First-time Transfer Student Enrollment at Eastern Illinois University

Fall Semesters 1998—2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Larry Larvick, Ed.D.

Transfer Admissions Counselor

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois

July 2001

 

 

 

 

 

 


First-time Transfer Student Enrollment at Eastern Illinois University

Fall Semesters 1998—2000

 

Transfer students have been an integral part of Eastern Illinois University’s overall undergraduate student enrollment.  As reported in A Guide for Transfer Students 2000-2001,” over 40 percent of Eastern students have transferred from other colleges and universities.  The purpose of this research was to study the fall enrollment patterns of all first-time transfer students as well as transfer students from community colleges and select two-year colleges in Illinois.  These Illinois institutions were chosen because they represent the largest number of first-time transfer students who enrolled at Eastern during the years of the study.  For the purposes of this study, references to Illinois community colleges will always include data from two private Illinois two-year colleges, Lincoln College and Springfield College.  Also, references to associate degree will only mean the Associate in Arts (AA) or Associates in Sciences (AS) degrees and other baccalaureate-oriented transfer degrees.

The study data for this report was obtained in February 2001, from the Office of Planning and Institutional Studies and retroactive to the 10th day enrollments for the 1998-2000 fall semesters.  Enrollment data and tables were also obtained from the Office of the Dean of Enrollment Management.

The 10th day enrollment data were chosen because they were “a snapshot in time” and represented the total enrollment on- and off-campus for day and evening classes.  These data were retrieved from EIU’s Student Master File and remained fixed and unchanged.  The 10th day enrollment data were the official enrollment headcount and full-time equivalency (FTE) reported to the Illinois Board of Higher Education by all public community colleges and state universities.

 

Limitation of Study

As with any study, this research report has limitations.  The listing of Eastern majors and first-time transfer student enrollment information was obtained from the Office of Planning and Institutional Studies from data collected, coded and reported as 10th day enrollment for each of the study years.  Some majors may not appear in the table listings because over the three-year study, students did not select that major.  In addition, there were student enrollments reported for majors that may have been deleted or combined to create new majors.  This was found mainly in some of the majors from the College of Business and Applied Sciences and Biological Sciences within the College of Science.  For research purposes, student enrollment in majors was kept consistent with the data received and interpolation, as to enrollment in current majors at the time of this study, was left to the reader.

There were slight differences in the Office of Planning and Institutional Studies files in regard to each fall semesters’ total enrollment figures for all first-time transfer students as reported in Tables 1 through 4 and 6.  The transfer college history file tape, from which data were used for this study, did not include first-time transfer student data from the enrollment file tape when there was a missing code indicating a specific transfer college attended.  The differences in totals for all first-time transfer students between these two files for each of the three years of the study were as follows:

 

Fall Semester

Transfer College

 History File

Enrollment File

Difference

2000

                  911

            926

-15

1999

                1072

          1093

-21

1998

                1013

          1035

-22

Analysis of Data

Over a ten-year period, beginning with the 1991 fall semester, transfer enrollment has averaged 40 percent of the undergraduate enrollment.  Since 1995, however, on-campus undergraduate transfer student enrollment has dropped below 40 percent each fall semester; and for the 1998 fall semester it was 36 percent and the 2000 fall semester, 35 percent (see Appendix D).

A comparison of all first-time transfer students enrolled at Eastern, on- and off-campus, to first-time transfer student enrolled from Illinois community colleges and select two-year colleges for the same time period is shown in Table 1.

 

TABLE 1

A comparison of all first-time transfer students on- and off-campus 10th day fall semesters

1998, 1999 and 2000

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

10th Day

All first-time

Transfers

First-time Ill - CC transfers

Difference

CC’s

Percent

CC’s

Fall 2000

                  911

                   673

           -238

       73.9%

Fall 1999

                1072

                   800

           -272

       74.6%

Fall 1998

                1013

                   772

           -241

       76.2%

TOTAL

                2996

                 2245

           -751

       74.9%

 

Over the past three years of the study, the data revealed about three-fourths (74.9%) of the total first-time transfer students enrollment were comprised of transfer students from Illinois public community colleges and select two-year private institutions.  It is interesting to note that the percentage of Illinois first-time community college transfer students has decreased every year when compared to all first-time transfers for those same years.  The largest decrease in all first-time transfer student enrollments was between the fall 1999 and 2000 semesters.  All first-time

 

TABLE 2

THE NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS TRANSFERRED AND THE AGE OF ALL FIRST-TIME TRANSFER STUDENTS

WHO HAVE ENROLLED AT EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY THE 1998-2000 FALL SEMESTERS

 

Fall 1998 Semester

Characteristic

N

MEAN

STD DEV

MINIMUM

MAXIMUM

HOURS

1013

57.35

22.94

3

167

AGE

1013

21.68

05.06

17

54

 

Fall 1999 Semester

Characteristic

N

MEAN

STD DEV

MINIMUM

MAXIMUM

HOURS

1072

57.71

23.76

0

185

AGE

1072

22.18

06.01

17

62

 

Fall 2000 Semester

Characteristic

N

MEAN

STD DEV

MINIMUM

MAXIMUM

HOURS

911

57.48

23.45

0

193

AGE

911

21.91

05.60

17

63

 


TABLE 3

PREDOMINATE ETHNIC BACKGROUND (PEB) OF ALL FIRST-TIME TRANSFER STUDENTS WHO ENROLLED

AT EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY THE 1998-2000 FALL SEMESTERS

 

Fall 1998 Semester

PEB

FEQUENCY

PERCENT

CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY

CUMULATIVE PERCENT

Unknown

21

2.07

21

2.07

Native American

2

0.20

23

2.27

Black

43

4.24

66

6.52

Asian

6

0.59

72

7.11

Hispanic

18

1.78

90

8.88

International

2

0.20

92

9.08

White

921

90.92

1013

100.0

 

Fall 1999 Semester

PEB

FEQUENCY

PERCENT

CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY

CUMULATIVE PERCENT

Unknown

31

2.89

31

2.89

Native American

4

0.37

35

3.26

Black

51

4.76

86

8.02

Asian

10

0.93

96

8.96

Hispanic

25

2.33

121

11.29

International

2

0.19

123

11.47

White

949

88.53

1072

100.0

 

Fall 2000 Semester

PEB

FEQUENCY

PERCENT

CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY

CUMULATIVE PERCENT

Unknown

21

2.31

21

2.31

Native American

2

0.22

23

2.52

Black

47

5.16

70

7.68

Asian

7

0.77

77

8.45

Hispanic

24

2.63

101

11.09

International

1

0.11

102

11.20

White

809

88.80

911

100.0

 

transfer students decreased by 161 students, 1072 to 911, while Illinois community college transfer students decreased by 127 students, 800 to 673, respectively.  For the fall 2000 semester, less than 50 students were first-time transfer students from out-of-state colleges and universities.  The remaining first-time transfer students were predominately from other colleges and universities in Illinois (See Appendix A).

The number of credit hours transferred and the age of all first-time transfer students who enrolled at Eastern Illinois University in the 1998 through 2000 fall semesters is shown in Table 2.  Over the three years of the study data, the average number of credit hours transferred and the average age of the transfer students remained relatively constant.  Students transferred about 57 credit hours each fall semester with the highest being 193 credit hours and the lowest zero.  Students who did not transfer credit hours were included, as transfer students because they attended another college but the course(s) they took were not transferable.

 The average age of all first-time transfer students who enrolled at Eastern during the years of the study data was approximately 22 years.  It is interesting to note that the transfer student age ranged from 17 to 63 years old.

The predominate ethnic backgrounds (PEB) of all first-time transfer students who enrolled at Eastern during the fall semesters of the study are shown in Table 3.  The study data reveals that the PEB percentage has remained relatively in the same proportion for each of the fall semesters.  The predominate ethnic backgrounds designated by almost 90 percent of first-time transfer students was White followed by approximately five percent who indicated Black.  About two and one-half percent of the transfer students denoted Hispanic.  The PEB’s of Asian, Native American and International transfer students were all under one percent.

 

TABLE 4

ALL FIRST-TIME TRANSFER STUDENTS ENROLLED AT EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

By Major and College, Fall 10th Day

                      CHANGE

                                                                                             YEAR                                 2 YR (1998-2000)                 1 YR (1999-2000 )

COLLEGE / MAJOR

1998

1999

2000

#

%

#

%

African American Studies

0

2

0

0

n/a

-2

-100%

Art

17

28

23

6

35%

-5

-18%

English

39

23

27

-12

-31%

4

17%

Foreign Languages

2

3

1

-1

-50%

-2

-67%

History

36

32

32

-4

-11%

0

0%

Journalism

17

15

20

3

18%

5

33%

Music

11

10

11

0

0%

1

10%

Philosophy

0

0

0

0

0%

0

0%

Speech Communication

36

32

26

-10

-28%

-6

-19%

Theatre Arts

3

8

3

0

0%

-5

-63%

COAH TOTALS

161

153

143

-18

-11%

-10

-7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounting

42

37

28

-14

-33%

-9

-24%

Admin Info Sys

12

15

8

-4

-33%

-7

-47%

Business Administration

0

7

6

6

600%

-1

-14%

Business Education

2

6

5

3

150%

-1

-17%

Computer Management

29

21

24

-5

-17%

3

14%

Finance

25

23

22

-3

-12%

-1

-4%

Management

47

65

48

1

2%

-17

-26%

Marketing

38

38

32

-6

-16%

-6

-16%

Pre-Business

6

6

2

-4

-67%

-4

-67%

BUSINESS SCHOOL TOTALS

201

218

175

-26

-13%

-43

-20%

 

Fam/Consumer Sci

33

35

34

1

3%

-1

-3%

FAM/CONS SCI SCHOOL TOTALS

33

35

34

1

3%

-1

-3%

Career and Tech Ed

0

0

5

5

500%

5

500%

Career Occupation

10

22

8

-2

-20%

-14

-64%

Industrial Technology

12

14

13

1

8%

-1

-7%

Technology Education-TC

2

1

1

-1

-50%

0

0%

TECH SCHOOL TOTAL

24

37

27

3

13%

-10

-27%

COB/AS TOTALS

258

290

236

-22

-9%

-54

-19%

 

 


Table 4 (continued)

CHANGE

                                                                                             YEAR                                    2 YR (1998-2000)                 1 YR (1999-2000)

COLLEGE / MAJOR

1998

1999

2000

#

%

#

%

Earl Childhood Education

19

15

16

-3

-16%

1

7%

Elementary Education

129

151

114

-15

-12%

-37

-25%

Special Education

38

32

32

-6

-16%

0

0%

Middle Level Educ

7

6

10

3

43%

4

67%

Physical Education

41

43

39

-2

-5%

-4

-9%

Health Studies

6

7

2

-4

-67%

-5

-71%

Recreation Administration

16

17

8

-8

-50%

-9

-53%

COE/PS TOTALS

256

271

221

-35

-14%

-50

-18%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biological Sciences

0

40

48

48

4800%

8

20%

Biological Sci-TC

10

0

0

-10

-100%

0

0%

Botany

2

2

0

-2

-100%

-2

-100%

Environmental Biology

10

0

1

-9

-90%

1

100%

Zoology

18

24

3

-15

-83%

-21

-88%

BIOLOGICAL SCI TOTALS

40

66

52

12

30%

-14

-21%

Chemistry

6

3

4

-2

-33%

1

33%

Clinical Lab Science

0

3

2

2

200%

-1

-33%

Comm Disorders & Sci

11

13

13

2

18%

0

0%

Geography

4

1

0

-4

-100%

-1

-100%

Geology

0

4

0

0

0%

-4

-100%

Mathematics

16

17

13

-3

-19%

-4

-24%

Mathematics & Computer Sci

7

3

0

-7

-100%

-3

-100%

Physics

2

3

0

-2

-100%

-3

-100%

Pre-Engineering

6

5

5

-1

-17%

0

0%

Pre-Chiropractic

0

0

0

0

0%

0

0%

Pre-Dentistry

2

0

0

-2

-100%

0

0%

Pre-Medicine

1

0

2

1

100%

2

200%

Pre-Nursing

0

1

0

0

0%

-1

-100%

Pre-Occupational Therapy

0

0

0

0

0%

0

0%

Pre-Optometry

1

0

0

-1

-100%

0

0%

Pre-Pharmacy

0

0

0

0

0%

0

0%

Pre-Physical Therapy

3

2

0

-3

-100%

-2

-100%

Pre-Veterinary Medicine

1

0

0

-1

-100%

0

0%

Economics

2

1

3

1

50%

2

200%

Political Science

10

7

10

0

0%

3

43%

Psychology

71

61

73

2

3%

12

20%

Social Sciences-TC

8

6

5

-3

-38%

-1

-17%

Sociology

24

23

22

-2

-8%

-1

-4%

COS TOTALS

215

219

204

-11

-5%

-15

-7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOT

39

46

44

5

13%

-2

-4%

Guest

0

1

0

0

0%

-1

-100%

Undeclared

84

92

63

-21

-25%

-29

-32%

UNIVERSITY TOTALS

1013

1072

911

-102

-10%

-161

-15%

 

NEW ENROLL BY MAJOR.xls        Data: Planning_Institutional Studies (5/2001)


The major areas of study and clusters all first-time transfer students enrolled at Eastern during the fall semesters of the study are shown in Table 4 (See Limitation of Study).  The 1999 fall semester had the largest number of enrolled transfer students when compared to the other two years of the study.  There were 161, 15 percent, fewer transfer students enrolled the 2000 fall semester compared to the 1999 fall semester and 102, 10 percent, fewer students compared to the 1998 fall semester.

Eastern Illinois University offers degree programs in four colleges.  The Board of Trustees degree is available through the School of Adult and Continuing Education.  The Colleges in descending order, starting with the largest enrollment decline in transfer students from the 1999 fall semester to the 2000 fall semester were:

 

         Fall                         Fall                Student         Percent      

Colleges            1999                2000                Decrease                Change

                Business & Applied Sci.                290                          236                            -    54                     - 19%

                Education & Prof. Studies                271                          221                            -    50                     - 19%

                Sciences                                  219                          204                            -    15                     -   7%

                Arts & Humanities                               153                          143                            -    10                      -   7%

TOTAL                                     933                          804                             - 129                      -  14%

The decline in transfer student enrollment in the colleges from 1998 fall semester to 2000 fall semester were:

         Fall                         Fall                Student         Percent      

Colleges            1998                2000                Decrease                Change

                Education & Prof. Studies                256                          221                            -    35                     - 14%

                Business & Applied Sci.                258                          236                            -    22                     -   9%

                Arts & Humanities                               161                          143                            -    18                     - 11%

                Sciences                                  215                          204                            -    11                      -   5%

TOTAL                                     890                          804                            -    86                      -  10%

Majors with the largest decline in first-time transfer students from fall semester 1999 to fall semester 2000 were:

         Fall                        Fall                 Student         Percent      

Major          1999                2000                Decrease                Change

Elementary Education       151                         114                      -    37                   - 25%

Undeclared                        92                            63                      -    29                   - 32%

Management                       65                            48                      -    17                     - 26%

TOTAL                          308                         225                      -    83                     - 27%

 

Psychology first-time transfer majors increased the most, 12 students or 20 percent, during this same time period.  However, the total number of first-time Psychology transfer students for the 2000 fall semester, 73, was only two larger than the 1998 fall semester enrollment of 71.

First-time transfer student enrollment from Illinois community colleges and select two-year colleges is shown in Table 5.  According to the three-years of study data, the largest first-time community college transfer student enrollment, which was 800, occurred in the 1999 fall semester. Community college transfer student enrollment increased 28 students from the 1998 fall semester (772 total) to 1999 fall semester (800 total) but decreased 127 students from the 1999 to the 2000 semester (673 total).  In two years, the first-time community college enrollment decreased by 99 students. 

 


TABLE 5

FALL 10th DAY  FIRST-TIME TRANSFER STUDENT ENROLLMENT

FROM ILLINOIS COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND SELECT TWO-YEAR COLLEGES

College

Fall 1998

Fall 1999

Fall 2000

Change 99-00

% Change

BLACKHAWK COLLEGE

5

7

6

-1

-14.3%

CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO

 

 

 

 

 

    RICHARD J. DALEY COLLEGE

6

5

1

-4

-80.0%

    KENNEDY-KING COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0.0%

    MALCOM X COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0.0%

    OLIVE-HARVEY COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0.0%

    HARRY S. TRUMAN COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0.0%

    HAROLD WASHINGTON COLLEGE

1

2

0

-2

-100.0%

    WILBUR WRIGHT COLLEGE

0

4

3

-1

-25.0%

DANVILLE AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

51

75

31

-44

-58.7%

COLLEGE OF DuPAGE

49

29

36

7

24.1%

E. St. LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE CTR.

0

0

0

0

0.0%

ELGIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

13

11

17

6

54.5%

WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE

35

28

18

-10

-35.7%

HEARTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

1

4

0

-4

-100.0%

HIGHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

1

1

2

1

100.0%

ILLINOIS CENTRAL COLLEGE

40

18

15

-3

-16.7%

ILL. EASTERN COM.COL.(GROUPED DATA)

101

84

73

-11

-13.1%

ILLINOIS VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

10

9

16

7

77.8%

JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE

33

35

20

-15

-42.9%

KANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

7

8

9

1

12.5%

KASKASKIA COLLEGE

19

29

28

-1

-3.4%

KISHWAUKEE COLLEGE

3

2

1

-1

-50.0%

COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY

20

15

4

-11

-73.3%

LAKE LAND COLLEGE

112

137

137

0

0.0%

LEWIS & CLARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE

7

7

8

1

14.3%

LINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

19

24

12

-12

-50.0%

JOHN A. LOGAN COLLEGE

2

2

4

2

100.0%

McHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE

9

3

13

10

333.3%

MORAINE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

36

56

61

5

8.9%

MORTON COLLEGE

3

4

4

0

0.0%

OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE

5

2

3

1

50.0%

PARKLAND COLLEGE

56

52

47

-5

-9.6%

PRAIRIE STATE COLLEGE

21

21

14

-7

-33.3%

REND LAKE COLLEGE

18

9

5

-4

-44.4%

RICHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

9

15

10

-5

-33.3%

ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE

6

8

10

2

25.0%

CARL SANDBURG COLLEGE

0

3

2

-1

-33.3%

SAUK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

4

2

3

1

50.0%

SHAWNEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

0

1

0

-1

-100.0%

SO. SUBURBAN COLLEGE OF COOK CO.

13

11

12

1

9.1%

SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS COLLEGE

6

4

7

3

75.0%

S'WESTERN ILL. COL. (Belleville Area)

24

28

16

-12

-42.9%

SPOON RIVER COLLEGE

1

1

3

2

200.0%

TRITON COLLEGE

1

5

5

0

0.0%

WAUBONSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

9

8

7

-1

-12.5%

JOHN WOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE

3

1

1

0

0.0%

LINCOLN COLLEGE

13

27

7

-20

-74.1%

SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE

0

3

2

-1

-33.3%

TOTALS

772

800

673

-127

-15.9%


The 10 community colleges where the largest number of students transferred to Eastern for the 2000 fall semester were:

 

Community College Enrollments

N= 673

2000 Fall Semester                                Com. College

Community College                                #                                percent of total

Lake Land College                                137                                20%

Illinois Eastern CC’s   73                                11%

Moraine Valley CC    61                              9%

Parkland College       47                              7%

College of DuPage    36                              5%

Danville Area CC      31                              5%

Kaskaskia College     28                              4%

Joliet Jr. College        20                              3%

William Rainey Harper C.                  18                              3%

Elgin Community C.   17                              3%

Total                                468                                70%

 

These 10 community colleges generated 468 first-time transfer students or 70 percent of the total 2000 fall semester Illinois community college enrollment of 673 students.

The 10 community colleges with the largest number of first-time transfer students enrolled at Eastern over the three years of the study data were:

 

Three-Year Combined Community College Enrollments

N=2245

2000 Fall Semester                                Com. College

Community College                                #                                percent of total

                                Lake Land College                                386                                7%

                                Illinois Eastern CC’s                                258                                11%

                                Danville Area CC                                157                                7%

                                ParklandCollege                                155                                7%

                                Moraine Valley CC                                153                                7%

                                                                College of DuPage                                114                                5%

                                Joliet College             88                              4%

                                William Rainey Harper                                81                                4%

                                Southwestern College                    68                              3%

                                                                Lincoln Land CC                                53                                2%

                                Total                                1513                                67%

 

The three year first-time transfer student enrollment of 1513 from the above mentioned 10 community colleges represents 67 percent of the combined total enrollment of 2245 students from all the Illinois community colleges.  Southwestern and Lincoln Land switched with Kaskaskia and Elgin for having more total students in the three-year study data than in the 2000 fall semester data.

A comparison of first-time transfer students from community colleges and select two-year colleges in Illinois who enrolled with a baccalaureate-oriented-associate degree to all first-time transfer students enrolled at Eastern Illinois University by majors is shown in Table 6.  For each of the three years of the study data, approximately one-third, 1019 or 34 percent, of all 2996 first-time transfer students graduated from community colleges in Illinois with an Associate in Arts (AA), Associate in Science degree (AS), or other transfer associate degree.  The EIU majors selected most by these transfer students with associate degrees over the three years of the study data were as follows:

 

Number of Entering Transfer Students With Associate Degrees

 

         3 YR Total IL              3 YR Total         Percent with

                    EIU Majors                     Associate Degrees      All Transfers                    Associate Degrees

Elem. Educ.                                 203                                394                                                          52%

Psychology               81                                                            205                                                          40%

Accounting                 51                                                            107                                                          48%

Spec. Educ.               47                                                            102                                                          46%

Physc. Educ.             44                                                            123                                                          36%

Management             40                                                            160                                                          25%

Undeclared               40                                                            239                                                                                          17%

Fam. & Cons. Sci.     36                                                            102                                                          35%

Bio Sci.                      35                                                              98                                                            36%

English                      34                                                             89                                                            38%

History                       31                                                            100                                                          31%

Marketing                  31                                                                 108                                                          29%

Speech Com.            31                                                              94                                                            33%

                                Totals                                704                                1921                                37%

 

Elementary Education was not only the most popular major chosen by all first-time transfer students but also by transfer students with baccalaureate-oriented-associate degrees from community colleges and select two-year colleges in Illinois.  As reported in the three-year study data, 203 transfer students or 52 percent, with associate degrees enrolled in elementary education.  Although undeclared majors had the second largest total of 239 enrollees for all transfer students, only 40 or 17 percent, had completed an associate degree.  There were 704 associate degree first-time transfer students or approximately 37 percent of all 1921 first-time transfers enrolled in these selected majors.

First-time transfer student enrollments by credit hours and degrees from community colleges and select two-year colleges in Illinois on the 10th day of the 1998-2000 fall semesters are shown in Tables 7, 8 and 9.  The three years of study data revealed that less than 10 percent of the 2245 first-time community college transfer students or 219 enrolled with less than 30 credit hours.  There were 2026 out of 2245 students, or 90 percent, who transferred 30 or more credit hours.  On an average, for each of the three years of the study data, approximately 45 percent of the first-time transfer students from community colleges and select two-year colleges in Illinois had completed an associate degree.

 

 


TABLE 6

A COMPARISON OF FIRST-TIME TRANSFER STUDENTS FROM ILLINOIS COMMUNITY COLLEGES

AND SELECT TWO-YEAR COLLEGES WITH AN AA OR AS DEGREE AND SELECT TWO-YEAR COLLEGES IN ILLINOIS WITH AN AA OR AS DEGREE TO ALL FIRST-TIME TRANSFER STUDENTS ENROLLED IN EIU MAJORS AT 10TH DAY

1998-2000 FALL SEMESTERS

 

 

 

FALL 1998

 

 

 

FALL 1999

 

 

 

FALL 2000

 

MAJORS/

 

ALL

ILLINOIS

DEGREE

 

ALL

ILLINOIS

DEGREE

 

ALL

ILLINOIS

DEGREE

PROGRAMS

 

TRANSFER

AA & AS

PERCENT

 

TRANSFER

AA & AS

PERCENT

 

TRANSFER

AA & AS

PERCENT

Accounting

 

42 

24 

57%

 

37 

16 

43%

 

28 

11 

39%

Administrative Information Systems

 

12 

4 

33%

 

15 

10 

67%

 

8 

1 

13%

African American Studies

 

0 

0 

0%

 

2 

0 

0%

 

0 

0 

0%

Art

 

17 

2 

12%

 

28 

9 

32%

 

23 

6 

26%

Biological Sciences

 

0 

0 

0%

 

40 

16 

48%

 

48 

16 

33%

Biological Sciences (w/Teach Cert)

 

10 

3 

30%

 

0 

0 

0%

 

0 

0 

0%

Board of Trustees/Governors

 

39 

2 

5%

 

46 

5 

11%

 

44 

1 

2%

Botany

 

2 

1 

50%

 

2 

0 

0%

 

0 

0 

0%

Business Administration

 

0 

0 

0%

 

7 

5 

71%

 

6 

4 

67%

Business Education

 

2 

0 

0%

 

6 

4 

67%

 

5 

2 

40%

Career & Technical Education

 

0 

0 

0%

 

0 

0 

0%

 

5 

2 

40%

Career Occupations

 

10 

4 

40%

 

22 

5 

23%

 

8 

0 

0%

Chemistry

 

6 

3 

50%

 

3 

1 

33%

 

4 

2 

50%

Clinical Lab Science

 

0 

0 

0%

 

3 

0 

0%

 

2 

1 

50%

Communication Disorders & Sciences

 

11 

5 

45%

 

13 

4 

31%

 

13 

5 

38%

Computer Management

 

29 

6 

21%

 

21 

9 

43%

 

24 

3 

13%

Early Childhood Education

 

19 

7 

37%

 

15 

4 

27%

 

16 

7 

44%

Economics

 

2 

1 

50%

 

1 

0 

0%

 

3 

1 

33%

Elementary Education

 

129 

67 

52%

 

151 

81 

54%

 

114 

55 

48%

English

 

39 

16 

41%

 

23 

11 

48%

 

27 

7 

26%

Environmental Biology

 

10 

5 

50%

 

0 

0 

0%

 

1 

1 

100%

Family & Consumer Sciences

 

33 

11 

33%

 

35 

15 

43%

 

34 

10 

29%

Finance

 

25 

9 

36%

 

23 

8 

35%

 

22 

7 

32%

Foreign Language

 

2 

1 

50%

 

3 

2 

67%

 

1 

0 

0%

Geography

 

4 

0 

0%

 

1 

0 

0%

 

0 

0 

0%

Geology

 

0 

0 

0%

 

4 

2 

50%

 

0 

0 

0%

Guest

 

0 

0 

0%

 

1 

0 

0%

 

0 

0 

0%

Health Studies

 

6 

1 

17%

 

7 

1 

14%

 

2 

1 

50%

History

 

36 

9 

25%

 

32 

8 

25%

 

32 

14 

44%


Table 6 (continued)

 

 

 

FALL 1998

 

 

 

FALL 1999

 

 

 

FALL 2000

 

MAJORS/

 

ALL

ILLINOIS

DEGREE

 

ALL

ILLINOIS

DEGREE

 

ALL

ILLINOIS

DEGREE

PROGRAMS

 

TRANSFER

AA & AS

PERCENT

 

TRANSFER

AA & AS

PERCENT

 

TRANSFER

AA & AS

PERCENT

Industrial Technology

 

12 

3 

25%

 

14 

5 

36%

 

13 

1 

8%

Journalism

 

17 

4 

24%

 

15 

4 

27%

 

20 

6 

30%

Management

 

47 

12 

26%

 

65 

18 

28%

 

48 

10 

21%

Marketing

 

38 

11 

29%

 

38 

12 

32%

 

32 

12 

38%

Mathematics

 

16 

7 

44%

 

17 

8 

47%

 

13 

6 

46%

Math & Computer Science

 

7 

3 

43%

 

3 

0 

0%

 

0 

0 

0%

Middle Level Education

 

7 

1 

14%

 

6 

2 

33%

 

10 

4 

40%

Music

 

11 

2 

18%

 

10 

2 

20%

 

11 

6 

55%

Philosophy

 

0 

0 

0%

 

0 

0 

0%

 

0 

0 

0%

Physical Education

 

41 

14 

34%

 

43 

15 

35%

 

39 

15 

38%

Physics

 

2 

1 

50%

 

3 

1 

33%

 

0 

0 

0%

Political Science

 

10 

3 

30%

 

7 

4 

57%

 

10  

1 

10%

Pre-Business

 

6 

3 

50%

 

6 

0 

0%

 

2 

0 

0%

Pre-Chiropractic

 

0 

0 

0%

 

0 

0 

0%

 

0 

0 

0%

Pre-Dentistry

 

2 

1 

50%

 

0 

0 

0%

 

0 

0 

0%

Pre-Engineering

 

6 

1 

17%

 

5 

0 

0%

 

5 

0 

0%

Pre-Occupational Therapy

 

0 

0 

0%

 

0 

0 

0%

 

0 

0 

0%

Pre-Medicine

 

1 

0 

0%

 

0 

0 

0%

 

2 

2 

100%

Pre-Nursing

 

0 

0 

0%

 

1 

0 

0%

 

0 

0 

0%

Pre-Optometry

 

1 

1 

100%

 

0 

0 

0%

 

0 

0 

0%

Pre-Pharmacy

 

0 

0 

0%

 

0 

0 

0%

 

0 

0 

0%

Pre-Physical Therapy

 

3  

1 

33%

 

2 

0 

0%

 

0 

0 

0%

Pre-Veterinary

 

1 

1 

100%

 

0 

0 

0%

 

0 

0 

0%

Psychology

 

71 

24 

34%

 

61 

27 

44%

 

73 

30 

41%

Recreation Administration

 

16 

2 

13%

 

17 

5 

29%

 

8 

4 

50%

Social Science (w/Teach Cert)

 

8 

4 

50%

 

6 

3 

50%

 

5 

1 

20%

Sociology

 

24 

7 

29%

 

23 

6 

26%

 

22 

8 

36%

Special Education

 

38 

17 

45%

 

32 

15 

47%

 

32 

15 

47%

Speech Communication

 

36 

12 

33%

 

32 

9 

28%

 

26 

10 

38%

Technical Education (w/Teach Cert)

 

2 

0 

0%

 

1 

0 

0%

 

1 

1 

100%

Theatre Arts

 

3 

0 

0%

 

8 

0 

0%

 

3 

1 

33%

Undeclared Undergraduate

 

84 

20 

24%

 

92 

11 

12%

 

63 

9 

14%

Zoology

 

18 

7 

39%

 

24 

12 

50%

 

3 

2 

67%

TOTALS

 

1013 

343 

34%

 

1072 

375 

35%

 

911 

301 

33%


TABLE 7

FIRST-TIME TRANSFER STUDENT ENROLLMENT BY CREDIT HOURS AND DEGREES FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND SELECT TWO-YEAR COLLEGES IN ILLINOIS, 10TH DAY

FALL SEMESTER, 1998

 

COLLEGE

FIRST-TIME TRANSFERS

TRANSFER

< 30 HRS.

TRANSFER

> 30 HRS.

WITH AA &

AS DEGREE

PERCENT

W/DEGREE

BLACKHAWK COLLEGE

5

1

4

3

60%

CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO

 

 

 

 

 

    RICHARD J. DALEY COLLEGE

6

0

6

0

0%

    KENNEDY-KING COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0%

    MALCOM X COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0%

    OLIVE-HARVEY COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0%

    HARRY S. TRUMAN COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0%

    HAROLD WASHINGTON COLLEGE

1

0

1

0

0%

    WILBUR WRIGHT COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0%

DANVILLE AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

51

2

49

22

43%

COLLEGE OF DuPAGE

49

10

39

16

33%

E. St. LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE CTR.

0

0

0

0

0%

ELGIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

13

2

11

4

31%

WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE

35

6

29

14

40%

HEARTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

1

0

1

1

100%

HIGHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

1

0

1

0

0%

ILLINOIS CENTRAL COLLEGE

40

5

35

15

38%

ILL. EASTERN COM. CO. (GROUPED)

101

5

96

68

67%

ILLINOIS VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

10

0

10

7

70%

JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE

33

6

27

11

33%

KANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

7

1

6

3

43%

KASKASKIA COLLEGE

19

1

18

10

53%

KISWAUKEE COLLEGE

3

0

3

1

33%

COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY

20

1

19

3

15%

LAKE LAND COLLEGE

112

8

104

73

65%

LEWIS & CLARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE

7

1

6

2

29%

LINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

19

1

18

5

26%

JOHN A. LOGAN COLLEGE

2

0

2

1

50%

McHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE

9

2

7

3

33%

MORAINE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

36

2

34

8

22%

MORTON COLLEGE

3

0

3

0

0%

OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE

5

1

4

1

20%

PARKLAND COLLEGE

56

2

54

19

34%

PRAIRIE STATE COLLEGE

21

3

18

2

10%

REND LAKE COLLEGE

18

2

16

13

72%

RICHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

9

1

8

3

33%

ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE

6

0

6

2

33%

CARL SANDBURG COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0%

SAUK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

4

0

4

3

75%

SHAWNEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0%

SO. SUBURBAN COLLEGE OF COOK CO.

13

3

10

1

7%

SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS COLLEGE

6

0

6

3

50%

S’WESTERN ILL. COL. (Belleville Area)

24

4

20

8

33%

SPOON RIVER COLLEGE

1

0

1

0

0%

TRITON COLLEGE

1

0

1

1

100%

WAUBONSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

9

0

9

5

56%

JOHN WOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE

3

2

1

0

0%

LINCOLN COLLEGE

13

0

13

12

92%

SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0%

TOTALS

772

72

700

343

44%

 


TABLE 8

FIRST-TIME TRANSFER STUDENT ENROLLMENT BY CREDIT HOURS AND DEGREES FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND SELECT TWO-YEAR COLLEGES IN ILLINOIS, 10TH DAY

FALL SEMESTER, 1999

 

COLLEGE

FIRST-TIME TRANSFERS

TRANSFER

< 30 HRS.

TRANSFER

> 30 HRS.

WITH AA &

AS DEGREE

PERCENT

W/DEGREE

BLACKHAWK COLLEGE

7

3

4

1

14%

CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO

 

 

 

 

 

    RICHARD J. DALEY COLLEGE

5

0

5

1

20%

    KENNEDY-KING COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0%

    MALCOM X COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0%

    OLIVE-HARVEY COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0%

    HARRY S. TRUMAN COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0%

    HAROLD WASHINGTON COLLEGE

2

0

2

0

0%

    WILBUR WRIGHT COLLEGE

4

0

4

0

0%

DANVILLE AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

75

3

72

35

47%

COLLEGE OF DuPAGE

29

1

28

8

28%

E. St. LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE CTR.

0

0

0

0

0%

ELGIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

11

1

10

6

55%

WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE

28

7

21

11

39%

HEARTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

4

0

4

1

25%

HIGHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

1

1

0

0

0%

ILLINOIS CENTRAL COLLEGE

18

4

14

6

33%

ILL. EASTERN COM. CO. (GROUPED)

84

3

81

56

67%

ILLINOIS VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

9

1

8

4

44%

JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE

35

6

29

12

34%

KANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

8

3

5

2

25%

KASKASKIA COLLEGE

29

1

28

18

62%

KISWAUKEE COLLEGE

2

1

1

0

0%

COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY

15

1

14

8

53%

LAKE LAND COLLEGE

137

9

128

76

55%

LEWIS & CLARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE

7

1

6

3

43%

LINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

24

5

19

10

42%

JOHN A. LOGAN COLLEGE

2

1

1

0

0%

McHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE

3

0

3

2

67%

MORAINE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

56

7

49

16

29%

MORTON COLLEGE

4

1

3

1

25%

OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE

2

0

2

0

0%

PARKLAND COLLEGE

52

2

50

26

50%

PRAIRIE STATE COLLEGE

21

5

16

8

38%

REND LAKE COLLEGE

9

0

9

6

67%

RICHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

15

7

8

5

33%

ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE

8

0

8

3

38%

CARL SANDBURG COLLEGE

3

0

3

2

66%

SAUK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

2

0

2

1

50%

SHAWNEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

1

0

1

1

100%

SO. SUBURBAN COLLEGE OF COOK CO.

11

4

7

2

18%

SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS COLLEGE

4

0

4

4

100%

S’WESTERN ILL. COL.  (Belleville Area)

28

5

23

12

43%

SPOON RIVER COLLEGE

1

0

1

0

0%

TRITON COLLEGE

5

0

5

1

20%

WAUBONSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

8

1

7

5

63%

JOHN WOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE

1

0

1

1

100%

LINCOLN COLLEGE

27

0

27

20

74%

SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE

3

0

3

1

33%

TOTALS

800

84

716

375

47%

 


TABLE 9

FIRST-TIME TRANSFER STUDENT ENROLLMENT BY CREDIT HOURS AND DEGREES FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND SELECT TWO-YEAR COLLEGES IN ILLINOIS, 10TH DAY

FALL SEMESTER, 2000

 

COLLEGE

FIRST-TIME TRANSFERS

TRANSFER

< 30 HRS.

TRANSFER

> 30 HRS.

WITH AA &

AS DEGREE

PERCENT

W/DEGREE

BLACKHAWK COLLEGE

6

0

6

2

33%

CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO

 

 

 

 

 

    RICHARD J. DALEY COLLEGE

1

0

1

0

0%

    KENNEDY-KING COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0%

    MALCOM X COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0%

    OLIVE-HARVEY COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0%

    HARRY S. TRUMAN COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0%

    HAROLD WASHINGTON COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0%

    WILBUR WRIGHT COLLEGE

3

2

1

0

0%

DANVILLE AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

31

0

31

15

48%

COLLEGE OF DuPAGE

36

6

30

6

17%

E. St. LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE CTR.

0

0

0

0

0%

ELGIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

17

3

14

10

59%

WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE

18

4

14

4

22%

HEARTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0%

HIGHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

2

0

2

2

100%

ILLINOIS CENTRAL COLLEGE

15

0

15

3

20%

ILL. EASTERN COM. CO. (GROUPED)

73

0

73

51

70%

ILLINOIS VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

16

1

15

9

56%

JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE

20

1

19

5

25%

KANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

9

1

8

3

33%

KASKASKIA COLLEGE

28

2

26

21

75%

KISWAUKEE COLLEGE

1

0

1

0

0%

COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY

4

2

2

1

25%

LAKE LAND COLLEGE

137

13

124

80

58%

LEWIS & CLARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE

8

0

8

5

63%

LINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

12

2

10

3

25%

JOHN A. LOGAN COLLEGE

4

0

4

1

25%

McHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE

13

1

12

8

62%

MORAINE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

61

5

56

11

18%

MORTON COLLEGE

4

0

4

1

25%

OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE

3

1

2

0

0%

PARKLAND COLLEGE

47

2

45

17

36%

PRAIRIE STATE COLLEGE

14

5

9

2

14%

REND LAKE COLLEGE

5

1

4

3

60%

RICHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

10

1

9

5

50%

ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE

10

1

9

4

40%

CARL SANDBURG COLLEGE

2

0

2

0

0%

SAUK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

3

1

2

1

33%

SHAWNEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

0

0

0

0

0%

SO. SUBURBAN COLLEGE OF COOK CO.

12

2

10

4

33%

SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS COLLEGE

7

0

7

4

57%

S’WESTERN ILL. COL. (Belleville Area)

16

2

14

8

50%

SPOON RIVER COLLEGE

3

1

2

1

33%

TRITON COLLEGE

5

1

4

2

40%

WAUBONSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

7

0

7

2

29%

JOHN WOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE

1

1

0

0

0%

LINCOLN COLLEGE

7

0

7

6

86%

SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE

2

1

1

1

50%

TOTALS

673

63

610

301

45%

 

 

The combined data for the 10 community colleges that had the largest number of students transfer with associate degrees were as follows:

 

Table 10

Combined data for 10 Community Colleges with largest number of transfer students with Associate Degrees,

1998—2000 Fall Semester

 

Community

Associate Degrees

Total Community

 

College

’98      ’99      ‘00

Total Degrees

College Transfers

Percent Degrees

Lake Land College

73        76       80

229

386

59%

Illinois Eastern CC’s

68        56       51

175

258

68%

Danville Area CC

22        35       15

72

157

46%

Parkland College

19        26       17

62

155

40%

Moraine Valley CC

8        16       11

35

153

23%

College of DuPage

16          8         6

30

114

26%

Joliet Jr. College

11        12         5

28

88

32%

Wm Rainey Harper

14        11         4

29

81

36%

Southwestern C.

8        12         8

28

68

41%

Lincoln Land CC

5        10         3

18

55

33%

TOTAL

244       262     200

706

1515

47%

 

During the three years of the study, there were 1515 first-time transfer students from these 10 community colleges who transferred to Eastern.  From this group, 706 or 47 percent, transferred with associate degrees.  It is interesting to note that the combined total of 404 transfer students from Lake Land College (229) and Illinois Eastern Community Colleges (175) represented 57 percent of the total number of 706 transfer students with associate degrees from these 10 community colleges.  The enrollment of all first-time transfer students into Eastern Illinois University majors and clusters is shown in Appendix B.

 

Summary

This study provided longitudinal data regarding enrollment patterns of first-time transfer students at Eastern Illinois University.  Over the past ten years, undergraduate transfer enrollment has averaged 40 percent of the total undergraduate enrollment.  However, since the 1995 fall semester, on-campus transfer student enrollment dropped below 40 percent; in the 1998 fall semester it was 36 percent and for the fall 2000 semester decreased to 35 percent. The data for this study were obtained from 10th day 1998-00 fall semester enrollment reports.  Almost all of these first-time transfer students were from colleges and universities in Illinois.  Approximately 75 percent of these students transferred from community colleges and two select two-year colleges in Illinois. 

Over the three years of the study, the average number of credit hours and average age remained relatively constant.  Entering first-time students transferred approximately 57 credit hours and were about 22 years old.  The predominate ethnic background of all first-time transfer students remained relatively in the same proportion each fall semester with White designated by almost 90 percent of the students followed by Black denoted by five percent (other ethnic groups included Hispanic, Asian and native American).

The 1999 fall semester had the largest number or 1072 enrolled first-time transfer students.  There were 1013 transfer students enrolled the fall 1998 semester and 911 enrolled fall semester 2000.  Almost 15 percent less transfer students enrolled the 2000 fall semester compared to the 1999 fall semester and 10 percent less students enrolled when compared to the 1998 fall semester.

All four colleges within the university experienced decreases in first-time transfer student enrollment.  The decline in transfer student enrollment among the four colleges from 1998 to 2000 fall semester was 10 percent, or 86 students, and between the 1999 and 2000 fall semester 14 percent, or 129 students[1].  For the 2000 fall semester, the College of Business and Applied Sciences and the College of Education and Professional Studies each had approximately a 19 percent decrease in first-time transfer students or 54 and 50 respectively.  The College of Sciences and the College of Arts and Humanities each had a 7 percent decrease in students or 15 and 10, respectively.  The majors selected most by all first-time transfer students were elementary education, undeclared and psychology.

First-time transfer student enrollment from Illinois community colleges and select two-year colleges accounted for about 75 percent of the total transfer student enrollment.  In the 1998 fall semester, there were 772 out of 1013 students or 76 percent, who transferred from these Illinois community colleges.  The 1999 and 2000 fall semester’s reports indicate 800 out of 1072 or 75 percent, and 673 out of 911 transfer students or 74 percent, enrolled from these community colleges.  There were 10 community colleges in the 2000 fall semester where 673, or 70 percent, of the first-time transfer students attended prior to transferring.  The greatest decline in first-time transfer student enrollment occurred between the 1999 and 2000 fall semesters.  Overall, there were 161 fewer transfer students and, of this group, 127 or 79 percent, were from Illinois community colleges.

Almost 90 percent of the first-time Illinois community college transfer students, or 2026 out of 2245 students, for the three years of this study transferred 30 or more credit hours.  Of this group, approximately 45 percent completed a baccalaureate-oriented-associate degree.  Approximately, for each of the three years of the study, one out of every two first-time Illinois community college transfer students completed an associate degree.  All total, there were 10 Illinois community colleges that supplied two-thirds of the community college transfer student enrollment to Eastern.

 

Recommendations

This study provided longitudinal data in respect to the enrollment patterns of first-time transfer students.  In particular, it identified the impact of transfer students from Illinois public community colleges and select two-year private institutions on Eastern Illinois University’s undergraduate enrollment.  Based upon these data, recommendations were made as follows:

1.                  Continue to analyze enrollment patterns of first-time transfer students and particularly Illinois community college transfer students in relationship to the overall undergraduate student population.

2.                  Increase campus awareness of the significance of first-time transfer student enrollment on overall undergraduate student population by distributing and by discussing study results with appropriate administrators, faculty and staff.

3.                  Increase accuracy of data reporting student choice of Eastern Illinois University major/program by initiating procedures whereby academic affairs articulates the latest approved college majors with the admissions office so that first-time student applications will be coded into up-to-date majors.

4.                  Continue the Academic Affairs initiative to develop program level articulation agreements between Eastern Illinois University and Illinois community colleges to enhance the seamless transfer of students and programs of study.

5.                  Develop and implement strategies to increase transfer student enrollment from Illinois community colleges with large student populations and low transfer rates to Eastern Illinois University.

6.                  Initiate research to identify factors that could have a causal effect on transfer student enrollment decreases in select Eastern majors and programs of study.

7.                  Campus committees responsible for enrollment management, marketing, student recruitment, retention and other related topics should use this study data as a basis to initiate development and implement strategies to increase and retain transfer students.

8.                  Improve and enhance transfer student enrollment research.

 


APPENDIX A

Table: 08  Due: November 15, 2000          Eastern Illinois University

TABLE 08 - FALL 2000 TOTAL HEADCOUNT ENROLLMENTS OF DEGREE-SEEKING FIRST-TIME STUDENTS BY STUDENT LEVEL AND STATE OF RESIDENCE

NOTE: ENROLLMENTS INCLUDE ON-CAMPUS, OFF-CAMPUS, HOME-STUDY, AND COST RECOVERY HEADCOUNTS

 

 

 

Residence When

 

From Col (1),

 

 

First-Time

 

 

 

Student was

 

Graduated From

Under-

First-Time

Graduate-

Fice

Table

FIPS

First Admitted

First-time

High School in

graduate

First-

Level

Code

No

Code

at This Level

Freshmen

Past 12 Months

Transfers;

Professionals

Students

 

 

 

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

1674

8

1

Alabama

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

2

Alaska

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

4

Arizona

 

 

1

 

 

1674

8

5

Arkansas

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

6

California

1

1

5

 

 

1674

8

8

Colorado

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

9

Connecticut

 

 

1

 

 

1674

8

10

Delaware

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

11

Dist of Columbia

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

12

Florida

7

6

1

 

 

1674

8

13

Georgia

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

15

Hawaii

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

16

Idaho

2

1

 

 

 

1674

8

17

Illinois

1476

1253

880

 

137

1674

8

18

Indiana

7

6

7

 

 

1674

8

19

Iowa

2

2

1

 

 

1674

8

20

Kansas

 

 

1

 

 

1674

8

21

Kentucky

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

22

Louisiana

 

 

2

 

 

1674

8

23

Maine

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

24

Maryland

 

 

1

 

 

1674

8

25

Massachusetts

1

1

 

 

 

1674

8

26

Michigan

 

 

3

 

 

1674

8

27

Minnesota

 

 

 

 

1

1674

8

28

Mississippi

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

29

Missouri

4

4

4

 

 

1674

8

30

Montana

1

 

 

 

 

1674

8

31

Nebraska

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

32

Nevada

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

33

New Hampshire

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix A (continued)

Table: 08  Due: November 15, 2000          Eastern Illinois University

TABLE 08 - FALL 2000 TOTAL HEADCOUNT ENROLLMENTS OF DEGREE-SEEKING FIRST-TIME STUDENTS BY STUDENT LEVEL AND STATE OF RESIDENCE

NOTE: ENROLLMENTS INCLUDE ON-CAMPUS, OFF-CAMPUS, HOME-STUDY, AND COST RECOVERY HEADCOUNTS

 

 

 

Residence When

 

From Col (1),

 

 

First-Time

 

 

 

Student was

 

Graduated From

Under-

First-Time

Graduate-

Fice

Table

FIPS

First Admitted

First-time

High School in

graduate

First-

Level

Code

No

Code

at This Level

Freshmen

Past 12 Months

Transfers;

Professionals

Students

 

 

 

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

1674

8

34

New Jersey

1

 

 

 

 

1674

8

35

New Mexico

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

36

New York

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

37

North Carolina

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

38

North Dakota

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

39

Ohio

3

3

4

 

 

1674

8

40

Oklahoma

2

2

2

 

 

1674

8

41

Oregon

 

 

1

 

 

1674

8

42

Pennsylvania

1

1

1

 

 

1674

8

44

Rhode Island

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

45

South Carolina

 

 

2

 

 

1674

8

46

South Dakota

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

47

Tennessee

2

1

1

 

 

1674

8

48

Texas

3

3

1

 

 

1674

8

49

Utah

 

 

1

 

 

1674

8

50

Vermont

 

 

1

 

 

1674

8

51

Virginia

 

 

 

 

1

1674

8

53

Washington

1

1

 

 

 

1674

8

54

West Virginia

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

55

Wisconsin

2

2

2

 

1

1674

8

56

Wyoming

 

 

2

 

 

1674

8

57

State Unknown

8

 

 

 

138

1674

8

58

American Samoa

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

59

Guam

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

60

North Marianas

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

1

Puerto RICO

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

62

Trust Territory-Pacific

 

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

63

Virgin Islands

 

 

 

 

 

1674

8

64

Foreign Countries

 

 

1

 

 

 


APPENDIX B

ALL FIRST-TIME TRANSFER STUDENTS INTO EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

By Major and Program, Fall 10th Day

                                                                                                                                                                           CHANGE                                               

 

 

YEAR

 

2 YR (1998-2000)

1 YR (1999-2000 )

MAJOR/CLUSTER

1998

1999

2000

#

%

#

%

African American Studies

0

2

0

0

n/a

-2

-100%

Art

17

28

23

6

35%

-5

-18%

BOT

39

46

44

5

13%

-2

-4%

BUSINESS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounting

42

37

28

-14

-33%

-9

-24%

Admin Info Sys

12

15

8

-4

-33%

-7

-47%

Business Administration

0

7

6

6

600%

-1

-14%

Business Education

2

6

5

3

150%

-1

-17%

Computer Management

29

21

24

-5

-17%

3

14%

Finance

25

23

22

-3

-12%

-1

-4%

Management

47

65

48

1

2%

-17

-26%

Marketing

38

38

32

-6

-16%

-6

-16%

Pre-Business

6

6

2

-4

-67%

-4

-67%

BUSINESS TOTAL

201

218

175

-26

-13%

-43

-20%

Chemistry

6

3

4

-2

-33%

1

33%

Clinical Lab Science (Med Tech)

0

3

2

2

200%

-1

-33%

Comm Disorders & Sci (Spch Path)

11

13

13

2

18%

0

0%

Economics

2

1

3

1

50%

2

200%

EDUC CERT PROG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earl Childhood Education

19

15

16

-3

-16%

1

7%

Elementary Education

129

151

114

-15

-12%

-37

-25%

Middle Level Educ (Jr High)

7

6

10

3

43%

4

67%

Special Education

38

32

32

-6

-16%

0

0%

Physical Education

41

43

39

-2

-5%

-4

-9%

EDUC CERT PROG TOTAL

234

247

211

-23

-10%

-36

-15%

English

39

23

27

-12

-31%

4

17%

Fam/Consumer Sci (Home Ec)

33

35

34

1

3%

-1

-3%

Foreign Languages (Sp, Fr, Ger)

2

3

1

-1

-50%

-2

-67%

Geography

4

1

0

-4

-100%

-1

-100%

Geology

0

4

0

0

0%

-4

-100%

Guest

0

1

0

0

0%

-1

-100%

Health Studies

6

7

2

-4

-67%

-5

-71%

History

36

32

32

-4

-11%

0

0%

INDUST TECH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Career and Tech Ed

0

0

5

5

500%

5

500%

Career Occupation

10

22

8

-2

-20%

-14

-64%

Technology Education-TC

2

1

1

-1

-50%

0

0%

Industrial Technology

12

14

13

1

8%

-1

-7%

INDUST TECH TOTAL

24

37

27

3

13%

-10

-27%


APPENDIX B (continued)

ALL FIRST-TIME TRANSFER STUDENTS INTO EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

By Major and Program, Fall 10th Day

                                                                                                                                                                           CHANGE                                               

 

 

YEAR

 

2 YR (1998-2000)

1 YR (1999-2000 )

MAJOR/CLUSTER

1998

1999

2000

#

%

#

%

Journalism

17

15

20

3

18%

5

33%

LIFE SCIENCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biological Sciences

0

40

48

48

4800%

8

20%

Botany

2

2

0

-2

-100%

-2

-100%

Biological Sci-TC

10

0

0

-10

-100%

0

0%

Environmental Biology

10

0

1

-9

-90%

1

100%

Zoology

18

24

3

-15

-83%

-21

-88%

LIFE SCIENCE TOTAL

40

66

52

12

30%

-14

-21%

MATH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Math & Computer Sci (Comp Math)

7

3

0

-7

-100%

-3

-100%

Mathematics

16

17

13

-3

-19%

-4

-24%

MATH TOTAL

23

20

13

-10

-43%

-7

-35%

Music

11

10

11

0

0%

1

10%

Philosophy

0

0

0

0

0%

0

0%

Physics

2

3

0

-2

-100%

-3

-100%

Political Science

10

7

10

0

0%

3

43%

PRE-PROF PROG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRE-CHIRO

0

0

0

0

0%

0

0%

PRE-DENT

2

0

0

-2

-100%

0

0%

PRE-ENGINEERING

6

5

5

-1

-17%

0

0%

PRE-MED

1

0

2

1

100%

2

200%

PRE-NURSING

0

1

0

0

0%

-1

-100%

PRE-OCCUP THERAPY

0

0

0

0

0%

0

0%

PRE-OPTOMETRY

1

0

0

-1

-100%

0

0%

PRE-PHARM

0

0

0

0

0%

0

0%

PRE-PHYS THERAPY

3

2

0

-3

-100%

-2

-100%

PRE-VET

1

0

0

-1

-100%

0

0%

PRE-PROF PROG TOTAL

14

8

7

-7

-50%

-1

-13%

Psychology

71

61

73

2

3%

12

20%

Recreation Administration

16

17

8

-8

-50%

-9

-53%

Social Sciences-TC

8

6

5

-3

-38%

-1

-17%

Sociology

24

23

22

-2

-8%

-1

-4%

Speech Communication

36

32

26

-10

-28%

-6

-19%

Theatre Arts

3

8

3

0

0%

-5

-63%

Undeclared

84

92

63

-21

-25%

-29

-32%

TOTAL

1013

1072

911

-102

-10%

-161

-15%

 

 

 

 


APPENDIX C

Students by College by Major

Undergraduates, Fall Semester 1991 - 2000

                                                                                   YEAR                                                                                                                                                                                            AVERAGE                                                       CHANGE                                                                                                               

 

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

1991-00

1995-00

1991-00

1995-00

1996-00

1997-00

1998-00

1999-00

College of Arts & Humanities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

African American Studies

1

15

13

16

17

14

20

16

22

17

15

18

16

0

3

-3

1

-5

Art

198

193

226

248

228

238

241

240

248

246

231

240

48

18

8

5

6

-2

English

230

229

278

314

317

327

335

338

313

312

299

324

82

-5

-15

-23

-26

-1

Foreign Languages

35

38

37

42

33

52

63

61

53

59

47

54

24

26

7

-4

-2

6

History

176

184

206

218

219

251

254

246

241

205

220

236

29

-14

-46

-49

-41

-36

Journalism