Montana University System Transfer Audit – Spring 2001 Graduates

 

Report Background

 

In March of 2002, the Commissioner’s office requested data from the four-year campuses on Spring 2001 baccalaureate graduates.  The survey was conducted after campuses expressed concern with the validity of an early report based on extracted information from the data warehouses, and the need by the Commissioner for information not available in the warehouse.  The results from the survey, in most cases, vary only slightly from the warehouse extract report.  The exception is MSU-Northern where the campus chose to include all 2000-2001 graduates versus spring term graduates only.

 

Findings

 

Table I presents the survey results on the number of baccalaureate degrees awarded, number of students, and the ratio of baccalaureate graduates with transfer credits to those without transfer credits by MUS campus. 

 

Table I


Campus

# BA/BS  Degrees

% Of Total BA/BA   Degrees Awarded

#  Students

# Students w Transfer Credits and % of Campus Student Total

Students Graduating With Transfer Credits as % of Total Transfer Students

# Students  >60 Transferred w 2-Year Credits and % with >60 Credits of Campus Transfers

MSU Billings

272

9.81%

268

   161


60%

9.87%

     5


3.1%

MSU-Bozeman

1027

37.04%

 

1006

   630

 

63%

38.63%

  189

 

30.0%

MSU-Northern[1]

184

6.64%

175

    90

 

51%

5.52%

   22

 

24.4%

UM-Missoula

1059

38.19%

1031

   638

 

62%

39.12%

  180

 

28.21%

MT Tech of UM

161

5.81%

158

    78

 

49%

4.78%

   17

 

21.7%

UM-Western

70

2.52%

70

    34

 

49%

2.08%

    5

 

14.7%

Total

2773

100.0%

2708

  1631

 

60%

100.0%

418

 

26%

 

Table II provides survey results comparing overall credits and time to degree for baccalaureate graduates with and without transfer credits by campus.  Also shown is the average number of transfer credits posted.

 

Table II

Campus

Average # of Overall Credits Earned for Students Without Transfer Credits

Average # of Overall Credits for Earned Students With Transfer Credits

Average Total Time in Terms[2] to Degree for Students Without Transfer Credits

Average Total Time in Terms to Degree for Students Transfer Credits

Average # of Transfer Credits for Students With Transfer Credits

MSU Billings -Main

137

145

11.60 terms

12.5 terms

53.70

MSU-Bozeman

133.73

150.45

11.80 terms

10.67 terms

42.30

MSU-Northern

143.05

100.67

11.27 terms

15.71 terms

35.44

UM-Missoula Main

137.05

143.06

9.90 terms

8.12 terms

43.14

MT Tech of UM

141.9

 

147.57

8.15 terms

7.34 terms

32.26

UM-Western

144

164

12.00 terms

14.00 terms

56

 

Table III shows a breakdown of the average graduates with transfer credits by college for each of the MUS four-year campuses. 

 

Table III

Transfer Students Distributed by Campus by College/School/Program

Campus

College

Number of Graduating Students with Earned Transfer Credit

Average Amount of Transfer Credit

Earned

Average Total Hours to Degree

MSU Billings

College of Education and Human Services

36

46.11

157.89

MSU Billings

College of Business

55

53.65

141.93

MSU Billings

College of Arts & Sciences

63

59.71

140.51

MSU Billings

College of Professional Studies

7

39.00

137.14

MSU-Bozeman

College of Agriculture

48

45.77

142.39

MSU-Bozeman

College of Arts and Architecture

87

39.85

156.52

MSU-Bozeman

College of Business

64

34.04

135.47

MSU-Bozeman

College of Education, Heath and Human Development

69

36.47

152.73

MSU-Bozeman

College of Letters and Science

185

40.24

143.54

MSU-Bozeman

College of Nursing

40

67.65

168.93

MSU-Bozeman

College of Engineering

137

44.84

159.19

MSU-Northern[3]

College of Arts and Sciences

17

36.85

199.69

MSU-Northern

College of Education

27

33.93

184.25

MSU-Northern

College of Nursing

 7

27.40

142.50

MSU-Northern

College of Technical Services

43

42.18

196.41

U of M-Missoula

College of Arts & Sciences

            325

40.02

140.61

U of M-Missoula

School of Business Administration

129

46.35

135.78

U of M-Missoula

School of Forestry

74

49.13

140.84

U of M-Missoula

School of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences

16

62.79

220.24

U of M-Missoula

School of Education

41

41.58

156.86

U of M-Missoula

School of Fine Arts

34

38.67

149.61

U of M-Missoula

School of Journalism

19

44.15

135.56

MT Tech of U of M

College of Humanities, Social Science & Information Technology

24

31.58

135.13

MT Tech of U of M

College of Math & Sciences

11

27.67

139.03

MT Tech of U of M

School of Mines & Engineering

43

36.09

158.04

UM-Western

Programs in Arts & Sciences

5

69.0

164.0

UM-Western

Programs in Education, Business & Technology

29

54.0

164.0

 

Table IV provides a summary of the number of MUS baccalaureate graduates and the average amount of credit transferred for those students where the transferring post-secondary institution was identified and the transferring institution was located instate.

Table IV

Montana University System

All Previous Institutions From Which Transfer Credits Were Posted, Number of Students and

Average Credits Transferred

School

Transfer Student Count

Average Transfer Credit

Montana State University-Bozeman

118

48.20

Montana State University-Billings

54

45.78

Flathead Valley Community College

51

55.45

University of Montana-Missoula

43

41.29

Montana State University College of Technology Great Falls

27

20.86

Montana Tech of University of Montana

27

42.94

University of Great Falls

17

19.06

Miles Community College

16

46.71

Carroll College

12

37.84

Western Montana College of UM