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2008 Degrees Awarded History 2007-2008 Degrees Awarded History Introduction The number and type of degree awarded at Mountain State University (MSU) is defined by those degrees that have been approved by the Board of Trustees and the North Central Association (NCA). Degrees awarded to students are recorded after the degree requirements have been certified as being completed. The reporting period for each academic year has been defined as June 1 through May 31 and is reported to the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (WVHEPC) on or before June 15 of each year. The number and type of degrees offered by MSU has changed dramatically over the last five years. As the University adds higher degrees in the future, the degrees awarded will also change. Since the changes in degrees awarded has changed so much, it was deemed that information earlier than nine years would not be relevant to this analysis. Information reported here begins with the 1999-2000 academic year and indicates how the number of degrees by type has changed over the last nine years. All types have been on an upward trend with minor fluctuations through 2004-2005 with the exception of master's degrees which fell by 25% form the 2003-2004 to 2004-2005 and then rebounded in the last three years. The overall growth in total degrees awarded has increased by 7.1%% over the 2006-2007 academic year. Associate degree were up by 4.5% while bachelor's degrees increased by 2.2%. Master's degrees increased by 20.1% while both the post baccalaureate certificate and the post-master's certificate improved slightly. The number of undergraduate certificates improved by 100% going from 0 to 3. The goal of this analysis was to identify the top ten degrees awarded for the last nine years. The data indicated that there were some major changes within the last several years with the addition of new degrees such as the Bachelor’s in Organizational Leadership (BSOL) and the Master’s in Strategic Leadership (MSSL). Therefore, additional analysis has been compiled for three years, two years and one year. Analysis The top ten degrees were determined strictly based on the number of certified degrees awarded within the academic year. It is interesting to note that over the last nine years, the top ten degrees have contributed from 69.4% to 77.0% of the total degrees awarded. In 1999-2000 there were a total of 336 degrees awarded with the top degree being a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration that accounted for 17.5% of the total degrees for that academic year. Other degrees helped contribute to the total degrees awarded but it wasn’t until the 2002-2003 academic year that the numbers shifted dramatically toward the new degrees that were offered. Total degrees awarded have increased by 346% over the last nine years to 1,163 degrees awarded in 2007-2008. Over the last three years, the bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) has consistently been the number one degree awarded, accounting for 20.0% to 22.1% of the total degrees awarded. This year there were 237 BSN degrees awarded which accounted for 20.4% of the total degrees awarded. The master's in Strategic Leadership moved up to number two this year with 172 degrees or 14.8% of the total degrees awarded. The bachelor's in Organizational Leadership fell to the third position with 163 degrees awarded or 14.0% of the total degrees awarded. The bachelor's in Administration of Criminal Justice remained in the fourth position with 105 degrees awarded or 9% of the total degrees awarded. The BA/BS degree in Interdisciplinary Studies remained in the fifth position with 63 degrees awarded or 5.4% of the total degrees awarded. The master's in Physician Assistant was in sixth place with 44 degrees awarded or 3.8% of the total degrees awarded. The associate's in Radiologic Technology rose to the seventh position with 31 degrees awarded or 2.7% of the total degrees awarded. The associate's in Physical Therapist Assistant rose to the eight position with 30 degrees awarded or 2.6% of the total degrees awarded. The bachelor's in Business Administration fell to the ninth position with 27 degrees awarded or 2.3% of the total degrees awarded. Finally, the AA/AS in General Studies moved up into the tenth position with 24 degrees awarded or 2.1% of the total degrees awarded. The nine year comparison shows that the bachelor's in Nursing (BSN) came in at number one with 14.2% of the total degrees awarded. The bachelor's in Organizational Leadership came in at number two with 14.1% of total degrees awarded. The master's in Strategic Leadership came in at number three with 12.7% of total degrees awarded even though degrees have been issued for only the last six years. The bachelor's in Interdisciplinary Studies was in fourth position with 6.2% of the total degrees awarded. The bachelor's in Business Administration was in fifth position with 6.1% of the total degrees awarded. The bachelor's in Administration of Criminal Justice was in sixth position with 5.8% of the total degrees awarded. The associate in Business Administration was in the seventh spot with 3.2% and the master's in Physician Assistant was in the eight spot with 2.4% of the total degrees awarded. The bachelor's in Physician Assistant was in the ninth spot with 2.4% of the total degrees awarded. The bachelor's in Social Work was in the tenth spot with 2.2% of the total degrees awarded. Please review the detail information presented in the following links. | |
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