Over the past five years, the number of students who transferred to a baccalaureate degree program after earning associate in arts (AA) degrees grew by 29%. This reflects growth in the number of AA degrees produced by Florida College System institutions (formerly the Florida Community College System) during this period. However, 31% of students who earned AA degrees did not transfer to a baccalaureate program. Most of these students never applied for admission to a state university. Only two percent of the AA graduates who do not transfer are denied admission by all the state universities to which they apply.
A lack of information was the most common reason students reported for not applying to a baccalaureate program. During the last five years, the state spent over $150 million producing AA degrees for students who did not pursue a baccalaureate degree.

University Implementation and State Oversight of Common Program Prerequisites Has Improved
Report 10-43 May 2010

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