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Moving On: The Mobility of Former Post-Secondary Students

Shaping Post-Secondary Education

The 2014 BC Student Outcomes surveys, which included the Baccalaureate Graduates Survey (BGS), the Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes (DACSO) Survey, and the Apprenticeship Student Outcomes (APPSO) Survey, asked respondents to confirm their postal code. In all, over 26,000 former students responded to the three surveys, and 89 percent provided usable postal or zip code information. The postal information was used to assign each respondent to a B.C. region, another province, or the USA.

Respondents to the Student Outcomes surveys were assigned to geographic regions according to the postal information they provided.

1%

NorthCoast 1%

Northeast

1%Nechako

3%Cariboo

10%Thompson / Okanagan

Kootenay14%

Vancouver Island /Coast

60%

Lower Mainland /Southwest

3%

Outside B.C. = 7%

BC STUDENT OUTCOMES

fact sheet

Respondents’ regions—current at the time of the survey—were compared with the region where each respondent studied, to determine if they moved after complet-ing their studies.

STUDENT OUTCOMES FACT SHEET •


The annual surveys collect information by credential: baccalaureate, diploma, cer-tificate, associate degree, and apprenticeship. Depending on their credential type, from 6 to 26 percent of the 2014 respondents who graduated or completed their studies moved from their study region to a new region.

Baccalaureate

The majority (81 percent, n=7,219) of the bachelor-degree graduates who re-sponded to the 2014 BGS provided valid postal or zip code information. Over one-quarter (26 percent) of those respondents moved from their study region after graduating.

Baccalaureate graduates from Human & Social Services were the most likely to move from their study region after completing their programs. Human & Social Services includes programs in kinesiology, social work, and law.

After their studies, baccalaureate graduates congregated in the Mainland/Southwest region—they tended not to move or return to other regions in B.C.; in fact at the time of the survey, more lived outside the province than in the northern and eastern regions.

Overall

Northern B.C.

Southern Interior

Mainland/Southwest

Stud

y Re

gion

15%

47%

49%

36%

26%

Moved from study region

Vancouver Island/Coast

Over one-quarter of baccalaureate graduates moved from their study region.

Graduates from Human & Social Services were the most likely to move from their study region.

Visual &Performing Arts

Human &Social Services

Health

Engineering &Applied Sciences

Education

Business &Management

Arts & Sciences

Prog

ram

Gro

up

25%

24%

22%

29%

27%

42%

26%

Moved by program group



Diploma

In 2014, most (93 percent, n=4,880) of the diploma-program respondents to the DACSO Survey provided usable postal or zip code information. After leaving their diploma programs, 13 percent of respondents moved from their study region.

Former students from Trades, Health, and Education programs were the most likely to have left their study region by the time they were surveyed.

9%

37%

14%

32%

13%Overall

Northern B.C.

Southern Interior

Mainland/Southwest

Stud

y Re

gion



U.S.A.

Other Canadian province

Northeast

Nechako

North Coast

Cariboo

Kootenay

Thompson Okanagan

Mainland/Southwest


Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t Reg

ion

13%

62%

7%

1%

2%

1%

0%

0%

13%

2%

Current regionBaccalaureate graduates tended to remain in or move to the Mainland/Southwest region after their studies.

Respondents who took diploma programs in the Southern Interior were the most likely to move after their studies.



When they were surveyed, by far the largest number of former diploma students lived in the Mainland/Southwest region.

Certificate

Most (94 percent, n=6,426) of the former students who had taken certificate pro-grams provided postal code information. These certificate-program respondents moved from their study region at a rate (14 percent) similar to those who had taken diploma programs (13 percent). Also like diploma students, they were most likely to move if their study region had been the Southern Interior.

6%

27%

8%

24%

16%

25%

11%

11%Visual &Performing Arts


Health


Education


Arts & Sciences

Prog

ram

Gro

up


Trades

Outside B.C.

Northeast

Nechako

North Coast

Cariboo

Kootenay

Thompson Okanagan

Mainland/Southwest


Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t Reg

ion

Current region

13%

69%

7%

2%

2%

1%

0%

1%

5%

Some diploma programs had high rates of mobility.

Over two-thirds of former diploma students were located in the Mainland/Southwest region when surveyed.



13%

20%

7%

10%

14%Overall

Northern B.C.

Southern Interior

Mainland/Southwest

Stud

y Re

gion



Those who had taken Human & Social Services programs were the most likely to move out of their study region, followed by those from Health programs.

Like former students with other credentials, the largest portion of those with cer-tificates lived in the Mainland/Southwest after completing their studies. However, they are spread a little more evenly across the province than respondents with other credentials.

11%

12%

9%

10%

11%

17%

19%

13%Visual &Performing Arts


Health


Education


Arts & Sciences

Prog

ram

Gro

up


Trades

The former certificate students from the Southern Interior were the most likely to move.

Those who took Human & Social Services programs were the most likely to move.



17%

53%

12%

5%

4%

2%

1%

2%

4%Outside B.C.

Northeast

Nechako

North Coast

Cariboo

Kootenay

Thompson Okanagan

Mainland/Southwest


Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t Reg

ion

Current region

Associate Degree

Most of the former students who took associate degree programs (including uni-versity transfer) provided postal code information (93 percent, n=1,888). These respondents were not likely to leave their study region—only 6 percent had moved by the time of the survey.

The majority (87 percent) of these former students had taken Arts and Sciences programs; 6 percent of these respondents moved out of their study region. Of those who had taken Health programs, 8 percent moved from their study region. The numbers of those from other programs who moved after their associate de-gree studies were too low to report.

At the time of the survey, a large majority of respondents were in the Mainland/Southwest region, and many continued their education. Three-quarters (76 per-cent) of those from associate degree programs were enrolled in further education.

3%

15%

6%

9%

6%Overall

Northern B.C.

Southern Interior

Mainland/Southwest

Stud

y Re

gion



Respondents from certificate programs were spread across the province a little more evenly than those from programs with other credentials.

Respondents who took associate degree or university transfer programs tended to stay in their study regions.



Apprenticeship

Almost all (95 percent, n=2,880) of the former apprenticeship students who were surveyed gave valid postal information. After their final in-school training, 17 per-cent of these respondents left their study region.

The likelihood of moving from study region varied with the program taken; those who took Industrial & Heavy Duty Mechanics programs or Other Construction Trades programs were more likely than other respondents to move out of their study region after they completed their training.

12%

64%

11%

3%

6%

1%

1%

0%

2%Outside B.C.

Northeast

Nechako

North Coast

Cariboo

Kootenay

Thompson Okanagan

Mainland/Southwest


Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t Reg

ion

Current region

Overall


Northern B.C.

Southern Interior

Mainland/Southwest

Stud

y Re

gion

17%

25%

6%

14%

17%


Many from associate degree programs were in the Mainland/Southwest region, at the time of the survey.

One-quarter of those who trained in the Southern Interior left the region.



Other Trades

OtherConstruction Trades

Welding &Precision Production

Plumbing

Industrial & HeavyDuty Mechanics

Electrician

Culinary Arts &Personal Services

Carpentry

Automotive &Other Mechanics

Trad

e Pr

ogra

m G

roup

15%

11%

11%

13%

34%

17%

16%

28%

20%

Moved by trade program group

At the time of the survey, over half of the former apprenticeship students were liv-ing in the Mainland/Southwest region.

Outside B.C.

Northeast

Nechako

North Coast

Cariboo

Kootenay

Thompson Okanagan

Mainland/Southwest


Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t Reg

ion

14%

51%

13%

4%

6%

3%

2%

4%

3%

Current region

Some trades had much higher rates of post-training mobility than others.

Over half of the former apprenticeship students were surveyed in the Mainland/Southwest.



The annual BC Student Outcomes surveys collect information from former post-secondary students, who are asked to evaluate their educational experi-ences and to talk about their employment and further education. Information in this fact sheet came from the 2014 Baccalaureate Graduates Survey, the 2014 Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes Survey, and the 2014 Apprenticeship Student Outcomes Survey. For more informa-tion, see the BC Student Outcomes website.

The BC Student Outcomes surveys are conducted with funding from the Ministry of Advanced Education, the participating British Columbia post-secondary institutions, and the Industry Training Authority.

About BC Student Outcomes

http://outcomes.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/Default/Home.aspx

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