Expand Our Pipeline of Students
We will expand ways to invite students into our community and open new routes to St. Thomas. We will broaden our recruitment strategies in order to reach students across the country and the world and intentionally increase the racial and geographic diversity of the undergraduate student body. Athletics is one way of broadening our student recruitment.
We also will remove academic and operational barriers for undergraduate students who begin their education at another college or university. We will make transferring to St. Thomas more seamless and seek partnerships with two-year colleges.
Related Themes
| 2025 Strategic Plan | Ensure Access, Achievement and Outcomes for All | Widen the Circle of Impact |
|---|---|---|
| Expand Our Pipeline of Students | Priority | Priority |
See how the Themes and Priorities of the 2025 Strategic Plan interweave.
Measuring Progress
Success Metrics
- Increase overall undergraduate enrollment by 500 total undergraduate students in the next five years, resulting in a FTFY incoming class of 1700 by 2025.
- Increase undergraduate transfer students:
- Increase our transfer population as measured by an annual increase in the percentage of the available pool of Minnesota transfer students that enroll at St. Thomas.
- Establish articulation agreements with two-year colleges.
- Establish academic policies that ease transfer to St. Thomas.
- Increase the geographic diversity of undergraduate students. Increase the number of out of state students (both student athletes and nonstudent athletes). Decrease percentage of U.S. students from Minnesota/Wisconsin from 90 percent to 82 percent by 2025.
- Increase the percentage of incoming FTFY 4-yr students of color to 29 percent by 2025.
Progress Update, February 2022
The St. Thomas 2025 Strategic Plan debuted in February 2021. We continually track and report on our progress; here are key developments from the past year, as of February 2024:
VP of Enrollment Management Omar Correa continues to implement enrollment strategies to both maintain our strong market share in the Minnesota market and expand strategically to targeted markets.
To spur more growth in our transfer population, we have developed university-wide policies and procedures to address undergraduate transfer students who have accomplished any of the following: (a) earned an associate's degree from an accredited institution; (b) fulfilled the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum; or (c) satisfactorily completed college credits at another accredited institution. For a and b, two transfer block agreements were approved by the Faculty Senate and President. Part c was fulfilled by revising a variety of transfer course policies and processes (also approved by the Faculty Senate and President).
St. Thomas is also in the process of establishing major-specific pathways for transfer students (as one of our goals from our Quality Initiative). Thus far, we have pathways for the Psychology and Biology majors with seven different community colleges: Anoka-Ramsey, Century, Inver Hills, MCTC, Normandale, North Hennepin, and Saint Paul College. We will be adding additional major-specific pathways in the coming years.
Key Leaders
- Eddy Rojas, Executive Vice President and Provost (Primary for transfer, nontraditional)
- Omar Correa, Vice President for Strategic Enrollment Management (Primary for Geographic, BIPOC Diversity)
- Vice President for Marketing, Insights and Communications
Success Metrics
Success Metrics
- Increase overall undergraduate enrollment by 500 total undergraduate students in the next five years, resulting in a FTFY incoming class of 1700 by 2025.
- Increase undergraduate transfer students:
- Increase our transfer population as measured by an annual increase in the percentage of the available pool of Minnesota transfer students that enroll at St. Thomas.
- Establish articulation agreements with two-year colleges.
- Establish academic policies that ease transfer to St. Thomas.
- Increase the geographic diversity of undergraduate students. Increase the number of out of state students (both student athletes and nonstudent athletes). Decrease percentage of U.S. students from Minnesota/Wisconsin from 90 percent to 82 percent by 2025.
- Increase the percentage of incoming FTFY 4-yr students of color to 29 percent by 2025.
Progress Update
Progress Update, February 2022
The St. Thomas 2025 Strategic Plan debuted in February 2021. We continually track and report on our progress; here are key developments from the past year, as of February 2024:
VP of Enrollment Management Omar Correa continues to implement enrollment strategies to both maintain our strong market share in the Minnesota market and expand strategically to targeted markets.
To spur more growth in our transfer population, we have developed university-wide policies and procedures to address undergraduate transfer students who have accomplished any of the following: (a) earned an associate's degree from an accredited institution; (b) fulfilled the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum; or (c) satisfactorily completed college credits at another accredited institution. For a and b, two transfer block agreements were approved by the Faculty Senate and President. Part c was fulfilled by revising a variety of transfer course policies and processes (also approved by the Faculty Senate and President).
St. Thomas is also in the process of establishing major-specific pathways for transfer students (as one of our goals from our Quality Initiative). Thus far, we have pathways for the Psychology and Biology majors with seven different community colleges: Anoka-Ramsey, Century, Inver Hills, MCTC, Normandale, North Hennepin, and Saint Paul College. We will be adding additional major-specific pathways in the coming years.
Key Leaders
Key Leaders
- Eddy Rojas, Executive Vice President and Provost (Primary for transfer, nontraditional)
- Omar Correa, Vice President for Strategic Enrollment Management (Primary for Geographic, BIPOC Diversity)
- Vice President for Marketing, Insights and Communications