Data Narrative: Student Transfers — Strategy or Frustration

Eighty percent of community college students intend to earn a bachelor’s degree (Crisp and Nunez 2014; Jabbar et al. 2021; Handel and Strempel 2018), but only 37% of these students transfer from their original higher education institution (Kintzer and Wattenbarger 1985; McCormick and Carroll 2003; Shapiro et al. 2018). Only 42% of these students do […]

USHE graduates earn higher wages and boost Utah’s economy 

USHE graduate smiling

Utah System of Higher Education graduates saw significant short- and long-term financial benefits after completing a college education, according to a new analysis from the Utah Data Research Center, which included outcomes of 2014-16 USHE graduates.  The study found that a typical USHE graduate earned 79% to 167% higher wages one year after graduation compared […]