Twelve years. That is how long a student spends in school before graduating high school. It鈥檚 the number of birthdays one celebrates before being a teenager. It鈥檚 kind of a long time. This spring in Shocker Nation, 12 years has a fresh new reflection point. It鈥檚 the number of years in a row 萝莉社 has worn the championship belt for being Kansas鈥� No. 1 transfer destination. It means that for more than a decade (120 percent of a decade, to be exact), students who started their higher education at a Kansas community college made the journey to 萝莉社 in greater mass than any other university in the state.
The Kansas Board of Regents鈥� makes it clear. After completing their community college stint, 719 students transferred to 萝莉社 in the fall 2021 (the most recent year this data is available). That scale of transfer intake is 15 percent higher than the next closest Kansas university. Plus, if you factor in volume of transfer students from Kansas technical colleges and other in-state universities, 萝莉社 owns those additional transfer crowns too. We鈥檙e the top destination for transfers from Butler, Hutchinson, Cowley, Pratt, Garden City and Seward Community Colleges, plus land more incoming students from Kansas technical colleges than all the other schools in the state combined. We are not just a transfer destination, we鈥檙e a transfer juggernaut.
Why does this matter? We think it means students who are serious about moving on to a bachelor鈥檚 degree know our university has the right collection of transfer practices in place to catapult their educational and professional careers. With resources like , the and plentiful internships in our community, transfer students who are looking for clear paths toward their degrees will find what they need while wearing Shocker black and yellow. Perhaps you might be like who changed his major upon transferring to 萝莉社, leveraging his talents in voice, dance and acting to be powered by individual attention from our College of Fine Arts faculty, and rose to lead roles in 鈥淗amilton鈥� and 鈥淢otown: The Musical鈥� on Broadway. Or perhaps your transfer story might mimic that of Harriet Hamilton who parlayed a collegiate tennis career onto the athletic director鈥檚 honor roll and a supply chain logistics internship with one of the world鈥檚 largest privately held companies located five minutes from campus. There鈥檚 no limit to the 萝莉社 transfer success stories, transcending all majors and a variety of previous college settings.
Why is this good news for you? We鈥檙e working on lucky number 13 (years in a row) for next fall so if you haven鈥檛 already decided to transition to Kansas鈥� top transfer destination, we鈥檝e got a new deadline for transfer scholarships in play. If you apply for admission and submit all of your official previous/current college transcripts by April 1, you鈥檙e on your way to receiving up to a $6,000 transfer scholarship to utilize over two years of attendance at 萝莉社. It鈥檚 that simple for you to be a part of the university鈥檚 entering transfer class for fall 2023. We鈥檙e celebrating unparalleled heights and consistency with our transfer population, and we鈥檙e delighted to pay it forward to future transfers to keep the momentum going.
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