While Oklahoma ranks third in the nation for student transfers to four-year institutions, our state performs below average on those transfer students completing a bachelor’s degree. To help address this gap, Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum has declared the third week of October as Tulsa Transfer Week and a new report, released during the inaugural Tulsa Transfer Week, assesses the current transfer situation in northeast Oklahoma and outlines next steps to improve the process for students.
The report is part of the on-going collaborative work with Tulsa Community College and regional partners - Langston University, Northeastern State University, Oklahoma State University-Tulsa, Rogers State University, The University of Tulsa, and University of Oklahoma-Tulsa.
“As the state of Oklahoma’s top provider of transfer students, we have a responsibility to ensure our students who intend to transfer are given a clear pathway from application to graduation, and on to their transfer institution, and that they are prepared to succeed when they arrive,” said TCC President & CEO Leigh B. Goodson, Ph.D.
The Tulsa Regional College Transfer Report summarizes the accomplishments of each participating institution in the first year of the project funded by the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and through work with the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education.
The three goals of the Tulsa Transfer Project are to increase the transfer rate of TCC students to four-year institutions, increase the percentage of transfer credits accepted toward majors at those four-year institutions, and increase rates of bachelor’s completion.