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 34,000 bachelor degree holders enrolled in a technical college in 2011.

News on Transfer Agreements

• Madison College, UW-Whitewater to sign business, communications articulation agreements - April 23, 2013
• UW-Parkside, Gateway expand dual enrollment - January 6, 2013
• UWO, FVTC collaborate on new aviation management emphasis - July 10, 2012
• Marian and FVTC sign articulation agreement - April 17, 2012
• New credit transfer agreement for Chippewa Valley Technical College graduates - January 23, 2012
• Agreement Paves Way for Ag Careers - August 2011
• Deal lets NTC students transfer to UW-Green Bay - April 22, 1011
• NTC, UWSP sign degree transfer deals - November 29, 2010
• Culinary Arts credits transfer from Nicolet College to UW-Stout - November 11, 2010
• Mount Mary, WCTC enter transfer agreement - July 9, 2010
• UWSP signs cooperative learning agreement with tech colleges for early childhood degree - June 24, 2010
• UW-RF to Partner with NTC to Provide Dairy Science Education - May 12, 2010
• Gateway, Mount Mary sign transfer agreement - December 10, 2009

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.