Ohio University named one of the top transfer-friendly schools for third year in a row

Ohio College has as soon as once more been acknowledged as one of many prime transfer-friendly colleges within the nation, being named to the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) 2022 Switch Honor Roll, which acknowledges the event and help of pathways created for the success of neighborhood faculty switch college students. 

“OHIO is dedicated to offering the help and assets switch college students have to efficiently attain a high-quality Ohio College training,” Govt Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Sayrs stated. “In our partnership with neighborhood faculties and college companions throughout the state and past, OHIO’s major focus is to anticipate, welcome, and help switch college students in each manner needed to attain their academic objectives. It’s an honor to as soon as once more be acknowledged by Phi Kappa Theta as one of many nation’s main transfer-ready colleges.”

Establishments chosen for the dignity roll have been evaluated primarily based on 40 key metrics associated to the help and success of switch college students, together with price and monetary assist, campus life for switch college students, admission practices and bachelor’s diploma completion choices. The Switch Honor Roll relies on knowledge submitted by way of an establishment’s profile on PTK Join, PTK’s digital instrument that assists college students to find their faculties, profession pathways and extra. Faculties are given a Switch Friendliness Score as soon as they full their PTK Join profile, and the dignity roll is chosen from among the many prime 25 % highest-rated faculties.

This marks the third 12 months in a row OHIO has been acknowledged, and sixth time general since 2016. This 12 months, 171 establishments made the record with solely six from the state of Ohio.

“From our early improvements in accepting switch credit score to new and ongoing relationships with neighborhood faculty companions, OHIO stays dedicated to serving and creating pathways that permit switch college students to seamlessly entry the Ohio College expertise on all our campuses and on-line. We’re proud to be acknowledged for this honor for the third consecutive 12 months,” Vice President for Enrollment Administration Candace Boeninger stated.

OHIO presents a myriad of switch pathways for college students to get the OHIO expertise. To start the method of transferring to OHIO, a scholar will need to have accomplished at the very least 9 semester hours or 12 quarter hours at a regionally accredited establishment. Then the coed decides their desired begin date, opinions price and assist info, submits a switch software and requests transcripts from their prior establishment(s) to be despatched to OHIO.

“This award is so necessary as a result of it’s primarily based on what college students inform us they want from their switch expertise,” Dr. Lynn Tincher-Ladner, president and CEO of Phi Theta Kappa, stated in a launch. “We’re honored to acknowledge the universities and universities working exceptionally exhausting to create stronger pathways to bachelor’s diploma completion for all college students.”

Established in 1918, Phi Theta Kappa is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious honors society recognizing college students pursuing two-year levels, with nearly 1,300 chapters in 10 international locations. Greater than 3.8 million college students have been inducted since PTK was established, with roughly 240,000 lively members on faculty campuses in all 50 states.  

All 2022 Switch Honor Roll recipients may be considered on PTK’s web site. To be taught extra about transferring to OHIO, go to the Undergraduate Admissions switch net web page.