WA Council Transfer Advisor Workshop August 2019
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CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY WA Council Transfer Advisor Workshop August 2019 Julie Garver, Director of Policy and Academic Affairs About COP YOUR PUBLIC FOUR‐YEAR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES ABOUT COP COP is an association of Washington’s six public baccalaureate degree granting college and universities. We strive to be a common voice for the public baccalaureate sector and the most respected and trusted resource for decision makers on issues affecting public higher education. We foster coordination and collaboration among the public baccalaureates as well as with myriad other partners. Leadership Policy Legislative General Strategic Collaborate with educational partners on Represent Develop and update development of Washington's public sector‐level academic, business, sector reports, briefs, student affairs, and four‐year sector in the and factsheets. policies, practicies, legislative process. and advocacy. workforce policy. Communicate and Facilitate institutional Proactively engage Organize events for collaborate with and sector conversations with legislators, collaboration within and education, workforce, to advance public four‐ statewide elected promotion of the sector business, and year higher education. officials, and their with external audiences. community partners. staff. Represent sector on Implement state Increase the profile of state cross‐ sector Develop and respond to legislation. the sector through social councils, committees, policy and budget proposals. media and other work groups, and task communication formats. forces. Advocate for public Partner with the Engage internal four‐year higher Education Reseach stakeholders in the education at the state and Data Center on legislative process. and federal levels. data collection and analysis. Research higher Ensure the long‐term education issues to success of our six inform sector member institutions. conversations and strategic direction. TRANSITIONING FROM K‐12 TO HIGHER EDUCATION Students Opportunities State Presence Served and Myths State Presence Your Public Four‐Year Institutions are Everywhere . Six institutions with a presence in all 39 counties. Including two research universities, three comprehensive universities and the state’s public liberal arts and sciences college. Four campuses: UW Bothell, UW Tacoma, WSU Tri‐Cities, WSU Vancouver. WSU North Puget Sound at Everett and six Everett University Center partners. Multi‐institutional partnership in Spokane. Maintain a physical presence on 21 community and technical colleges. .Robust online opportunities Students Served Our Transfer Students More than Median Nearly 40% Senior GPAs A 15% of students who were similar increase in the 80% credits earned a number of total of Washington for community and earned baccalaureate degree technical college transfer degrees community and from a Washington awarded in technical college transfer and direct approx. the public baccalaureate entry students across Washington students who university or college between 2013‐14 for majors. transfer go to one of same were community and and 2017‐18. the state’s public community and technical college a four‐year technical college students. institutions. transfer and direct entry students. a YOUR PUBLIC FOUR‐YEAR INSTITUTIONS SERVE THE STATE In 2016‐17: • 40,070 transfer students were served. • 10,990 undergraduate degrees awarded to transfer students. • 2.59 years, the average time it took all transfer students who entered to earn a degree Source: Washington Education Research & Data Center Did you Know? Washington Transfer: Strongest Partnership in the Nation Nearly 50 years of collaboration between the public and nonprofit private four‐year institutions and the community and technical colleges to improve efficiency and streamline transfer in Washington. • ‐ Development of the DTA, AS‐T and Major Related Pathways ‐ Institution to Institution articulation agreements Washington ranks 1st in the nation for the percentage of transfer students who begin at a community or technical college and earn a bachelor’s degree. Washington ranks 5th in the nation for the average rate by which a community college transfer student earns a credential before transferring to four‐year institution. Destination for Community and Technical College Transfer Students. More than 80% of Washington community and technical college transfer students attend a public four‐year Washington institution. In fact, nearly 40% of graduates from Washington’s public four‐year institutions were community and technical college transfer students. Connections for Transfer Students to the Workforce. Between 2016‐2021 Washington will experience an unprecedented number of job openings. Sixty‐three percent of career job openings in Washington are expected to be filled by workers with bachelor’s degrees or higher. Career, Collaboration, and Credit Washington institutions of higher education have a long history of collaboration. Several Professional Technical credit pathways exist in cross‐sector, statewide groups focus on both statewide transfer agreements and increasing the efficiency and improving through institution‐to‐institution agreements. transfer including the Joint Transfer Council and the Intercollege Relations Commission. Washington’s public four‐year institutions have a long history of recognizing college credit earned while in high school YOUR PUBLIC COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES AS A SECTOR ARE NATIONAL LEADERS The Ten States with the Washington’s public, four‐year Lowest Average Student college and universities rank Loan Debt Levels 6th for best four‐year graduation rate in the country. Utah $18,838 New Mexico $21,237 Washington is 3rd in the nation in bachelor’s degrees produced Nevada $22,064 per 100 FTE students at public Wyoming $22,254 four‐year institutions. California $22,785 Washington consistently ranks Washington $23,936 among the 10 states for the Arizona $23,967 lowest student debt for a bachelor’s degree. Florida $24,041 Hawaii $25,125 Tennessee $25,252 Sources: Washington Education Research & Data Center, Institute for College Access & Success EARNING A DEGREE AND STUDENT LOANS National Washington . 35% of student borrowers had . Washington’s four‐year public college and universities have the 6th lowest student outstanding borrower debt for all sectors loan debt nationwide. of less than $10,000; 42% were less than $40,000 and 6% were over $100,000 . 48% of the Class of 2017 graduated from a WA baccalaureate degree‐granting institution with no student loan debt. Cumulative amount borrowed for undergraduate study for 2015‐16: . Average undergraduate student loan debt in WA was $23,936. 42% had less than $10,000 at public four‐year institutions . Most of Washington’s public four‐year . 37% had less at private, nonprofit college and universities are in the top 200 lowest student public institutions for four‐year institutions debt. 20% at for‐profit four‐year institutions. Cumulatively the three year student loan default rate for graduates from Washington’s public four‐year institutions is 4.7%; compared to the national average of 11.5% Sources: Washington Education Research & Data Center, Institute for College Access & Success, Lendedu, National Conference of State Legislatures and Federal Student Aid; Office of the U.S. Department of Education; Trends in Student Aid 2018 LEADERS AT THE INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL . CWU was ranked as one of the top . UW ranked as 5th among U.S. public 10 public regional universities in universities for best value by the west by U.S. News & World Kiplinger. Report. WSU ranked 6th in the nation . EWU was recipient of the 2018 among public national universities Higher Education Excellence in for its undergraduate international Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into business program by U.S. News & Diversity magazine. World Report. Evergreen ranked 1st as the most . WWU ranked in the top 10 innovative school and best nationally for graduates who go on undergraduate teaching for to earn research doctorates regional universities in the west by according to the Survey of Earned U.S News & World Report. Doctorates. VALUE OF EARNING A BACHELOR’S DEGREE OR HIGHER Bachelor and graduate degree holders have remained in the middle class or moved to higher income levels more than other degrees or no degrees between 1970‐2007. Since 1983 bachelor and graduate degree holders have experienced higher increases in earnings than other degrees or no degrees. Median Earnings by Educational Level Graduate Degree $80,000 Bachelors Degree $62,000 Associates Degree $47,000 Some College $42,000 2x BA holder median earnings are High School Diploma $36,000 almost 2x the median earnings of workers with a high school diploma. Less than High School $27,000 Source: Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce HIGHER EDUCATION KEY TO SOCIAL AND SOCIETAL SUCCESS Strong/Positive Strong/Negative Correlation with Earning Correlation with Earning a Bachelor’s Degree a Bachelor’s Degree • Per capita income; median • Fewer traffic fatalities per 100 household income; Average million vehicle miles. annual pay. • Lower infant mortality rates; • Physicians per 100,000 Lower poverty rates. resident populations; Public school teachers’; salaries. • Lower energy consumption per capita; Lower • Employed/population unemployment rate. ratio/Citizen voting rates. Future Work Washington Transfer Ongoing Work Transfer the