,175 3,561 4,308 6,470 7,549 8, % Reg 14 Bloomington ,911 3,401 4,649 5,150 9,383 14,681 18,239 26,577 20, % 23,515 35,062 54,169 64,764 80,127 89, , , , , , % Grand Total Ivy Tech Annual Transfer Activity/Bill Jackson Page 13 of 23

14 Average Total Credit Hours Transferred to Public Universities By Region (Table 9) The four regions with the highest average number of credit hours transferred are: Muncie, Kokomo, Central Indiana, and Fort Wayne. The four Ivy Tech regions with the most noteworthy increases in average credit hours transferred in versus the prior year were Muncie, Columbus, Kokomo, and Sellersburg. Declines in average credit hours transferred in versus the prior year were observed in Bloomington, Terre Haute, and Lafayette. Table 9. Average Total Credit Hours Transferred to Indiana Public Universities by Region Table 9 Average Total Credit Hours Transferred to Indiana Public Universities by Region Average Credit Hours Transferred by Ivy Tech Region Fiscal Year Percent Change vs. Prior Year Reg 01 Gary % Reg 02 South Bend % Reg 03 Fort Wayne % Reg 04 Lafayette % Reg 05 Kokomo % Reg 06 Muncie % Reg 07 Terre Haute % Reg 08 Indianapolis % Reg 09 Richmond % Reg 10 Columbus % Reg 11 Madison % Reg 12 Evansville % Reg 13 Sellersburg % Reg 14 Bloomington % Statewide Average % Ivy Tech Student Transfers by Degree Pursued At Transfer Institution (Table 10) The Indiana Commission for Higher Education transfer dataset includes a data field that enables reporting the type of degree that Ivy Tech students pursue at the transfer to public university. Here are the summary transfer degree metrics (Table 10 next page) for the fiscal year : Ninety four percent of Ivy Tech transfer students (9,957) are pursuing a BA, BS or Bachelor degree at the transfer to state university. Less than one percent of Ivy Tech s transfer students (88) are reported as Undeclared or Unknown Just 8 percent (488) of Ivy Tech s students are reported as pursuing an associate degree (A.A.; A.S.; A.A.S.; or Associate) Less than 1 percent of Ivy Tech s students listed are pursuing a Technical Certificate or Certificate Ivy Tech Annual Transfer Activity/Bill Jackson Page 14 of 23

15 Table 10. Ivy Tech Student Transfers by Degree Pursued at Indiana Public Four Year Institutions Table 10 Count of Ivy Tech Student Transfers by Degree Pursued at Indiana Public Four Year Institutions Degree Percent Change vs. Prior Year Masters % BA/BS 1,384 1,890 2,880 3,428 4,302 4,457 5,680 6,622 8,205 10,367 9, % Associate % Tech. Cert % Certificate % Und./Unk % Total 1,672 2,222 3,500 4,022 4,719 4,903 6,191 7,153 8,725 10,957 10, % Note: Data in the table above are based on official enrollment data from the transfer to school as reported to the Indiana Higher Education Commission. Ivy Tech Student Transfers by Type of Ivy Tech Credential Earned (Table 11) The Indiana Higher Education Commission transfer dataset includes a field that identifies the Ivy Tech credential type earned by students prior to their transfer. These are the summary Ivy Tech credential type earned metrics for the fiscal year : Eighty eight percent of our outbound transfers students (9,290) did not earn an Ivy Tech degree prior to their transfer (based upon ICHE s search/match methodology) Twelve percent of Ivy Tech s out bound transfer students (1,210) were reported as having earned an associate degree. o Student s earning an associate degree prior to their transfer declined by 23 percent compared with the prior year. Less than one percent (50) were reported to have earned a credential (Technical Certificate or TC) requiring at least one year but less than two years to complete A very small number (13) of transfer students were reported as earning a credential (Career Certificate or CT) requiring less than one year to complete Ivy Tech Annual Transfer Activity/Bill Jackson Page 15 of 23

16 Table 11. Count of Ivy Tech Student Transfers by Type of Ivy Tech Credential Earned Table 11 Count of Ivy Tech Student Transfers by Type of Ivy Tech Credential Earned Degree Percent Change vs Prior Year Associate ,098 1,567 1, % Award >1 but < 2 Yrs % Award <1 Academic Yr % None Listed 1,495 1,914 3,050 3,412 3,961 4,121 5,277 6,152 7,554 9,290 9, % Total 1,672 2,222 3,500 4,022 4,719 4,903 6,191 7,153 8,725 10,957 10, % Note: Information in the table above is based on the official enrollment data from the transfer to school as reported to ICHE. ICHE derived Ivy Tech graduation information by matching the unique identification of transfer students at the transfer to institution with graduation information provided by Ivy Tech in its prior annual data submissions. Count of Ivy Tech Student Transfers by Entry Type and Fiscal Year (Table 12) ICHE requires institutions that enroll Ivy Tech transfer students to classify them into one of four categories: first time entry; continuing; transfer; and unknown (not reported). Please note that students who transfer and enroll in more than one institution during the analysis period are counted in each institution in which an enrollment is documented. Table 12 (next page) summarizes the count of Ivy Tech transfer students by their Entry Type classification and the total annual Ivy Tech transfers. These entry type classifications are aligned with Ivy Tech s student own registration type categorization. Entry type data definitions provided by the Commission (paraphrased) are as follows: First time Entry A student with no prior postsecondary experience attending any institution for the first time. This includes students enrolled in academic or occupational programs. It also includes students enrolled in the fall term who attended college for the first time in the prior summer term, and students who entered with advanced standing (college credits earned before graduation from high school). These, then, are students that likely started at the transfer to institution, transferred to Ivy Tech (example: for remediation; to re build their GPA s; or earn a low cost Associate degree) and subsequently returned to their original institution. Transfer A student entering the reporting institution for the first time but known to have previously attended a postsecondary institution at the same level (e.g., undergraduate, graduate). The student may transfer with or without credit. In effect, these are Students that initiated their academic career at another Indiana public institution (E.G. Ivy Tech or other institution) and subsequently enrolled at the transfer to institution. Ivy Tech Annual Transfer Activity/Bill Jackson Page 16 of 23

17 Continuing Students who are degree seeking but are not First Time Entry or Transfer students (in effect, this is the default category for students that are degree seeking but do not fit the First Time or Transfer Entry Type categories). Unknown Transfer institution did not identify/specify listed students Entry Type setting. Analysis of the entire unfiltered multi year dataset shows that some students with the same ICHE ID are included multiple times. Multiple records with the same ID code may be the result of a given student transferring to more than one institution or from more than one Ivy Tech region or in more than one cohort year. The impact of students with multiple ID s on observed registration type data is impossible to discern since each transfer to institution sets registration type based on its own internal criteria (and, presumably, without benefit of transfer activity data at other institutions by the transfer student). We do know, however, that the incidence of multiple records with the same ICHE ID is relatively rare (less than 2% among Fiscal Year records). Usage of Ivy Tech s registration type field setting shows our own type code definitions are sometimes misunderstood by Ivy Tech staff responsible for entering student data. If this also occurs at transfer institutions, the student s true status may be entered incorrectly. There is, however, no direct evidence to determine if other institutions also have similar Entry Type definition driven, data entry issues. Table 12. Count by Fiscal Year of Ivy Tech Transfer Students by Entry Type Table 12 Count By Fiscal Year of Ivy Tech Students by Entry Type Degree Percent Change vs. Prior Year Continuing ,156 1,568 1,692 1,867 2,522 2,950 3,765 4,998 4, % First time Entry ,341 1,656 1, % Transfer 805 1,223 1,878 2,010 2,452 2,490 2,818 3,192 3,611 4,295 4, % Unknown % Total 1,672 2,222 3,500 4,022 4,719 4,903 6,191 7,153 8,725 10,957 10, % Chart 2 (next page) graphs Table 12 s data and illustrates the growth trend of transfer students by entry type and fiscal year. Three of the four entry type categories have shown consistent upward growth. The unknown category remained inconsequential across the entire period. Beginning in 2007, transfer student growth accelerated in three of the four Entry Type categories. This growth likely reflects Ivy Tech s emergence as a fully functioning community college and recognition by its students that Ivy Tech is a viable and low cost transfer institution. Development of new or improvements to existing articulation agreements likely facilitated this growth. Ivy Tech Annual Transfer Activity/Bill Jackson Page 17 of 23

18 Beginning with , continuing students became the largest Entry Type category for the first time since This change may be a reflection of students that startt at other institutions; enroll at Ivy Tech and; ultimately, transfer their low cost credit hours or Associate degrees back to their original (or another) institution. In , the Continuing student count declined by 456 students. Transfer students also declined in FY ; dropping by 666 students. Transfer students are students that transfer to institutions recognizee as coming to them via another institution (in this case Ivy Tech) ). Ivy Tech Transfer Students by Entry Type Percent by Fiscal Year (Table 13) To determine if the classification distribution of transfer students has changed over time, the data from Table 12 was reformatted to show entry type data as a percent of each year s total transfers (See Table 13 below): Table 13 Percentage Distribution of Transfer Students by Entry Type % Chg. Continuing 33% 34% 33% 39% 36% 38% 41% 41% 43% 46% 43% 6% First time Entry Transfer 19% 11% 13% 48% 55% 54% 11% 12% 11% 50% 52% 51% 12% 14% 15% 46% 45% 41% 15% 17% 12% 39% 40% 2% Unknown 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 2% 0% 0% 0% 0% N.A. Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% N.A. Source: CHE Data Warehouse,, annual SIS dataa submissions FY through FY Ivy Tech Annual Transfer Activity/Bill Jackson Page 18 of 23

19 Chart 3 (below) presentss the Table 13 s data as a line graph. The pattern of graph data points for the early years beginning in is stable and longer term patterns are beginning to emerge. Excluding , the percentage share of continuing students has been on a steady upward growth track since Continuing studentss became the largest sharee of all transfer students in and at the end of comprised 43 percent of the total. Beginning in , the percent of transfer students compared to the total showed sharp increases which continued into During the period through , transfer studentss comprised the largest share of all entry type transfer categories. By , transfer students dropped to the second largest category and, at the end of , comprised 40 percent of all transfers. First time entry studentss have continuously been the smallest percent of total transfers from the beginning of the analysiss period. The trend for this category shows a slower upward trend that appears to be flattening out near its current level. Ivy Tech Annual Transfer Activity/Bill Jackson Page 19 of 23

20 Most Popular Ivy Tech Degree Programs At Point of Student Transfer (Table 14) : The six most popular Ivy Tech transfer degrees over the last eleven fiscal years are listed in Table 14 ( below). The change in Ivy Tech transfer student enrollment in these specific degreess generally mirrors the larger student transfer environment steady growth thorough followed by small count declines in The popular Humans Services and General Studies programs run counter to this trend and continued their growth through :. Table 14: Headcount of ITCC Student Degrees At Point of Transfer By Fiscal Year Degree & Program Name A.A.S./A.S. in Bus. Admin. A.S. in Nursing A.A.S./A.S. in Comp. Info Sys T.C. in Practical Nursing A.A.S./A.S. in Human Svcs. Assoc. of Generall Studies Total Transfer Degrees (above) All Transfer ,001 1,171 1,667 Degree Total 2011 % Chg % % % % % % % 1, % Chart 4 (below) graphs the eleven year transfer degree program trend from Table 14: Ivy Tech Annual Transfer Activity/Bill Jackson Page 20 of 23

21 What Institution is the Primary Destination for Students Transferring Credit Hours From Each Region? Table 15 (next page) illustrates for fiscal year the important role that geographic proximity plays in students decisions about which Indiana public higher education institution to transfer their Ivy Tech generated credit hours. IUPU Indianapolis was, by a wide margin, the single largest destination of Ivy Tech transfer credits during fiscal year The Indianapolis region accounted for the lion s share of the total. Half of Indiana s sixteen public institutions accepted at least some transfer credit from all fourteen Ivy Tech regions In most situations, the transfer to school in closest proximity to the home Ivy Tech campus attracts the most transfer credit hours and becomes the primary transfer partner school. Only two of Indiana s fouryear public institutions are the primary transfer destination for more than one Ivy Tech Region: Indiana University East is the primary destination to both the Richmond and Madison Ivy Tech regions IUPU Indianapolis is primary destination to both the Indianapolis and Columbus Ivy Tech regions The importance of each region s primary transfer school to the home Ivy Tech region s overall credit hour transfer varies. At the high end, 87 percent of Evansville s total transfer credits are transferred to the University of Southern Indiana On the low end, Purdue s Calumet campus accounts for just 34 percent of Gary s total credit hours transferred Four Indiana public institutions (IU Northwest; Purdue North Central; Purdue Statewide Technology; and Vincennes University) do not have a primary relationship with any Ivy Tech region Using available data it cannot be determined if the strength/importance of school to school partnerships agreements or individual student preferences is the deciding factor for which school students actually transfer Ivy Tech credit hours. Ivy Tech Annual Transfer Activity/Bill Jackson Page 21 of 23

22 Table 15 Region Based Credit Hours Transferred to Indiana Based Public Higher Education Institutions Transfer From Region Name Reg 01 Gary Reg 02 South Bend Reg 03 Fort Wayne Reg 04 Lafayette Reg 05 Kokomo Reg 06 Muncie Reg 07 Terre Haute Reg 08 Indianapolis Reg 09 Richmond Reg 10 Columbus Reg 11 Madison Reg 12 Evansville Reg 13 Sellersburg Reg 14 Bloomington Fiscal Year Transfer to Institution BSU IPFW ISU IUB IUE IUK IUNW IUPUI IUSB IUSE PUC PUNC PUSWT PUWL USI VU , ,458 6, , , , , , , , , , , , ,658 9, ,943 1, , , , ,242 6, ,211 1, , ,378 1, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,770 Grand Total 20,837 14,497 11,277 20,244 11,464 10,903 5,092 63,257 7,848 7,293 9,602 6,750 1,979 17,835 14,832 1, ,037 Total School Abbreviation Legend: BSU IPFW ISU IUB IUE IUK IUNW IUPUI IUSB IUSE PUC PUNC PUSWT PUWL USI VU Ball State University Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne Indiana State University Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University East Indiana University Kokomo Indiana University Northwest Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Indiana University South Bend Indiana University Southeast Purdue University Calumet Purdue University North Central Purdue University Statewide Technology Purdue University West Lafayette University of Southern Indiana Vincennes University Ivy Tech Annual Transfer Activity/Bill Jackson Page 22 of 23

23 Conclusions and Recommendations The total number of students and the average and total credit hours transferring out of Ivy Tech to public universities grew steadily during ten out of the last eleven years. Most students (94 percent) transferring to public universities are reported as pursuing a bachelor s degree. Most (88 percent) Ivy Tech transfer students still do not complete a credential prior to transferring. The number Ivy Tech students that transferred and graduated with an associate degree decreased in by 357 students. Considering the low historical pre transfer graduation performance and last year s decline in the number of transferees completing Ivy Tech credentials prior to transfer, research into the motivations of students who transfer prior to graduation may be merited. In addition, efforts to increase students perceived value of Ivy Tech credentials could also have a beneficial impact on their willingness to continue attending through graduation. Continuing efforts to improve and streamline the transfer process through student advising, enhanced articulation agreements, and institutional partnerships are all necessary elements to foster sustained growth in these metrics. Ivy Tech Annual Transfer Activity/Bill Jackson Page 23 of 23