OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL REPORT ON THE 2015-2016 STUDENTS RESEARCH, WHO TRANSFER TO 4- YEARS INSTITUTIONS PLANNING, AND WITH TREND DATA SINCE 2010 EFFECTIVENESS

ANNUAL REPORT (Transfer Out)

Transfer out Data: Fall 2010 through Spring 2016

Introduction: This report pertains to Housatonic Community College students’ patterns of transfer. Each year the system office provides data to the community colleges as to where the students subsequently enroll. This report outlines the institutions that the Housatonic students, who were enrolled at HCC between Summer 2015 and Spring 2016, enrolled in a 4-year institution. In addition, the report also provides historical data since Fall 2010 on the transfer-out patterns of our students.

Associate Degree Status Within the group of students between Summer 2015 and Fall 2016, one-thousand-one- hundred-twenty-one students (n=1,121) from Housatonic Community college transferred to a 4-year institution.  19% of these students (n=212) received their associate degrees before transferring.

The chart below outlines the historical data since 2010 of students receiving their Associate degree before transferring to a 4-year institution.

Percentage who received Associate degrees

30% 19.1% 17.2% 18.8% 18.9% 20% 13.8% 14.3% 10% 0% 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 n=199 n=191 n=223 n=219 n=219 n=212

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FOUR YEAR INSTITUTIONS

Within the group of students between Summer 2015 and Fall 2016, 1,121 students from Housatonic Community college transferred to a 4-year institution.

n=914 1000 81.5% 900 800 700 600 500 400 n=207 18.5% 300 200 100 0 In-State 4 year Institutions Out-of-State Institutions

Historical Data: 2010 to 2016

Percentage of Transfer to In-State Institutions

100% n=914 n=1,045 n=958 81.5% 82.0% 82.2% n=1,021 75% n=1,115 90.0% n= 921 77.3% 78.9% 50%

25%

0% 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

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I. Transfer Out to Public Four-Year Institutions Of the 1,121 students who chose to transfer to four-year institutions in 2015-16, 42.8% (n=480) chose to stay within the State of Connecticut. One-hundred-eighty-three students (16.3%) chose to attend Southern Connecticut University.

In- State Public Institutions 183 200

131 150

100 70 49 33 50 14

0 Central Charter Oak Eastern Southern Western UCONN Connecticut State College Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut State State State State University University University University

The next two charts outline where our students attended within the CT Public State system since 2010.

Transfer Patterns to CT Public Institutions

800 684 628 530 542 600 511 468 485 480 392 394 400 347 349 173 160 200 138 148 104 131

0 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

Total SCSU institutions University of Connecticut Total Students who Transferred to Connecticut Public Four-Year Institutions

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Transfer Enrollment to Individual CT Public Institutions 400 300 200 100 0 Central Eastern Southern Western University of Charter Oak State Connecticut State Connecticut State Connecticut State Connecticut State University University University University 2010-11 173 60 46 17 304 84 2011-12 160 56 28 16 283 85 2012-13 138 40 44 17 242 49 2013-14 148 55 54 12 204 69 2014-15 104 33 42 3 193 76 2015-16 131 49 33 14 183 70

II. Transfer Out to Connecticut Private Institutions Of the 1,121 students who chose to transfer to four-year institutions, 38.7% (n=434) chose to enroll in a Connecticut private institution. The majority enrolled at the (35.3%), St. Vincent’s College (14,1%) and (12.2%).

Attendance In-State Private Institutions

University of Bridgeport 153

St Vincent's College 61

Sacred Heart University 53

University of New Haven 43

Fairfield University 31

Post University 26

Goodwin College 23

Quinnipiac University 18

Albertus Magnus College 18

University of Hartford 3

Saint Joseph College 3

Yale University 2

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The charts below outline the transfer pattern of our students attending CT Private Institutions system since 2010.

Top 5 Ct Private Institutions

200

100

0 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

Fairfield University Sacred Heart University St. Vincent's College University of Bridgeport

Transfers to Connecticut Private Institutions 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 30 27 20 28 21 18 Fairfield University 60 53 41 38 38 31 Goodwin College - 5 21 14 25 23 Post University - - 1 34 35 26 17 14 15 17 14 18 Sacred Heart University 94 96 89 90 79 53 St. Vincent's College - - 20 81 81 61 University of Bridgeport 166 127 136 154 148 153 6 5 4 6 3 3 University of New Haven 51 58 43 37 25 43 University of Saint Joseph (formerly St. Joseph College) 5 7 1 4 2 3 2 1 2 2 Total Transfer Students to Connecticut Private Institutions 431 393 391 503 473 434

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III. Transfer to Out-of-State Institutions Of the 1,121 students who chose to transfer to four-year institutions in 2015-16, 207 (18.5%) HCC students chose to transfer to an out-of-state 4-year institution. The majority of these students (70%) chose to attend four-year-private institutions.

NUMBER & PERCENTAGE OF TRANSFERS TO OUT- OF-STATE INSTUTITONS

Other Out of State Public Other Out of State Private

N=62, 30%

N=145, 70%

For a complete list of the 4-year institutions, click on the Fast Facts: Where did our students go?

The chart below outlines the transfer pattern of our students attending out of state Institutions since 2010.

Transfer Patterns to Out-of-State Institutions n=153 n=174 n=145 80% n=225 n=218 n=158 73.6% 68.6% 69.6% 70.4% 69.0% 70.0%

60%

n=103 n=95 n=73 n=71 n=62 40% 31.4% n=55 30.4% 29.6% 31.0% 30.0% 26.4%

20%

0% 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

4-year public institutions 4-year private institutions

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IV: Summary of Transfer Patterns

Summary Data: 2010 - 2016 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Total Transfer Students to Out-of-State Colleges 328 313 247 229 208 207 Total Transfer Students to ANY Connecticut Institutions 1,115 1,021 921 1,045 958 914 Total Transfer Outs 1,443 1,134 1,168 1,274 1,166 1,121

Methods

The data used for this report was extracted from Argos on June 21, 2017. The Argos extract obtained was a transfer of data from the National Clearinghouse. This data relies on the institutional membership to the National Clearinghouse. At present, the National Student Clearinghouse reports that 100% of public institutions in Connecticut are members and 98% of the nation’s postsecondary students regularly report enrollment data in over 3,300 U.S. institutions.

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