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Moving On: The Mobility of Former Post-Secondary Students
Shaping Post-Secondary Education
The 2014 BC Student Outcomes surveys, which included the Baccalaureate Graduates Survey (BGS), the Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes (DACSO) Survey, and the Apprenticeship Student Outcomes (APPSO) Survey, asked respondents to confirm their postal code. In all, over 26,000 former students responded to the three surveys, and 89 percent provided usable postal or zip code information. The postal information was used to assign each respondent to a B.C. region, another province, or the USA.
Respondents to the Student Outcomes surveys were assigned to geographic regions according to the postal information they provided.
1%
NorthCoast 1%
Northeast
1%Nechako
3%Cariboo
10%Thompson / Okanagan
Kootenay14%
Vancouver Island /Coast
60%
Lower Mainland /Southwest
3%
Outside B.C. = 7%
BC STUDENT OUTCOMES
fact sheet
Respondents’ regions—current at the time of the survey—were compared with the region where each respondent studied, to determine if they moved after complet-ing their studies.
STUDENT OUTCOMES FACT SHEET • Page 2
Shaping Post-Secondary Education
The annual surveys collect information by credential: baccalaureate, diploma, cer-tificate, associate degree, and apprenticeship. Depending on their credential type, from 6 to 26 percent of the 2014 respondents who graduated or completed their studies moved from their study region to a new region.
Baccalaureate
The majority (81 percent, n=7,219) of the bachelor-degree graduates who re-sponded to the 2014 BGS provided valid postal or zip code information. Over one-quarter (26 percent) of those respondents moved from their study region after graduating.
Baccalaureate graduates from Human & Social Services were the most likely to move from their study region after completing their programs. Human & Social Services includes programs in kinesiology, social work, and law.
After their studies, baccalaureate graduates congregated in the Mainland/Southwest region—they tended not to move or return to other regions in B.C.; in fact at the time of the survey, more lived outside the province than in the northern and eastern regions.
Overall
Northern B.C.
Southern Interior
Mainland/Southwest
Stud
y Re
gion
15%
47%
49%
36%
26%
Moved from study region
Vancouver Island/Coast
Over one-quarter of baccalaureate graduates moved from their study region.
Graduates from Human & Social Services were the most likely to move from their study region.
Visual &Performing Arts
Human &Social Services
Health
Engineering &Applied Sciences
Education
Business &Management
Arts & Sciences
Prog
ram
Gro
up
25%
24%
22%
29%
27%
42%
26%
Moved by program group
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Diploma
In 2014, most (93 percent, n=4,880) of the diploma-program respondents to the DACSO Survey provided usable postal or zip code information. After leaving their diploma programs, 13 percent of respondents moved from their study region.
Former students from Trades, Health, and Education programs were the most likely to have left their study region by the time they were surveyed.
9%
37%
14%
32%
13%Overall
Northern B.C.
Southern Interior
Mainland/Southwest
Stud
y Re
gion
Moved from study region
Vancouver Island/Coast
U.S.A.
Other Canadian province
Northeast
Nechako
North Coast
Cariboo
Kootenay
Thompson Okanagan
Mainland/Southwest
Vancouver Island/Coast
Econ
omic
Dev
elop
men
t Reg
ion
13%
62%
7%
1%
2%
1%
0%
0%
13%
2%
Current regionBaccalaureate graduates tended to remain in or move to the Mainland/Southwest region after their studies.
Respondents who took diploma programs in the Southern Interior were the most likely to move after their studies.
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When they were surveyed, by far the largest number of former diploma students lived in the Mainland/Southwest region.
Certificate
Most (94 percent, n=6,426) of the former students who had taken certificate pro-grams provided postal code information. These certificate-program respondents moved from their study region at a rate (14 percent) similar to those who had taken diploma programs (13 percent). Also like diploma students, they were most likely to move if their study region had been the Southern Interior.
6%
27%
8%
24%
16%
25%
11%
11%Visual &Performing Arts
Human &Social Services
Health
Engineering &Applied Sciences
Education
Business &Management
Arts & Sciences
Prog
ram
Gro
up
Moved by program group
Trades
Outside B.C.
Northeast
Nechako
North Coast
Cariboo
Kootenay
Thompson Okanagan
Mainland/Southwest
Vancouver Island/Coast
Econ
omic
Dev
elop
men
t Reg
ion
Current region
13%
69%
7%
2%
2%
1%
0%
1%
5%
Some diploma programs had high rates of mobility.
Over two-thirds of former diploma students were located in the Mainland/Southwest region when surveyed.
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13%
20%
7%
10%
14%Overall
Northern B.C.
Southern Interior
Mainland/Southwest
Stud
y Re
gion
Moved from study region
Vancouver Island/Coast
Those who had taken Human & Social Services programs were the most likely to move out of their study region, followed by those from Health programs.
Like former students with other credentials, the largest portion of those with cer-tificates lived in the Mainland/Southwest after completing their studies. However, they are spread a little more evenly across the province than respondents with other credentials.
11%
12%
9%
10%
11%
17%
19%
13%Visual &Performing Arts
Human &Social Services
Health
Engineering &Applied Sciences
Education
Business &Management
Arts & Sciences
Prog
ram
Gro
up
Moved by program group
Trades
The former certificate students from the Southern Interior were the most likely to move.
Those who took Human & Social Services programs were the most likely to move.
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17%
53%
12%
5%
4%
2%
1%
2%
4%Outside B.C.
Northeast
Nechako
North Coast
Cariboo
Kootenay
Thompson Okanagan
Mainland/Southwest
Vancouver Island/Coast
Econ
omic
Dev
elop
men
t Reg
ion
Current region
Associate Degree
Most of the former students who took associate degree programs (including uni-versity transfer) provided postal code information (93 percent, n=1,888). These respondents were not likely to leave their study region—only 6 percent had moved by the time of the survey.
The majority (87 percent) of these former students had taken Arts and Sciences programs; 6 percent of these respondents moved out of their study region. Of those who had taken Health programs, 8 percent moved from their study region. The numbers of those from other programs who moved after their associate de-gree studies were too low to report.
At the time of the survey, a large majority of respondents were in the Mainland/Southwest region, and many continued their education. Three-quarters (76 per-cent) of those from associate degree programs were enrolled in further education.
3%
15%
6%
9%
6%Overall
Northern B.C.
Southern Interior
Mainland/Southwest
Stud
y Re
gion
Moved from study region
Vancouver Island/Coast
Respondents from certificate programs were spread across the province a little more evenly than those from programs with other credentials.
Respondents who took associate degree or university transfer programs tended to stay in their study regions.
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Apprenticeship
Almost all (95 percent, n=2,880) of the former apprenticeship students who were surveyed gave valid postal information. After their final in-school training, 17 per-cent of these respondents left their study region.
The likelihood of moving from study region varied with the program taken; those who took Industrial & Heavy Duty Mechanics programs or Other Construction Trades programs were more likely than other respondents to move out of their study region after they completed their training.
12%
64%
11%
3%
6%
1%
1%
0%
2%Outside B.C.
Northeast
Nechako
North Coast
Cariboo
Kootenay
Thompson Okanagan
Mainland/Southwest
Vancouver Island/Coast
Econ
omic
Dev
elop
men
t Reg
ion
Current region
Overall
Vancouver Island/Coast
Northern B.C.
Southern Interior
Mainland/Southwest
Stud
y Re
gion
17%
25%
6%
14%
17%
Moved from study region
Many from associate degree programs were in the Mainland/Southwest region, at the time of the survey.
One-quarter of those who trained in the Southern Interior left the region.
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Other Trades
OtherConstruction Trades
Welding &Precision Production
Plumbing
Industrial & HeavyDuty Mechanics
Electrician
Culinary Arts &Personal Services
Carpentry
Automotive &Other Mechanics
Trad
e Pr
ogra
m G
roup
15%
11%
11%
13%
34%
17%
16%
28%
20%
Moved by trade program group
At the time of the survey, over half of the former apprenticeship students were liv-ing in the Mainland/Southwest region.
Outside B.C.
Northeast
Nechako
North Coast
Cariboo
Kootenay
Thompson Okanagan
Mainland/Southwest
Vancouver Island/Coast
Econ
omic
Dev
elop
men
t Reg
ion
14%
51%
13%
4%
6%
3%
2%
4%
3%
Current region
Some trades had much higher rates of post-training mobility than others.
Over half of the former apprenticeship students were surveyed in the Mainland/Southwest.
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The annual BC Student Outcomes surveys collect information from former post-secondary students, who are asked to evaluate their educational experi-ences and to talk about their employment and further education. Information in this fact sheet came from the 2014 Baccalaureate Graduates Survey, the 2014 Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes Survey, and the 2014 Apprenticeship Student Outcomes Survey. For more informa-tion, see the BC Student Outcomes website.
The BC Student Outcomes surveys are conducted with funding from the Ministry of Advanced Education, the participating British Columbia post-secondary institutions, and the Industry Training Authority.
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