ERIC ED374737: Application and Enrollment Patterns of Transfer Students Fall 1993.

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Application and Enrollment Patterns of Transfer
TITLE
Students Fall 1993.
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Central Staff Office
INSTITUTION
of Institutional Research.
SUNY-01R-6-94
REPORT NO
94
PUB DATE
710p.; For the 1992 report, see ED 367 404.
NOTE
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Associate Degrees; Bachelors Degrees; *College
DESCRIPTORS
Applicants; College Students; Enrollment; *Enrollment
*State
Trends: Higher Education; *Public Colleges;
Universities; *Student Mobility; Tables (Data);
*Transfer Students
*State University of New York
IDENTIFIERS
ABSTRACT
This 24th annual study of application and enrollment
University of New York
pztterns of transfer students within the State
the demand for
(SUNY) during Fall 1993, was conducted in response to
attending SUNY
information on the inter-campus mobility of students
education
institutions. The study used an analysis of the higher
with system-wide
: students enrolled at SUNY
backgrounds of transt
The report includes
data for all undergraduate institutions in SUNY.
by coordinating areas. Overall 31,603
an index of SUNY institutions
1993, a 1.8 percent
transfer students enrolled at SUNY in Fall
decrease occurring at
decrease from the previous year with all of the
entirely composed of
two-year institutions. The document is almost
(1) institutional summary
tables of data in 10 parts as follows:
(2) coordinating
distribution;
tables showing headcounts and percent
count and percent distribution area;
area summary tables showing head
(4) transfer students
(3) location and type of prior institution;
(5) transfer students from other New
from other SUNY institutions;
outside the state;
(7)
York institutions; (6) transfer students from
(9) associate
(8) undergraduate admissions tables;
trend reports;
(10) appendixes
degrees granted by SUNY two-year colleges; and
of
containing a map of SUNY institutions, a chronology of data
(JB)
list.
establishment of SUNY institutions, and a publications
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STATE
UNIVERSITY
(.'F' NEWYORK
APPLICATION AND ENROLLMENT
PATTERNS OF TRANSFER STUDENTS
FALL 1993
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
PART I - INSTITUTIONAL SUMMARY TABLES
State University Total
Headcount
1
3
Percent Distribution
Senior Colleges
5
Headcount
7
Percent Distribution
University Centers (Excl. HSC's)
9
Headcount
11
Percent Distribution
University Centers (Incl. HSC's)
13
Headcount
15
Percent Distribution
Albany
17
Headcount
Binghamton
19
Headcount
Buffalo (Excl. HSC)
21
Headcount
Buffalo (Incl. HSC)
23
Headcount
25
Percent Distribution
Stony Brook (Excl. HSC)
27
Headcount
Stony Brook (Incl. HSC)
29
Headcount
31
Percent Distribution
University Colleges
33
Headcount
35
Percent Distribution
Brockport
37
Headcount
Buffalo
39
Headcount
Cortland
41
Headcount
Empire State
43
Headcount
Fredcnia
45
Headcount
Geneseo
47
Headcount
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Continued)
New Paltz
49
Headcount
Old Westbury
51
Headcount
Oneonta
53
Headcount
Oswego
55
Headcount
Plattsburgh
57
Headcount
Potsdam
59
Headcount
Purchase
61
Headcount
Health Sciences Centers - All
63
Headcount
65
Percent Distribution
Stony Brook)
Health Sciences Centers (Exc. Buffalo &
67
Headcount
69
Percent Distribution
Buffalo
71
Headcount
Brooklyn
73
Headcount
Stony Brook
75
Headcount
Syracuse
77
Headcount
Specialized Colleges
79
Headcount
81
Percent Distribution
Environmental Science and Forestry
83
Headcount
Maritime
85
Headcount
Technology at Utica/Rome
87
Headcount
Statutory Colleges
89
Headcount
91
Percent Distribution
Agriculture and Life Sciences
93
Headcount
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(Continued)
Ceramics
95
Headcount
Human Ecology
97
Headcount
Industrial and Labor Relations
99
Headcount
Two-Year Colleges
Headcount
101
103
Percent Distribution
Colleges of Technology /Agriculture
105
Headcount
107
Percent Distribution
Alfred
109
Headcount
Canton
Headcount
111
Cobleskill
113
Headcount
Delhi
115
Headcount
Farmingdale
117
Headcount
Morrisville
119
Headcount
Community Colleges
Headcount
121
123
Percent Distribution
Adirondack
125
Headcount
Broome
127
Headcount
Cayuga County
129
Headcount
Clinton
131
Headcount
Columbia-Greene
133
Headcount
Community College of the Finger Lakes
135
Headcount
Corning
137
Headcount
Dutchess
139
Headcount
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(Continued)
Erie
141
Headcount
Fashion Institute
143
Headcount
Fulton-Montgomery
145
Headcount
Genesee
147
Headcount
Herkimer County
149
Headcount
Hudson Valley
151
Headcount
Jamestown
153
Headcount
Jefferson
155
Headcount
Mohawk Valley
157
Headcount
Monroe
159
Headcount
Nassau
161
Headcount
Niagara County
163
Headcount
North Country
165
Headcount
Onondaga
167
Headcount
Orange County
169
Headcount
Rockland
171
Headcount
Schenectady County
173
Headcount
Suffolk County
175
Headcount
Sullivan County
177
Headcount
Tompkins-Cortland
179
Headcount
Ulster County
181
Headcount
Westchester
183
Headcount
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(Continued)
PART H - COORDINATING AREA SUMMARY TABLES
Western Coordinating Area
185
Headcount
187
Percent Distribution
Central Coordinating Area
189
Headcount
191
Percent Distribution
Northeastern Coordinating Area
193
Headcount
195
Percent Distribution Area
Southeastern Coordinating Area
197
Headcount
199
Percent Distribution Area
PART III - LOCATION AND TYPE OF PRIOR INSTITUTION
All Transfer Students
201
Headcount
204
Percent of Institutional Total
207
Percent of University Total
Full-lime Transfer Students
210
Headcount
213
Percent of Institutional Total
216
Percent of University Total
PART IV - TRANSFER STUDENTS FROM OTHER SUNY INSTITUTIONS
219
Headcount
223
Percent of Institutional Total
227
Percent of University Total
PART V - TRANSFER STUDENTS FROM OTHER NEW YORK INSTITUTIONS
231
Headcount
235
Percent of Institutional Total
239
Percent of University Total
PART VI - TRANSFER STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE NEW YORK STATE
243
Headcount
247
Percent of Institutional Total.
251
Percent of University Total
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Continued)
PART VII TREND REPORTS.
Trends in Full-Time Undergraduate Credit Course Transfer Students
255
at Senior Institutions
Trends in Full-Time Undergraduate Credit Course Transfer Students
257
at Senior Institutions - Percent of Total
Undergraduate Enrollment Trends of First-Time, Transfer, and
259
Continuing and Returning Students
Trends in Transfer Students to SUNY Senior Institutions
From SUNY Two-Year Institutions as Related to Associate
303
Degrees Granted
Full-Time Undergraduate Students by Level at Senior Institutions
305
Within Coordinating Areas
Full-Time Undergraduate Students by Level at Senior Institutions
308
by Institution Type
II-
A
N
311
Full-Time Undergraduate Admissions by Coordinating Area
312
Full-Time Undergraduate Admissions by Institution
Trends in Full-Time Undergraduate Admissions to Institutions
Under the Program of the State University of New York,
314
Fall 1979 through Fall 1993
PART IX - ASSOCIATE DEGREES GRANTED BY SUNY TWO-YEAR COLLEGES
Associate Degrees Granted by Two-Year Colleges as Related to
343
Subsequent Transfers
PART X - APPENDIX
345
Map of State University Institutions
Chronology of Dates of Establishment of Institutions of the
347
State University of New York
349
Publications List
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PREFACE
This is the 24th annual study of the application and enrollment patterns of
University transfer students developed by the Central Staff Office of Institutional Research.
The study was conducted in response to the many requests for information regarding the
inter-campus mobility of students attending institutions under the program of the State
University of New York.
Because of the importance of reliable information regarding transfer students for
regional and system-wide planning and inter-institutional cooperation, the data gathered
for this study have been organized and presented in a variety of formats designed to
provide immediate answers to a wide range of questions which may be formulated
regarding transfer students. The basic data are presented so as to directly relate the
transfer student's prior institution and current SUNY institution and entry level. This infor-
mation is provided for individual institutions,
institution types, and institutions by
coordinating area.
Additional information is provided regarding trends in transfer
students, relationship of the associate degree to transfers, admissions success of transfer
students and other related information.
The acquisition of the data contained in this study involved a great deal of work on
the part of the individual institutions. We appreciate the cooperation and effort required
to provide these data. We would particularly like to thank our professional, statistical and
typing staffs whose efforts made this report possible.
Tommy Annas
Associate Provost for
Institutional Research
Gary L Blose
Associate
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INTRODUCTION
Transfer students defined
Because of the conventional use of the term 'transfer students' and because
different sources of transfer data may exist, the definition of transfer students used for this
Transfer students are herein defined as those
study is of special importance.
undergradupAe students who were enrolled at a State University institution for the first time
in a given Fall term, but who had attended other colleges or universities prior to the given
Fall term. With this definition, we have transfer students moving from two-year to other
two-year colleges, from senior to other senior institutions, from senior institutions to two-
Even if no credits were
year colleges, as well as from two-year to senior institutions.
transferable, albeit an uncommon case, the student moving from one institution to another
would be a transfer student.
Students who simply change majors at the same institution are not considered
transfer students in this study. Graduate students are not included in this study. The
New York State College of Veterinary Medicine and the State College of Optometry which
offer only graduate programs, are not included in this report.
The number of transfer students reported here is an understatement because of
the difficulty some institutions have in obtaining background information on those students
who are not admitted to specific degree programs by application. For example, in Fall
1993 there are 5,395 transfer students (17 percent) whose previous institution is unknown.
There are undoubtedly many others who are not even known to be transfer students, but
these are not likely to be seeking admittance to a program.
Design of the study
Transfer student studies can be designed to follow identified students longitudinally,
observing their success patterns. The investment of effort and time required for such
studies would be substantial, given the size and complexity of the State University of New
York. For this reason, a different approach was used in this study.
The paradigm used here was the analysis of the higher education backgrounds of
transfer students enrolled in the various levels of the institutions under the program of the
State University of New York. Some types of conclusions cannot flow from such a study;
anywhere in
e.g., students who were unsuccessful in obtaining transfer acceptances
these institutions C. r e not included even though they were formerly enrolled at one of the
institutions included and may have graduated in University-parallel programs. Therefore,
this study is based on an input model, not a true follow-up model.
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