Transfer Agreements
Transfers within systems
- Wisconsin’s technical colleges are leading the expansion of degree holders in
our state by developing program-to-program partnerships with four-year public
and private colleges and universities. This makes the associate degree
increasingly accepted and widely used to access bachelor degree programs.
- There are nearly 1,100 program-to-program transfer agreements between the
technical colleges and the UW System four-year universities.
- Wisconsin’s technical colleges are the only institution of higher education
to provide five straight years of student transfer increases into the UW System
(2003-08).
- The number of four-year degree holders transferring into technical colleges has grown 30 percent in the last decade, with as many as 38,000 bachelor degree holders enrolled in a technical college in 2009.
News on transfer agreements
- Moraine Park enters transfer agreements with UW-Parkside - July 14, 2010
- Mount Mary, WCTC enter transfer agreement - July 9, 2010
- Gateway, UW-P open degree path for some 'green' careers - June 28, 2010
- UWSP signs cooperative learning agreement with tech colleges for early childhood degree - June 24, 2010
- NTC and Marian University Partner to Provide Education Opportunities in Criminal Justice - June 21, 2010
- UW-RF to Partner with NTC to Provide Dairy Science Education- May 12, 2010
- Gateway, Mount Mary sign transfer agreement - December 10, 2009
- Southwest Tech, UW-Platteville reach agreement - September 1, 2009
- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Partners with Rasmussen College on Bachelor Completer Program - March 25, 2009
- Four-year degree available at Nicolet College from UW-Green Bay - May 23, 2008
- Nicolet College teams up with UW-Green Bay for a pilot four-year degree program - April 26, 2008
- CVTC, Lakeland College to offer dual enrollment - October 26, 2007
- Regents OK CVTC degree - March 9, 2007
- WWTC, Viterbo agree on credit transfer plan - June 7, 2005
A new type of “graduate” degree
Over 10,000 people who hold bachelor’s degrees from four-year colleges and universities are enrolled in programs at the 16 Wisconsin technical colleges and over 35,000 people with bachelor’s degrees are taking individual courses at the colleges.
Higher earnings
A recently conducted Florida study showed that new four-year graduates who also hold an associate’s degree earned over $2,000 a year more, on average, than students who had taken the traditional four-year college track.
Graduation success
Studies by the American Association of Community Colleges show students transferring from a community college to a four-year university are more likely to earn a bachelor’s degree than students who begin their education at the four-year university – because of the high drop out rate of freshmen at the four-year university.
Fully accredited
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools accredit all Wisconsin technical colleges. That’s the same authority that accredits the UW System schools.
