Front Range Community College Office of Institutional Research RESEARCH BRIEF – MAY 2014 “Collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and delivering institutional information.”

What National Student Clearinghouse Can Tell Us The National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) is a non-profit organization founded by the higher education community in 1993. More than 3,600 public and private U.S. post-secondary institutions participate in the NSC by providing enrollment files. Participating schools can then use NSC’s auxiliary services to receive student transcripts, identify enrollment, or verify degrees from other institutions. Front Range participates in NSC when our Registrar’s office submits an enrollment file every term. This makes us eligible to request files from NSC about our applicants, enrollees, and graduates. Their data allow us to answer such questions as:     

Do our applicants who don’t enroll at FRCC go to another school? Which schools? Which programs? What schools do our transfer-in students come from? How many of our current students are co-enrolled at other institutions? How many of our graduates transfer to a 4-year institution? How many of our students who leave without graduating transfer to another institution? Do they go to a 4-year or a 2-year institution?

How many of our Applicants choose to attend another school? In fall 2013, 15,063 prospective students applied to FRCC. However, 58% of them (8,696) never enrolled here. 20% of these non-enrollees (1,705) enrolled at another institution, most of them at a public school. They were split between 2-year and 4-year, though 4-years had a slight edge.

2-Year 4-Year Distinct Total Percent

Private 18 212 242 14%

Public 800 750 1,487 87%

Distinct Total 815 953 1,705

Percent 48% 56%

Colorado State University enrolled more of these non-enrollees than any other institution. 4-Year Institutions Colorado State University University Of Colorado Boulder Metropolitan State University Of Denver University Of Colorado Denver University Of Northern Colorado Colorado Mesa University Regis University-Semesters Colorado Christian University

Count 210 131 119 45 44 32 25 24

2-Year Institutions Aims Community College Red Rocks Community College Community College Of Denver Arapahoe Community College Community College Of Aurora Pikes Peak Community College Colorado Mountain College Laramie County Community College

Count 148 109 82 60 30 26 21 19 1|P age

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NSC identifies the CIP codes of the transfer students’ programs if they transfer to a school that includes that information in their enrollment files to NSC. This data is missing for many of the institutions, but the available data indicates that students go to 2-year institutions for the Liberal Arts degrees, while they go to 4-year for Business and Biology. Major at 4-Year Institution

Count

Major at 2-Year Institution

Count

Business, Management, Marketing Biological and Biomedical Sciences

90

Liberal Arts and Sciences

191

72

Health Professions

39

Health Professions

54

Liberal Arts and Ssciences

53

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

41

Business, Management, Marketing Science Technologies/Technicians Security and Protective Services

Psychology

40

Education

21 10 9 8

What schools do our Transfer-In students come from? Ten percent of our spring 2013 enrollment (1,963) transferred from another institution. Because NSC only looks back three years, we were only able to find 50% of these students at their prior institutions. Many students have attended multiple institutions, so they are duplicated in these counts shown below. 93% attended another public institution. More surprisingly, 78% came to FRCC after attending a 4-year institution. 2-Year 4-Year Distinct Total Percent

Private 10 164 171 18%

Public 474 651 892 93%

Distinct Total 478 750 958

Percent 50% 78%

Our transfer students came from 527 different institutions, with Colorado State contributing the largest number. 4-Year Institutions Colorado State University University Of Colorado Boulder Metropolitan State University Of Denver University Of Colorado Denver University Of Northern Colorado Colorado Mountain College University Of Phoenix Colorado Mesa University Regis University-Semesters University Of Colorado, Colorado Springs University Of Wyoming Fort Lewis College Western State Colorado University

Count 211 118 73 57 53 25 22 15 14 13 11 11 10

2-Year Institutions Red Rocks Community College Aims Community College Community College Of Denver Arapahoe Community College Pikes Peak Community College Community College Of Aurora Northeastern Junior College Pueblo Community College Morgan Community College

Count 53 52 39 32 24 17 15 11 11

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How many of our current students are co-enrolled at other institutions? FRCC Spring 2014 enrollment was 19,914. Five percent (1,038) of these students are simultaneously enrolled at another post-secondary institution. Nearly one-third of these co-enrolled students attend CSU, while one-fourth are at another community college. Institution Colorado State University Aims Community College University Of Colorado Boulder University Of Colorado Denver Regis University-Semesters Metropolitan State University Of Denver University Of Northern Colorado Red Rocks Community College Arapahoe Community College University Of Colorado, CO Springs Colorado Christian University Community College Of Denver University Of Wyoming Community College of Aurora Laramie County Community College

Count 321 159 143 95 47 39 39 28 9 9 8 8 8 7 7

Percent of Co-Enrolled 31% 15% 14% 9% 5% 4% 4% 3% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%

Cumulative Percent 31% 46% 60% 69% 74% 77% 81% 84% 85% 86% 86% 87% 88% 89% 89%

Not all participating institutions provide the student’s major on their enrollment files, so we only have this information on half (571) of these co-enrolled students. Biology and Business/Management/Marketing were the most popular majors with 12% each. CIP 26 52 42 51 14 19 1 24 31 45 50 30 3 9 15 40 11 13

CIP Description Biological and Biomedical Sciences Business, Management, Marketing Psychology Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Engineering Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences Liberal Arts and Sciences Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies Social Sciences Visual and Performing Arts Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Natural Resources and Conservation Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Engineering Technologies/Technicians Physical Sciences Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services Education Co-Enrolled Students with Identified major

Count 70 68 38 38 33 35 27 28 30 27 28 21 18 19 19 17 12 10 571

% 12% 12% 7% 7% 6% 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 4% 3% 3% 3% 3% 2% 2%

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How many of our Graduates transfer to a 4-Year institution? In AY12, FRCC awarded 929 students an associate’s degree in one of the three “transfer” programs, AA, AS, and AGS. 58% of these students (542) have subsequently enrolled at a 4-year institution. The top five institutions have Guaranteed Transfer agreements with Colorado Community Colleges System institutions. Institution Colorado State University Metropolitan State College Of Denver University Of Colorado At Boulder University Of Northern Colorado University Of Colorado At Denver Health Sciences Regis University-Semesters Colorado State University - Pueblo Colorado School Of Mines

Count 207 105 55 45 42 16 7 6

How many of our students who leave without graduating from FRCC transfer to another institution? There were 12,364 students who left FRCC in AY12 without graduating. 4,814 (39%) of them transferred to another institution in the subsequent two years. 75% transferred to a 4-year institution. Students are duplicated if they attended both a 2-year and 4-year, or both a private and public institution, but the totals are unduplicated. 2-Year 4-Year Distinct Total Percent

Private 52 640 692 14%

Public 1,135 2,987 4,122 86%

Distinct Total 1,167 3,627 4,814

Percent 24% 75%

While Colorado State University is the top 4-year destination, Aims and Red Rocks tie for first as the top 2-year institutions. 4-Year Institutions Colorado State University University Of Colorado At Boulder Metropolitan State College Of Denver University Of Northern Colorado University Of Colorado At Denver Health Sciences Regis University-Semesters Colorado Christian University University Of Colorado At Colorado Springs University Of Wyoming University Of Phoenix Mesa State College University Of Denver - Colorado Colorado School Of Mines Fort Lewis College Adams State College Western State College Of Colorado

Count 987 558 433 239 207 137 57 46 41 38 36 34 33 25 23 23

2-Year Institutions Aims Community College Red Rocks Community College Community College Of Denver Arapahoe Community College Community College Of Aurora Colorado Mountain College Pikes Peak Community College Laramie County Community College Everest College - Thornton Pueblo Community College Morgan Community College Northeastern Junior College

Count 171 171 142 80 72 54 43 39 19 16 14 14

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Students are most likely to transfer to 2-year institutions for the Liberal Arts degrees, while they go to 4-year for Business, Health professions, and Biology. Major at 4-Year Institution Business, Management, Marketing Health Professions Biological and Biomedical Sciences Engineering Psychology Social Sciences Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Visual and Performing Arts Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies Communication, Journalism Liberal Arts and Sciences Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Physical Sciences Education English Language and Literature/Letters Natural Resources and Conservation Computer and Information Sciences Public Administration and Social Service History Engineering Technologies/Technicians Agriculture, Agriculture Operations Security and Protective Services Mathematics and Statistics Architecture and Related Services Foreign languages, literatures, and Linguistics

Count 348 182 172 158 154 141 129 114 91 87 82 70 60 58 56 50 45 44 39 39 39 28 26 25 24

Major at 2-Year Institution Liberal Arts and Sciences Health Professions Business, Management, Marketing

Count 225 68 24

Additional, more detailed, analyses are available upon request. Please contact Kim Wallace by phone at 303404-5316 or by e-mail at [email protected] to request such an analysis.

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