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Triven Pillai graduated from Green River in spring 2001 and transferred to Washington State University (WSU) as a junior. According to Triven, his transfer to WSU went very smoothly. "It has taken me three years to graduate from WSU because I am doing a double major. I already got my animal science degree last week and I will be getting my degree in agriculture economics at the end of June." After Triven graduates from WSU, his first career stop will be in Malaysia. He has a three-year contract with the Malaysian government where he will be taking his "knowledge and cultural background to help develop a government-owned cattle ranch from the ground up," said Ray Wright, chair of animal sciences at WSU.
Manael Sudarman is an international student from Indonesia. He has been attending Green River for the past three years. He will graduate in June and transfer to WSU in the fall. When asked about the transfer process, Manael said, "It was easy. The International Programs office was a big help. I also did a lot of research on my own." Another important factor in his decision to go to WSU is the $5,000 scholarship he earned for his 3.5 GPA and leadership on campus. Manael is a member of student government (bylaws senate committee). Manael plans to major in international business. |
Background:
A large number of community college students enroll with the goal to transfer to four-year universities and colleges. In Washington state, transfer students earn more than one-third of all bachelor’s degrees.
In fall 2003, 45% of the students enrolled at Green River indicated that their intent was to transfer, compared with 35% of students enrolled in community colleges system-wide. Of the Green River transfer-bound students, 80% studied full-time and approximately 53% were female. Fifty-two percent planned to complete a degree at Green River before transferring.
Highlights:
In fall 2003, a total of 311 Green River students transferred to a Washington state public four-year institution. The largest number of students transferred to University of Washington (33%) and Central Washington University (33%).
- Seventy-five
percent of the transferring students transferred as juniors or seniors
and 25% transferred as freshmen or sophomores.
(See Figure 1).
- For transfer students system-wide, the largest number of students transferred to Washington State University (28%) and University of Washington (25%). (See Figure 2).
Green River participates in a collaborative datasharing effort that began in 1999 between the SBCTC and University of Washington to answer transfer articulation questions. The database, Mutual Research Transcript Enterprise (MRTE), was developed to give community colleges restricted access to transcript data on their transfer students at University of Washington. Other four-year state universities are expected to join MRTE later this year. For more information on MRTE click here.
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Sixty-two percent of
Green River students transferring to the UW in fall 1999 graduated
within three years compared with 59% of transfer students system-wide
and 67% of UW native students.
(See Figure 3).
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Green River transfer
students graduated from UW with an average GPA of 3.19 compared with
3.22 for transfer students system-wide and 3.29 for UW native
students. (See
Figure 4).
- Top majors for Green River transfer students were social sciences (19%), science/math (16%), and business (12%).
