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ExecutiveSummary

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 per‐student average credit hour transferred also declined a modest 4.3 percent; from 22.3 the prior year to 21.3 currently.

In fiscal year 2011‐12, 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 2011‐12 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


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.

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 2001‐02 to 2011‐12 ................................................... 7

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 ............................... 10

Table 6. Students Classified as Transfer Students by Receiving Institution ................................................. 11

Table 7. Ivy Tech Students Transferring Credits by Ivy Tech Regions .......................................................... 12

Table 8. Credits Transferred by Region to Indiana Public Universities ........................................................ 13

Table 9. Average Total Credit Hours Transferred to Indiana Public Universities by Region ........................ 14

Ivy Tech Student Transfers by Degree Pursued At Transfer Institution ..................................................... 14

Table 10. Ivy Tech Student Transfers by Degree Pursued at Indiana Public Four‐Year Institutions ............ 15

Ivy Tech Student Transfers by Type of Ivy Tech Credential Earned ........................................................... 15

Table 11. Count of Ivy Tech Student Transfers by Type of Ivy Tech Credential Earned............................... 16

Count of Ivy Tech Student Transfers by Entry Type and Fiscal Year .......................................................... 16

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………………………….………………………….……...18

Table 13. Ivy Tech Transfer Students By Entry Type as a Perecnt of Total Student Transfers……………...…..18

Chart 3. Ivy Tech Transfer Students buy Entry Percent and Fiscal Year…………..…………………………………….…19

Most Popular Ivy Tech Degree Programs At Point of Student Transfer ..................................................... 20

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………………………….…....20

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


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 2011‐02 through 2011‐12. 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 2009‐10 and earlier also used ICHE baseline data. Beginning with its 2010‐11 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 2010‐11. 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.


Analysis

KeyTransferMetricsTables 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.KeyTransferMetricsTable 1

Key Transfer Metrics

Measure 2011‐12 Percent Change from

2001‐02 to 2011‐12

Percent Change

2010‐11 vs. 2011‐12Number of students transferring

any credits 10,563 +531%

‐4%

Total credit hours transferred 225,036 +857% ‐8%

Average number of credit hours

transferred 21 +52% ‐4%

Total students classified as

transfer students by receiving

institutions

4,229 +425% ‐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

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2011‐12 Leading Receiving Institutions First Second Third Fourth

Number of students transferring any

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IUPUI

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IU‐Bloomington

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IUPUI

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IUPUI

(1,234)

Ball State

(523)

IU ‐ Bloomington

(366)

IUPU ‐ Ft.

Wayne (308)

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Ivy Tech Students Transferring to Public Four‐Year Institutions (Table 3):

During 2011‐12 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 2003‐04, Indiana University/Purdue University‐Indianapolis (IUPUI) has accepted the most Ivy Tech transfer students

In 2011‐12, 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 2011‐12

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

Fiscal Year

2001‐2002

2002‐2003

2003‐2004

2004‐2005

2005‐2006

2006‐2007

2007‐2008

2008‐2009

2009‐2010

2010‐2011

2011‐2012

% Change vs. Prior Year

Ball State University 241 387 399 371 487 438 434 541 575 641 832 29.8%

Indiana State University

239 290 200 363 447 418 467 511 656 1,610 387 ‐76.0%

Indiana University‐Bloomington

15 25 238 254 361 410 701 934 1,340 1,756 1,936 10.3%

Indiana University‐East

19 12 106 127 111 91 116 171 203 259 348 34.4%

Indiana University‐Kokomo

47 47 199 183 217 192 244 196 259 315 325 3.2%

Indiana University‐Northwest

26 28 115 91 100 135 212 218 233 209 238 13.9%

IUPU ‐ Ft Wayne 196 251 238 267 186 200 283 326 442 633 514 ‐18.8%

IUPU ‐ Indianapolis 243 236 803 992 1,033 1,128 1,423 1,553 1,683 2,112 2,077 ‐1.7%

Indiana University ‐South Bend

31 51 163 184 86 198 192 204 237 223 264 18.4%

Indiana University‐Southeast

21 19 136 154 182 198 180 273 343 369 425 15.2%

Purdue University‐Calumet

28 58 93 96 170 151 109 134 333 256 313 22.3%

Purdue University ‐North Central

7 20 17 28 99 18 176 138 233 251 264 5.2%

Purdue University – Stwide. Technology

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 N/A

Purdue University‐W. Lafayette

257 376 375 474 764 837 1,082 1,345 1,520 1,603 1,661 3.6%

University of Southern Indiana

302 422 418 438 476 489 572 609 668 720 711 ‐1.3%

Vincennes Univ. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 N/A

Grand Total 1,672 2,222 3,500 4,022 4,719 4,903 6,191 7,153 8,725 1 0,957 10,563 ‐3.6%

Source: CHE Data Warehouse, annual SIS data submissions FY 2001‐02 through FY 2011‐12


IvyTechCreditHoursTransferredtoIndiana’sPublicFour‐YearInstitutions (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 2010‐11.

Since 2002 the total number of credit hours transferred by Ivy Tech students increased almost ten‐fold (from 23,515 in 2001‐02 to 225,037 in 2011‐12). The credit hour transfer trend, however, differed considerably by individual institution.

In 2012, 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 2011‐12, decreasing 78 percent. There is anecdotal evidence suggesting ISU’s 2010‐11 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 2011‐12.

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

Credit Hours

Transferred

Fiscal Year

2001‐2002

2002‐2003

2003‐2004

2004‐2005

2005‐2006

2006‐2007

2007‐2008

2008‐2009

2009‐2010

2010‐2011

2011‐2012

Percent

Change

vs. Prior

YearBall State University 3,227 6,805 7,273 6,158 8,579 8,239 8,948 9,995 11,640 13,706 20,837 52.0%

Indiana State

University 5,606 7,710 5,723 10,234 11,243 10,743 12,772 13,610 17,374 52,262 11,277 ‐78.4%

Indiana Univ. ‐

Bloomington 285 501 2,842 3,525 4,269 5,785 9,899 12,297 16,665 20,785 20,244 ‐2.6%

Indiana Univ. ‐ East 216 123 1,501 3,053 2,119 1,924 2,168 4,801 5,648 8,577 11,464 33.7%

Indiana Univ. ‐

Kokomo 864 1,170 4,304 4,204 4,939 4,608 5,660 4,638 6,616 9,157 10,903 19.1%

Indiana Univ. ‐

Northwest 270 574 1,604 1,331 1,406 1,687 2,441 2,734 3,276 4,679 5,092 8.8%

IUPU ‐ Fort Wayne 2,974 4,403 4,714 5,228 4,975 5,388 5,902 10,636 15,440 17,352 14,497 ‐16.5%

IUPU – Indianapolis 2,798 2,609 10,077 12,738 15,610 22,526 31,416 37,592 42,710 58,371 63,257 8.4%

Indiana Univ. ‐ S.

Bend 557 1,269 2,839 4,294 1,994 5,122 5,000 5,531 6,907 6,856 7,848 14.5%

Indiana Univ. ‐

Southeast 264 296 1,708 1,788 2,234 2,841 2,724 3,976 5,837 5,867 7,293 24.3%

Purdue Univ.‐

Calumet Campus 935 1,465 2,521 2,065 4,135 4,032 2,887 3,250 6,413 6,455 9,602 48.8%

Purdue Univ. ‐ North

Central Campus 88 273 375 620 2,632 464 3,722 1,705 5,895 6,485 6,750 4.1%

Purdue Univ.‐ Statewide Tech.

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,979 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 17,835 ‐8.5%

Univ. of S. Indiana 3,536 5,448 6,247 6,512 7,774 7,293 10,597 11,785 12,803 13,778 14,832 7.6%

Vincennes University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,328 N.A.

Grand Total 23,515 35,062 54,169 64,764 80,127 89,726 116,584 138,609 174,051 243,827 225,037 ‐7.7%



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 2001‐02 to 22.3 in 2010‐11.

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 2011‐12 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 2011‐12 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

Average Credit Hours Transferred

Fiscal Year

2001‐

2002

2002‐

2003

2003‐

2004

2004‐

2005

2005‐

2006

2006‐

2007

2007‐

2008

2008‐

2009

2009‐

2010

2010‐

2011

2011‐

2012 Percent

Change vs. Prior Year

Ball State University

13.4 17.6 18.2 16.6 17.6 18.8 20.6 18.5 20.2 21.4 25.0 17.1%

Indiana State University

23.5 26.6 28.6 28.2 25.2 25.7 27.3 26.6 26.5 32.5 29.1 ‐10.2%

Indiana Univ. ‐ Bloomington

19.0 20.0 11.9 13.9 11.8 14.1 14.1 13.2 12.4 11.8 10.5 ‐11.7%

Indiana Univ. ‐ East 11.4 10.3 14.2 24.0 19.1 21.1 18.7 28.1 27.8 33.1 32.9 ‐0.5%

Indiana Univ. ‐ Kokomo

18.4 24.9 21.6 23.0 22.8 24.0 23.2 23.7 25.5 29.1 33.5 15.4%

Indiana Univ. ‐ Northwest

10.4 20.5 13.9 14.6 14.1 12.5 11.5 12.5 14.1 22.4 21.4 ‐4.4%

IUPU ‐ Fort Wayne 15.2 17.5 19.8 19.6 26.7 26.9 20.9 32.6 34.9 27.4 28.2 2.9%

IUPU – Indianapolis 11.5 11.1 12.5 12.8 15.1 20.0 22.1 24.2 25.4 27.6 30.5 10.2%

Indiana Univ. ‐ S. Bend

18.0 24.9 17.4 23.3 23.2 25.9 26.0 27.1 29.1 30.7 29.7 ‐3.3%

Indiana Univ. ‐ Southeast

12.6 15.6 12.6 11.6 12.3 14.3 15.1 14.6 17.0 15.9 17.2 7.9%

Purdue Univ.‐ Calumet Campus

33.4 25.3 27.1 21.5 24.3 26.7 26.5 24.3 19.3 25.2 30.7 21.7%

Purdue Univ. ‐ N. Central Campus

12.6 13.7 22.1 22.1 26.6 25.8 21.1 12.4 25.3 25.8 25.6 ‐1.0%

Purdue Univ.‐ Statewide Tech.

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.9 N.A.

Purdue Univ. ‐ W Lafayette

7.4 6.4 6.5 6.4 10.8 10.8 11.5 11.9 11.1 12.2 10.7 ‐11.7%

Univ. of S. Indiana 11.7 12.9 14.9 14.9 16.3 14.9 18.5 19.4 19.2 19.1 20.9 9.0%

Vincennes Univ. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.5 N.A.

Statewide Average 14.1 15.8 15.5 16.1 17.0 18.3 18.8 19.4 19.9 22.3 21.3 ‐4.3%



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 2001‐02 to 4,229 in 2011‐12. IUPUI, Ball State, Indiana University ‐ Bloomington, and IPFW received the largest number of Ivy Tech transfer students in 2011‐12, while Ball State, Indiana University ‐ East, and Indiana University ‐ Southeast experienced the largest year‐over‐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

Students Classified as Transfers by Receiving

Institutions

Fiscal Year

2001‐

2002

2002‐

2003

2003‐

2004

2004‐

2005

2005‐

2006

2006‐

2007

2007‐

2008

2008‐

2009

2009‐

2010

2010‐

2011

2011‐

2012

Percent Change vs. Prior Year

Ball State University 177 265 278 196 253 234 212 280 273 330 523 58.5%

Indiana State University 115 138 96 147 231 212 243 250 335 383 100 ‐73.9%

Indiana Univ.‐Bloomington

12 24 103 83 158 171 268 341 362 438 366 ‐16.4%

Indiana Univ. ‐ East 6 12 46 65 72 54 64 114 132 163 231 41.7%

Indiana Univ.‐Kokomo 30 47 112 112 152 122 141 101 154 198 231 16.7%

Indiana Univ.‐Northwest

10 28 63 70 64 77 97 108 132 158 162 2.5%

IUPU ‐ Fort Wayne 123 123 139 144 145 156 155 294 420 396 308 ‐22.2%

IUPU ‐ Indianapolis 155 235 544 627 702 813 856 953 907 1,233 1,234 0.1%

Indiana Univ.‐ S. Bend 12 51 108 129 48 131 120 154 168 160 183 14.4%

Indiana Univ.‐ Southeast

11 19 75 78 94 107 101 125 151 142 176 23.9%

Purdue Univ. ‐ Calumet 16 34 56 63 99 77 58 59 117 128 31 ‐75.8%

Purdue Univ.‐ N. Central

2 9 11 9 51 14 80 30 47 108 118 9.3%

Purdue Univ. ‐ Statewide Technology

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 N.A.

Purdue Univ.‐ W. Lafayette

44 94 104 161 208 185 236 168 159 195 222 13.8%

University Of S. Indiana 92 144 143 126 175 137 187 215 254 263 277 5.3%

Vincennes University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 N.A.

Grand Total 805 1,223 1,878 2,010 2,452 2,490 2,818 3,192 3,611 4,295 4,229 ‐1.5%



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 2011‐12 included: Central Indiana, Bloomington, and Lafayette. Regions with the fewest students transferring in 2011‐12 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 Students

Transferring Credits from

ITCC

Fiscal Year

2001‐

2002

2002‐

2003

2003‐

2004

2004‐

2005

2005‐

2006

2006‐

2007

2007‐

2008

2008‐

2009

2009‐

2010

2010‐

2011

2011‐

2012 Percent

Change vs. Prior Year

Reg 01 – Gary 61 118 238 231 383 296 515 562 852 819 876 7.0%

Reg 02 ‐ S. Bend 49 90 218 270 163 286 313 315 353 377 426 13.0%

Reg 03 ‐ Ft Wayne

227 286 289 319 245 257 347 418 550 760 650 ‐14.5%

Reg 04 – Lafayette

264 350 405 428 655 717 877 1,030 1,192 1,223 1,374 12.3%

Reg 05 ‐ Kokomo 68 90 176 198 256 210 264 227 288 362 361 ‐0.3%

Reg 06 – Muncie 151 204 285 223 349 288 349 387 421 474 500 5.5%

Reg 07 ‐ Terre Haute

153 180 161 266 301 278 325 333 436 950 322 ‐66.1%

Reg 08 – Indianapolis

268 338 787 957 1,032 1,214 1,367 1,625 1,864 2,310 2,200 ‐4.8%

Reg 09 ‐ Richmond

39 52 134 185 178 149 201 216 245 288 336 16.7%

Reg 10 ‐ Columbus

30 38 51 127 173 154 246 223 321 560 681 21.6%

Reg 11 ‐ Madison 22 17 42 43 92 115 102 90 97 139 129 ‐7.2%

Reg 12 ‐ Evansville

260 373 361 367 386 404 481 539 568 668 614 ‐8.1%

Reg 13 – Sellersburg

45 46 148 193 223 227 234 321 400 507 536 5.7%

Reg 14 – Bloomington

35 40 205 215 283 308 570 867 1,138 1,520 1,558 2.5%

Grand Total 1,672 2,222 3,500 4,022 4,719 4,903 6,191 7,153 8,725 10,957 10,563 ‐3.6%



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 2011‐12 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.

Table8.CreditsTransferredbyRegiontoIndianaPublicUniversities

Table 8 Credits Transferred by Region to Indiana Public Universities

Total Hours Transferred by Ivy Tech Regions

Fiscal Year

2001‐

2002

2002‐

2003

2003‐

2004

2004‐

2005

2005‐

2006

2006‐

2007

2007‐

2008

2008‐

2009

2009‐

2010

2010‐

2011

2011‐

2012


Reg 01 ‐ Gary 1,316 2,498 4,479 4,247 8,191 5,633 9,097 8,734 15,391 17,362 19,016 9.5%

Reg 02 ‐ South Bend 746 1,762 3,774 5,644 3,183 6,427 6,478 7,213 9,174 9,537 10,477 9.8%

Reg 03 ‐ Fort Wayne 3,422 4,958 5,491 6,206 5,717 6,354 6,320 11,030 16,289 18,755 16,442 ‐12.3%

Reg 04 ‐ Lafayette 2,495 3,134 3,935 3,725 9,154 9,826 13,700 15,585 16,992 21,177 21,630 2.1%

Reg 05 ‐ Kokomo 858 1,440 3,285 4,320 4,947 4,067 5,158 4,784 6,295 9,970 10,658 6.9%

Reg 06 ‐ Muncie 2,231 4,272 5,356 4,445 7,168 6,541 8,134 8,604 10,077 12,843 16,044 24.9%

Reg 07 ‐ Terre Haute 3,318 4,049 3,295 5,387 6,194 5,842 6,522 6,874 10,047 27,761 8,242 ‐70.3%

Reg 08 ‐ Indianapolis 3,467 4,787 11,129 12,976 14,906 23,480 30,335 36,526 42,421 58,672 57,949 ‐1.2%

Reg 09 ‐ Richmond 437 581 1,916 3,702 2,281 2,478 2,744 3,955 4,857 7,142 7,967 11.6%

Reg 10 ‐ Columbus 523 644 659 1,814 2,837 2,343 3,534 3,245 4,644 9,340 12,385 32.6%

Reg 11 ‐ Madison 315 333 468 814 1,365 1,507 1,608 1,978 1,580 3,305 2,817 ‐14.8%

Reg 12 ‐ Evansville 3,140 5,261 5,761 5,766 7,026 6,904 10,012 11,093 11,574 13,838 12,090 ‐12.6%

Reg 13 ‐ Sellersburg 750 656 1,711 2,318 2,511 3,175 3,561 4,308 6,470 7,549 8,552 13.3%

Reg 14 Bloomington 498 689 2,911 3,401 4,649 5,150 9,383 14,681 18,239 26,577 20,770 ‐21.9%

Grand Total 23,515 35,062 54,169 64,764 80,127 89,726 116,584 138,609 174,051 243,827 225,037 ‐7.7%



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 2011‐12 versus the prior year were Muncie, Columbus, Kokomo, and Sellersburg. Declines in average credit hours transferred in 2011‐12 versus the prior year were observed in Bloomington, Terre Haute, and Lafayette.

Table9.AverageTotalCreditHoursTransferredtoIndianaPublicUniversitiesbyRegion

Table 9 Average Total Credit Hours Transferred to Indiana Public Universities by Region

Average Credit Hours Transferred by Ivy Tech

Region

Fiscal Year

2001‐

2002

2002‐

2003

2003‐

2004

2004‐

2005

2005‐

2006

2006‐

2007

2007‐

2008

2008‐

2009

2009‐

2010

2010‐

2011

2011‐

2012


Reg 01 ‐ Gary 21.6 21.2 18.8 18.4 21.4 19.0 17.7 15.5 18.1 21.2 21.7 2.4%

Reg 02 ‐ South Bend 15.2 19.6 17.3 20.9 19.5 22.5 20.7 22.9 26.0 25.3 24.6 ‐2.8%

Reg 03 ‐ Fort Wayne 15.1 17.3 19.0 19.5 23.3 24.7 18.2 26.4 29.6 24.7 25.3 2.5%

Reg 04 ‐ Lafayette 9.5 9.0 9.7 8.7 14.0 13.7 15.6 15.1 14.3 17.3 15.7 ‐9.1%

Reg 05 ‐ Kokomo 12.6 16.0 18.7 21.8 19.3 19.4 19.5 21.1 21.9 27.5 29.5 7.2%

Reg 06 ‐ Muncie 14.8 20.9 18.8 19.9 20.5 22.7 23.3 22.2 23.9 27.1 32.1 18.4%

Reg 07 ‐ Terre Haute 21.7 22.5 20.5 20.3 20.6 21.0 20.1 20.6 23.0 29.2 25.6 ‐12.4%

Reg 08 ‐ Indianapolis 12.9 14.2 14.1 13.6 14.4 19.3 22.2 22.5 22.8 25.4 26.3 3.7%

Reg 09 ‐ Richmond 11.2 11.2 14.3 20.0 12.8 16.6 13.7 18.3 19.8 24.8 23.7 ‐4.4%

Reg 10 ‐ Columbus 17.4 16.9 12.9 14.3 16.4 15.2 14.4 14.6 14.5 16.7 18.2 9.0%

Reg 11 ‐ Madison 14.3 19.6 11.1 18.9 14.8 13.1 15.8 22.0 16.3 23.8 21.8 ‐8.2%

Reg 12 ‐ Evansville 12.1 14.1 16.0 15.7 18.2 17.1 20.8 20.6 20.4 20.7 19.7 ‐4.9%

Reg 13 ‐ Sellersburg 16.7 14.3 11.6 12.0 11.3 14.0 15.2 13.4 16.2 14.9 16.0 7.2%

Reg 14 ‐ Bloomington 14.2 17.2 14.2 15.8 16.4 16.7 16.5 16.9 16.0 17.5 13.3 ‐23.8%

Statewide Average 14.1 15.8 15.5 16.1 17.0 18.3 18.8 19.4 19.9 22.3 21.3 ‐4.3%


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 2011‐12:

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”


Table10.IvyTechStudentTransfersbyDegreePursuedatIndianaPublicFour‐YearInstitutionsTable 10 Count of Ivy Tech Student Transfers by Degree Pursued at Indiana Public Four‐Year Institutions

Degree 2001‐2002

2002‐2003

2003‐2004

2004‐2005

2005‐2006

2006‐2007

2007‐2008

2008‐2009

2009‐2010

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2011‐2012


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1,890

2,880

3,428

4,302

4,457

5,680

6,622

8,205

10,367

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315

607

573

392

406

458

455

416

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16

29

22

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34

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77

116

88 ‐24.1%

Total 1,672 2,222 3,500 4,022 4,719 4,903 6,191 7,153 8,725 10,957 10,563 ‐3.6%


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 2011‐12:

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


Table11.CountofIvyTechStudentTransfersbyTypeofIvyTechCredentialEarnedTable 11 Count of Ivy Tech Student Transfers by Type of Ivy Tech Credential Earned

Degree 2001‐2002

2002‐2003

2003‐2004

2004‐2005

2005‐2006

2006‐2007

2007‐2008

2008‐2009

2009‐2010

2010‐2011

2011‐2012


Associate 143 233 376 512 607 650 803 913 1,098 1,567 1,210 ‐22.8%

Award >1 but < 2 Yrs.

34 75 74 98 151 132 110 86 72 92 50 ‐45.7%

Award <1 Academic Yr.

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 8 13 62.5%

None Listed 1,495 1,914 3,050 3,412 3,961 4,121 5,277 6,152 7,554 9,290 9,290 0.0%

Total 1,672 2,222 3,500 4,022 4,719 4,903 6,191 7,153 8,725 10,957 10,563 ‐3.6%


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.


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

2011‐12 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 2001‐2002

2002‐2003

2003‐2004

2004‐2005

2005‐2006

2006‐2007

2007‐2008

2008‐2009

2009‐2010

2010‐2011

2011‐2012


Continuing

546

752

1,156

1,568

1,692

1,867

2,522

2,950

3,765

4,998

4,542 ‐9.1%

First‐time Entry

321

247

461

430

554

533

729

976

1,341

1,656

1,792 2.7%

Transfer

805

1,223

1,878

2,010

2,452

2,490

2,818

3,192

3,611

4,295

4,229 ‐1.3%

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122

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Region?

Table 15 (next page) illustrates for fiscal year 2011‐12 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 2011‐12. 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 four‐

year 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.


Table 15 ‐ Region‐Based Credit Hours Transferred to Indiana‐Based Public Higher Education Institutions Fiscal Year 2011‐12

Transfer to Institution

Transfer From Region Name

BSU IPFW ISU IUB IUE IUK IUNW IUPUI IUSB IUSE PUC PUNC PUSWT PUWL USI VU 2012 Total

Reg 01 ‐ Gary

296 13 85 253 21 78 4,613 334 116 6 6,458 6,003 99 520 82 39 19,016

Reg 02 ‐ South Bend

427 267 92 118 126 348 0 306 7,589 0 65 456 389 225 49 21 10,477

Reg 03 ‐ Fort Wayne

944 13,078 119 513 55 92 91 519 28 0 548 65 15 278 64 33 16,442

Reg 04 ‐ Lafayette

450 179 1,382 405 358 760 221 4,086 112 68 0 37 569 12,694 237 72 21,630

Reg 05 ‐ Kokomo

846 201 200 195 100 7,526 49 1,010 0 0 0 0 154 319 49 9 10,658

Reg 06 ‐ Muncie

9,121 246 292 225 1,943 1,410 0 1,993 3 0 264 0 121 156 232 38 16,044

Reg 07 ‐ Terre Haute

86 0 6,150 95 187 0 6 763 0 63 108 8 0 149 432 195 8,242

Reg 08 ‐ Indianapolis

6,835 284 1,211 1,720 382 569 45 43,105 0 48 770 80 66 1,378 1,125 332 57,949

Reg 09 ‐ Richmond

784 44 9 94 6,342 0 3 171 0 0 132 0 69 175 128 16 7,967

Reg 10 ‐ Columbus

493 0 269 1,289 321 58 4 7,617 0 365 253 3 210 1,062 381 60 12,385

Reg 11 ‐ Madison

75 0 34 235 1,106 0 0 649 0 387 0 0 6 137 185 3 2,817

Reg 12 ‐ Evansville

25 41 319 356 123 0 0 128 0 24 172 70 3 209 10,465 155 12,090

Reg 13 ‐ Sellersburg

87 0 199 328 287 0 0 189 0 6,200 0 0 221 253 712 77 8,552

Reg 14 ‐ Bloomington

369 144 917 14,418 113 63 60 2,388 0 132 832 28 57 280 691 278 20,770

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 1,328 225,037


School Abbreviation Legend:

BSU Ball State University

IPFW Indiana University Purdue University ‐ Fort Wayne

ISU Indiana State University

IUB Indiana University ‐ Bloomington

IUE Indiana University ‐ East

IUK Indiana University ‐ Kokomo

IUNW Indiana University ‐ Northwest

IUPUI Indiana University Purdue University ‐Indianapolis

IUSB Indiana University ‐ South Bend

IUSE Indiana University ‐ Southeast

PUC Purdue University ‐ Calumet

PUNC Purdue University ‐ North Central

PUSWT Purdue University ‐ Statewide Technology

PUWL Purdue University ‐ West Lafayette

USI University of Southern Indiana

VU Vincennes University


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 2011‐12 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.

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