COLLEGE'S TRANSFER RATES ON THE RISE.Byline: Daily News SANTA CLARITA - College of the Canyons' transfer rates are increasing and are among the highest in the state, according to a six-year college study. The transfer rate has increased 88 percent from the two-year college in Valencia to University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). campuses, while the rate is up 43 percent to the California State University system California State University System, coordinating agency established in 1960 by the merger of individual California state colleges, now consisting of 23 campuses. . Students primarily are going on to UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, CSUN, San Diego, Cal State Long Beach and private and out-of-state schools, including Pepperdine University, University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission , The Master's College and Mount St. Mary's Mount St. Mary's may refer many institutions. Mount St. Mary's College may be:
A report by The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education shows the rate of transfers at College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. is the highest of the 21 community colleges in Los Angeles County, and is in the top 14.5 percent of the 109 California Community Colleges. Daylene Meuschke, senior research analyst at College of the Canyons, credits the campus Transfer Center and counseling office as well as various colleges and universities with helping students move on to four- year programs. |
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