Coe College approves Iowa Private Transfer Guarantee admission agreement with Iowa community colleges
Coe College has joined 18 other private, nonprofit colleges and universities across the state of Iowa in approving the Iowa Private Transfer Guarantee admission agreement with Iowa community colleges.
Through this agreement, students pursuing an associate degree at any Iowa community college are guaranteed admission to Coe, as well as the other member institutions of the Iowa Private Transfer Collaborative (IPTC). Coe offers additional benefits through its Transfer+ initiative, which allows associate degree holders to bypass additional general education requirements at Coe and start in upper-level classes immediately among other advantages.
“We are proud to support this agreement and offer an enhanced experience with Transfer+,” said Senior Vice President for Enrollment, Marketing & Institutional Effectiveness Julie Staker ’93. “Together the agreement and Transfer+ create an obvious route for students to continue their education at Coe, where they can build on what they’ve learned with valuable experiences like internships and research.”
The IPTC received a three-year $350,000 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis and Teagle foundations in June 2023 to support the strengthening of transfer pathways from community colleges to private four-year institutions.
The grant will fund work across the state aimed at bringing together faculty from community colleges and four-year institutions to ensure the seamless transfer of academic credits and place a greater emphasis on the retention rate for students who transfer from community colleges to four-year institutions. Private institutions will work to adopt the existing statewide transfer majors of biology, chemistry, English, history, psychology and sociology. Other transfer credit policies will also be implemented, including the expansion of general education articulation agreements and reverse transfer opportunities.
All students must apply to their intended four-year schools, either through the transfer or first-year admission process. High schooler students completing their associate degrees while still in high school must still apply through the first-year application process but are considered eligible students under the Iowa Private Transfer Guarantee agreement.