Human Capital Scorecard May 2014

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1 Human Capital Scorecard May 2014 T his 10 th update of the KentuckianaWorks Human Capital Scorecard includes recently released data on college attainment of the adult population, enrollments and degrees awarded by level for postsecondary institutions, and the number of GED passers. In addition, data on educational attainment by age cohort is presented. This release supercedes previous versions of the Scorecard. KentuckianaWorks is Greater Louisville s Workforce Investment Board. In this release, we continue to present educational attainment data using the three-year estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) rather than single-year estimates. We do this primarily because of the greater accuracy of the three-year estimates, which combine three years of survey data into a much larger sample, thereby cutting margins of error roughly in half. This increased reliability of the estimates means that we can more confidently identify real trends in the data. Previously, fairly wide year-to-year fluctuations may have occurred simply due to the margin of error, which could either mask a trend or give a false impression of one. We now have six consecutive three-year ACS estimates ( through ). The Scorecard provides these key measures of educational activity in the Louisville area along with a snapshot of where Louisville ranks among 16 comparison markets. The KentuckianaWorks board believes Louisville s economic future hinges on having a flexible and highly educated workforce, and that annual reports on educational attainment and enrollment are necessary to see if the community s improvement efforts have been successful. Hence, the organization has commissioned this annual tracking system, so all stakeholders can monitor the Louisville-area s progress. We now have data through 2012 and certain patterns are emerging in the Scorecard tracking: The percentage of adults with a college degree continues to climb slowly by about a half percentage point per three-year estimate. In addition, after a few flat years, the percentage of adults with at least a high school degree edged up by about a half percentage point as well. Of course, the competition is not standing still. According to the Census Bureau, high school and college attainment rates for all of our 15 comparison metropolitan areas also have risen. Fortunately, since the estimates Louisville s increases in both high school and college attainment have been among the best of the peer group of metros. The Louisville MSA has had the best increase in college attainment rate and the fifth best increase in high school attainment rate. This is just partially reflected in the rankings. The rank of the Louisville MSA for high school and college attainment has gone up by three and two spots, respectively. Jefferson County s rank among the central counties of the peer metros has gone up three spots for high school attainment and one spot for college attainment. The gap between Louisville and the highest ranked peers is significantly smaller than it was, however. 1

2 The overall performance of the Louisville MSA is pulled down by the counties surrounding Jefferson County, whose high school and, especially, college attainment rates are significantly less than the MSA s central county. But this is not unusual among the peer metros, as only Dayton, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, and Kansas City have central counties with lower college attainments rates than their metro areas as a whole. The percentage of people who have completed high school but have no more education dropped again for both Jefferson County and the wider MSA. The biggest gains in postsecondary educational attainment are occurring in the categories of bachelor s degree holder and graduate or professional degree holder. When we look at the educational attainment of the youngest 10-year age cohorts, those between the ages of and 35-44, the results are roughly the same as last year except that for year olds there was a significant increase in the bachelor s degree attainment rate. The percentage of year olds who have earned a bachelor s degree has hit a plateau, but is much higher than the level of the three-year estimates and is, in fact, the second largest increase among the peer metros. For year olds, increase in the percentage of people with a bachelor s degree since the three-year estimates ranks third among the peer metros. Most importantly, the percentage of people who have a high school degree or less has dropped significantly for both cohorts since the three-year estimates. For the year old cohort, the Louisville MSA has dropped the second largest amount among the peers. GED completions were down more than 10 percent in eight of the 16 comparison metros. The Louisville MSA s essentially flat performance was third best; the other peer metros saw their GED completions fall a collective 10.4 percent from 2011 to While the pattern is not uniform across the peers, in many of them it appears that the recession, beginning in 2007, created the impetus for many people to work on their GEDs but now, with the backlog of potential GED completers diminished, we may be seeing a return to more normal levels. However, the rate of GED completions in Louisville has remained relatively constant since While, on a per capita basis, the rank of the Louisville MSA dropped to 10 th at the height of the recession it has now rebounded all the way to 2 nd place. Postsecondary institutions in the Louisville metro area saw enrollment fall 2.6 percent (nearly 1,900 students) in 2012, the second decrease in a row. The drop in enrollment was larger (4.8 percent or 1,100 students) at postsecondary institutions whose highest degree offered is an associate degree. There were about two thousand fewer students enrolled in those institutions in the fall of 2012 than during the peak years of 2009 and Enrollment at institutions granting at least a Bachelor s degree fell by 1.7 percent (roughly 800 students). Six colleges experienced enrollment declines of at least a hundred students, all but two a career oriented private college IU-Southeast, Jefferson Community &Technical College (JCTC), Sullivan College of Technology & Design, Spencerian College, ITT Technical Institute, and Sullivan University. For all but IU-Southeast it was the second straight year of enrollment decline. Other area postsecondary institutions experiencing consecutive years of falling enrollment were Galen College of Nursing, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Daymar College, ATA College, and DeVry University. On the other hand, enrollment increased by 170 students at Bellarmine University. Total postsecondary enrollment is still 35 percent greater than it was in the fall of 2000, with full-time enrollment up an even more impressive 49 percent. 2

3 The enrollment figures seem to reflect the effects of the economic recession and now the recovery. While only Charlotte, Indianapolis, Memphis, and Nashville saw overall enrollment increase at their postsecondary institutions, the decline experienced in the Louisville MSA was among the six worst. As a result, Louisville s rankings for enrollment per capita suffered. In terms of all undergraduate enrollment per capita we are now next to last, ahead of only Birmingham. The big enrollment increase in the latter half of the last decade continued to translate into more degrees awarded by Louisville area institutions. The overall increase was less than 1 percent, but this masks two opposing phenomena in the data. First, mirroring the declines in enrollment at institutions granting at most an associate s degree, the number of awards and certificates below the associate s level granted dropped by over 700, or more than 16 percent. But second, the number of associate s, bachelor s, graduate, and First Professional degrees all continued to increase. Altogether they were up by 7 percent, or 850 degrees. Most of the drop in the lowest level of awards came from JCTC and ATA College, which granted 501 and 149 fewer awards and certificates in than they did in Most of the gains at the higher award levels were for associate s and master s degrees. The increases in associate s degrees were mostly at JCTC, Brown-Mackie College, Sullivan University and ATA College. The gains in master s degrees occurred mostly at the University of Louisville, Sullivan University, Spalding University, and Bellarmine University. In terms of the number of postsecondary degrees granted on a per capita basis, the Louisville MSA edged up two ranks for graduate degrees and one rank for awards below the associate level. However, in each case, Louisville was just returning to a spot it occupied a couple years earlier. With only a small increase in bachelor s degrees, Louisville dropped a spot to 13 th in the rankings among the peers. Despite another year of award increases, Louisville s overall rank for awards, degrees, and certificates per capita fell to 10 th place. Louisville has been narrowing the gap between it and the metro areas just ahead of it in the rankings in all of the degree categories. Louisville is the only one of its 16 peer metro areas that moved up since 2000 in the degrees awarded per capita rankings in every category of award, from below-associate certificates and diplomas to graduate and First Professional programs. However, the s from 2011 to 2012 did not match the pace of the previous several years. The Human Capital Scorecard is produced for KentuckianaWorks, Greater Lousiville s Workforce Investment Board, by economic and demographic researchers at the Urban Studies Institute of the University of Louisville. The Scorecard may be viewed online at or For more information, contact Barry Kornstein (bjkorn01@louisville.edu). 3

4 Attainment Performance SCORECARD Louisville Area Human Capital Educational Attainment Geography % Adults with high school diploma or higher Louisville MSA 72.9% 80.9% 84.7% 85.7% 86.4% 86.9% 86.8% 87.3% % Adults with Bachelor's degree or higher Louisville MSA 16.6% 21.2% 23.3% 23.6% 24.3% 24.8% 25.4% 25.9% % Adults with high school diploma or higher Jefferson County 74.1% 81.8% 85.6% 86.7% 87.5% 87.6% 87.6% 88.0% % Adults with Bachelor's degree or higher Jefferson County 19.3% 24.8% 27.3% 27.9% 28.8% 29.2% 29.6% 30.2% Components % Adults with high school only Louisville MSA 33.0% 32.3% 33.3% 33.5% 33.1% 32.4% 31.6% 31.4% % Adults some college only Louisville MSA 18.2% 21.6% 21.2% 21.6% 21.9% 22.5% 22.7% 22.6% % Adults with Associate's degree only Louisville MSA 5.1% 5.8% 6.9% 7.0% 7.1% 7.1% 7.2% 7.4% % Adults with Bachelor's degree only Louisville MSA 10.1% 13.1% 14.2% 14.4% 14.9% 15.3% 15.4% 15.8% % Adults with graduate or professional degree Louisville MSA 6.4% 8.1% 9.1% 9.2% 9.4% 9.5% 9.9% 10.1% % Adults with high school only Jefferson County 30.3% 29.1% 29.8% 30.4% 29.7% 29.1% 28.4% 27.9% % Adults some college only Jefferson County 19.3% 22.4% 21.9% 22.1% 22.3% 22.7% 22.8% 22.9% % Adults with Associate's degree only Jefferson County 5.2% 5.6% 6.5% 6.4% 6.7% 6.7% 6.9% 7.0% % Adults with Bachelor's degree only Jefferson County 11.8% 15.2% 16.4% 16.6% 17.5% 17.8% 17.8% 18.0% % Adults with graduate or professional degree Jefferson County 7.5% 9.6% 10.9% 11.3% 11.3% 11.4% 11.8% 12.2% Younger Age Cohorts % Adults yrs old with high school diploma or higher Louisville MSA 84.3% 87.5% 88.9% 89.1% 89.6% 89.7% 89.4% 90.0% % Adults yrs old with some college or higher Louisville MSA 49.3% 58.9% 60.3% 60.9% 62.7% 63.9% 63.8% 64.0% % Adults yrs old with Associate's degree or higher Louisville MSA 35.0% 35.4% 38.0% 38.9% 39.2% 39.2% % Adults yrs old with Bachelor's degree or higher Louisville MSA 18.8% 25.6% 26.4% 27.3% 29.8% 30.9% 30.7% 30.7% % Adults yrs old with high school diploma or higher Louisville MSA 86.0% 87.4% 88.9% 90.0% 90.8% 91.2% 90.5% 90.2% % Adults yrs old with some college or higher Louisville MSA 51.5% 53.7% 57.4% 58.4% 60.3% 62.8% 64.2% 63.6% % Adults yrs old with Associate's degree or higher Louisville MSA 34.7% 35.4% 37.0% 37.4% 38.0% 38.2% % Adults yrs old with Bachelor's degree or higher Louisville MSA 22.1% 22.1% 25.9% 26.3% 27.3% 28.3% 29.0% 29.6% K-12 Activity, Performance Eighth Grade(t-4) Enrollment Based Graduation Rate Louisville MSA 75.5% 79.0% 79.7% 80.1% Eighth Grade(t-4) Enrollment Based Graduation Rate Jefferson County 72.8% 75.4% 77.4% 77.8% GED Completions (calendar year) Louisville MSA 2,063 1,963 1,904 1,807 1,918 1,912 Postsecondary degrees, academic year ending Spring All postsecondary awards, degrees, certificates Louisville MSA 7,391 8,168 12,754 13,771 13,688 14,916 16,342 16,471 Awards/certificates below associate level Louisville MSA 1,347 1,149 3,045 3,679 3,076 3,903 4,399 3,674 Associate's degrees Louisville MSA 1,667 1,815 2,517 2,736 2,982 3,149 3,620 3,976 Bachelor's degrees Louisville MSA 2,462 2,960 4,231 4,185 4,519 4,593 4,930 5,032 Graduate degrees Louisville MSA 1,360 1,662 2,363 2,473 2,477 2,644 2,645 3,039 1st professional degree Louisville MSA Postsecondary enrollments, academic year beginning Fall Total postsecondary enrollments Louisville MSA 50,641 51,462 62,472 65,352 69,445 72,068 71,326 69,429 Full-time Louisville MSA 25,204 27,614 36,188 36,983 42,432 43,645 43,162 41,234 Part-time Louisville MSA 25,437 23,848 26,284 28,369 27,013 28,423 28,164 28,195 Associate degree granting institutions only Louisville MSA 14,470 14,836 21,114 23,291 23,785 23,677 22,737 21,642 Undergraduate level, including associate degree granting Louisville MSA 42,490 42,357 51,583 54,216 58,187 60,109 58,959 56,919 Graduate & 1st professional level Louisville MSA 8,151 9,105 10,889 11,136 11,258 11,959 12,367 12,510 4

5 Attainment Performance SCORECARD RANKINGS (out of 16 comparison metro areas) Educational Attainment Geography % Adults with high school diploma or higher Louisville MSA % Adults with Bachelor's degree or higher Louisville MSA % Adults with high school diploma or higher Jefferson County % Adults with Bachelor's degree or higher Jefferson County Components % Adults with high school only Louisville MSA % Adults some college only Louisville MSA % Adults with Associate's degree only Louisville MSA % Adults with Bachelor's degree only Louisville MSA % Adults with graduate or professional degree Louisville MSA % Adults with high school only Jefferson County % Adults some college only Jefferson County % Adults with Associate's degree only Jefferson County % Adults with Bachelor's degree only Jefferson County % Adults with graduate or professional degree Jefferson County Younger Age Cohorts % Adults yrs old with high school diploma or higher Louisville MSA % Adults yrs old with some college or higher Louisville MSA % Adults yrs old with Associate's degree or higher Louisville MSA % Adults yrs old with Bachelor's degree or higher Louisville MSA % Adults yrs old with high school diploma or higher Louisville MSA % Adults yrs old with some college or higher Louisville MSA % Adults yrs old with Associate's degree or higher Louisville MSA % Adults yrs old with Bachelor's degree or higher Louisville MSA K-12 Activity, Performance Eighth Grade(t-4) Enrollment Based Graduation Rate Louisville MSA Eighth Grade(t-4) Enrollment Based Graduation Rate Jefferson County GED Completions per 100,000 population 18+ years Louisville MSA Postsecondary degrees per capita, academic year ending Spring All postsecondary awards, degrees, certificates Louisville MSA Awards/certificates below associate level Louisville MSA Associate's degrees Louisville MSA Bachelor's degrees Louisville MSA Graduate degrees Louisville MSA st professional degree Louisville MSA Postsecondary enrollments per capita, academic year beginning Fall Total postsecondary enrollments Louisville MSA Full-time Louisville MSA Part-time Louisville MSA Associate degree granting institutions only Louisville MSA Undergraduate level, including associate degree granting Louisville MSA Graduate & 1st professional level Louisville MSA

6 Notes References and notes SCORECARD Louisville Area Human Capital Available on-line with the latest data, Educational Attainment rates apply to population aged 25 and older. Source for education attainment in 1990 and 2000: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Summary File 4, 1990 & Summary File 3, Source for years 2001 through 2011 American Community Survey, with confidence intervals (precision of estimates) varying by year and place. Because information was not available for all MSAs for the years 2001 through 2004, comparisons were made among central counties. For the decennial census and , the central county of the Richmond MSA is considered to include both the City of Richmond and adjacent Henrico County. However, the American Community Surveys (ACS) did not include the city of Richmond VA within detailed Virginia city and county breakdowns; therefore Richmond is not included in the central county rankings for years Calculations of educational attainment in the ACS did not include the group quarters population until Because many types of GQ populations have educational attainment distributions that are very different from the household population comparison of the 2006 data with previous years should be done with caution. These figures reflect only those within the field described and not any higher level of education. Source: Eighth Grade(t-4) Graduation Rate is calculated from enrollment and diploma data in the Common Core of Data collected by the National Center for Education Statistics. The rate is constructed by taking the number of diploma recipients for a given school year divided by the fall enrollment for grade 8 from four years prior. Thus the graduation rate for 2006 is number of diploma recipients for divided by the number of eighth graders in the fall of This figure has been shown to be very close to and track well over time with Decennial Census data calculations of the percentage of adults who have received regular high school diplomas. See Heckman, James J. and Paul A. LaFontaine, "The American High School Graduation Rate: Trends and Levels," IZA Discussion Paper No. 3216, Bonn, Germany, December GED figures at the zip code level were obtained from the GED Testing Service, and have been aggregated to the metro level. Breakdown of postsecondary awards, degrees, enrollments by type and level, Source: IPEDS, AY , , , , , , , , , , , , ; includes all ages. Research and compilation by University of Louisville 6

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11 Enrollments and Awards, Louisville MSA Postsecondary Institutions Postsecondary Enrollments, Fall Semester Ivy Tech Community College-South Central 1,933 2,035 2,716 2,917 3,050 2,995 3,319 3,181 3,826 4,548 5,014 5,299 5,283 Indiana University-Southeast 6,427 6,557 6,716 6,408 6,238 6,164 6,183 6,241 6,482 6,840 7,178 7,256 6,904 Mid-America College of Funeral Service Bellarmine University 2,848 2,982 3,294 3,134 2,888 2,827 2,878 3,011 3,001 3,095 3,342 3,432 3,602 Galen College of Nursing-Louisville , Jefferson Community College/Jefferson Community & Technology College 9,520 9,227 9,390 9,645 10,106 14,231 14,707 15,300 15,560 15,500 15,258 15,085 14,346 Jefferson Technical College 1,512 3,246 3,582 3,697 3, National College of Business and Tech-Lexington 0 1, Louisville Bible College Louisville Technical Institute/Sullivan College of Technology and Design University of Louisville 19,771 19,682 20,416 20,605 20,729 20,726 20,785 20,809 20,726 20,751 21,234 21,152 21,239 Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary RETS Electronic Institute/Brown Mackie College-Louisville ,036 1,850 2,080 1,968 1,999 The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 2,320 2,443 2,716 2,904 2,983 3,263 3,108 3,114 3,506 3,097 2,913 3,137 3,088 Spalding University 1,632 1,670 1,702 1,658 1,698 1,641 1,697 1,651 1,667 1,994 2,346 2,432 2,515 Spencerian College ,326 1,254 1,327 1,180 1,250 1,250 1,352 1,161 1, Sullivan University 3,212 4,402 4,646 4,962 4,860 5,212 4,599 4,538 4,708 5,857 6,085 5,857 5,478 Computer Education Services Inc./Decker College Of Business Technology Charles A. Prosser School of Technology Kentucky Career Institute/Daymar College-Louisville ITT Technical Institute Ottawa University-Jeffersonville Decker College-Louisville University of Phoenix-Louisville Campus ATA Career Education/ATA College DeVry University-Kentucky Daymar College-Online Daymar College-Louisville Simmons College of Kentucky DeVry University's Keller Graduate School of Management-Kentucky Total, Louisville Metropolitan Area 51,462 55,944 58,013 59,715 60,753 60,998 61,348 62,472 65,352 69,445 72,068 71,326 69,429 Awards below Associate level, Academic Year ending Spring Ivy Tech Community College-South Central Indiana University-Southeast Galen College of Nursing-Louisville Jefferson Community College/Jefferson Community & Technology College ,861 1,763 2,322 1,884 2,351 2, Jefferson Technical College , National College of Business and Tech-Lexington Louisville Bible College Louisville Technical Institute/Sullivan College of Technology and Design University of Louisville RETS Electronic Institute/Brown Mackie College-Louisville The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Spalding University Spencerian College Sullivan University Computer Education Services Inc./Decker College Of Business Technology Charles A. Prosser School of Technology Kentucky Career Institute/Daymar College-Louisville Decker College-Louisville ATA Career Education/ATA College Daymar College-Online Daymar College-Louisville Simmons College of Kentucky Total, Louisville Metropolitan Area 1,149 1,289 1,189 1,503 2,041 2,301 3,069 3,045 3,679 3,076 3,903 4,399 3,674 Associate Degrees, Academic Year ending Spring Ivy Tech Community College-South Central Indiana University-Southeast Mid-America College of Funeral Service Bellarmine University Galen College of Nursing-Louisville Jefferson Community College/Jefferson Community & Technology College ,080 Jefferson Technical College National College of Business and Tech-Lexington Louisville Bible College Louisville Technical Institute/Sullivan College of Technology and Design University of Louisville RETS Electronic Institute/Brown Mackie College-Louisville The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Spalding University Spencerian College Sullivan University Decker College Of Business Technology Kentucky Career Institute/Daymar College-Louisville ITT Technical Institute ATA Career Education/ATA College DeVry University-Kentucky Daymar College-Online Daymar College-Louisville Simmons College of Kentucky Total, Louisville Metropolitan Area 1,815 1,853 1,889 1,832 2,133 2,191 2,458 2,517 2,736 2,982 3,149 3,620 3,976 11

12 Enrollments and Awards, Louisville MSA Postsecondary Institutions (continued) Bachelors Degrees, Academic Year ending Spring Indiana University-Southeast Mid-America College of Funeral Service Bellarmine University Louisville Bible College Louisville Technical Institute/Sullivan College of Technology and Design University of Louisville 1,761 1,831 1,883 1,856 1,915 2,164 2,331 2,433 2,407 2,582 2,670 2, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary RETS Electronic Institute/Brown Mackie College-Louisville The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Spalding University Sullivan University Kentucky Career Institute/Daymar College-Louisville ITT Technical Institute Ottawa University-Jeffersonville University of Phoenix-Louisville Campus DeVry University-Kentucky Daymar College-Online Simmons College of Kentucky Total, Louisville Metropolitan Area 2,960 3,113 3,320 3,327 3,501 3,906 4,054 4,231 4,185 4,519 4,593 4,930 5,032 Masters Degrees, Academic Year ending Spring Indiana University-Southeast Bellarmine University Louisville Bible College University of Louisville 997 1,133 1,139 1,061 1,173 1,245 1,255 1,280 1,261 1,281 1, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Spalding University Sullivan University Ottawa University-Jeffersonville University of Phoenix-Louisville Campus DeVry University's Keller Graduate School of Management-Kentucky Total, Louisville Metropolitan Area 1,525 1,650 1,808 1,764 2,060 1,960 2,116 2,120 2,195 2,212 2,333 2,364 2,712 Doctoral Degrees, Academic Year ending Spring University of Louisville Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Spalding University Total, Louisville Metropolitan Area First Professional Degrees, Academic Year ending Spring Bellarmine University University of Louisville Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Sullivan University Total, Louisville Metropolitan Area

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16 Human Capital Scorecard Postsecondary Degree Report May 2014 I n this supplement to the KentuckianaWorks Human Capital Scorecard, we present data on postsecondary degrees awarded in certain fields that are seen as being the most directly related to long-term economic development. These strategic fields are the STEM disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and all healthcare related fields. The former include agricultural & plant sciences, environmental science, computer & information sciences, math, science & technical teacher education, engineering, engineering technology, biology/biological sciences, mathematics, and all the physical sciences. The latter include health occupations teacher education, clinical and counseling psychology, chiropractic medicine, dentistry and related fields, medical doctor training, pharmacist training, nursing, and related health services, allied health, and health sciences fields. The data come from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) administered by the National Center for Educational Statistics. This report covers data from 2004 through Certain trends and recent developments are highlighted below: In 2012, the overall number of degrees awarded in the STEM fields rose a modest 2.6 percent. Reflecting the overall drop in enrollment since 2010 at most of the postsecondary institutions offering at most an associate s degree, the number of awards and certificates below the associate s level and associate s degrees both fell a little bit. On the other hand there was growth at the uppermost degree levels. There were 44 more master s degrees and 20 more doctoral degrees granted in STEM fields in 2012 than in 2011 (a combined 15 percent increase). For master s degrees, the increase was mostly due to Sullivan University s relatively new Information Technology program. At the doctoral degree level, the increase was due largely due to more graduates in three disparate fields at the University of Louisville (Chemistry, Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Electrical and Electronics Engineering). Overall STEM degrees awarded among the other 15 metros in the peer group rose at nearly twice the rate as in the Louisville MSA from 2011 to As a result, Louisville s rank in terms of overall STEM degrees per capita fell one spot back to 9 th place. The number of awards below the associate s degree level has been quite variable across the peer group of metros over the last several years, so while the number awarded in Louisville dropped slightly in 2012 the total such awards across all the 16 metros fell by 22 percent. Because of this, Louisville s per capita ranking for this degree level bounced back up three places to 6th. The other movements in the STEM rankings were for associate s and master s degrees. The number of associate s STEM degrees in Louisville has remained fairly steady, which is in contrast to the experience of most of the peer metros. As a group, the number of associate s degrees fell steadily from 2004 through 2007 and 2008 before rebounding to new highs in 16

17 2012. So the slight decrease in Louisville contrasted with an overall 10 percent increase across all the peer metros. On the other hand, Louisville s trend for master s degrees has tracked the peer group as a whole fairly well. On a per capita basis, Louisville has shown the best trend among the peer metros since 2004 in degrees in STEM fields. Louisville has moved up in the rankings for total degrees and all levels of degree. But the rank s have not been dramatic, just one to three spots. Degrees awarded in healthcare related fields increased just 3.6 percent in 2012, but that outpaced the peer metros as a whole (less than a 1 percent increase). The number of associate s degrees awarded was up 15 percent and the number of degrees granted at the bachelor s level and above was up a collective 18 percent. While there was a marked drop in awards below the associate s degree level (240 awards, or 11 percent) that was also the case across most of the peer group of metros (a matching 1 percent decrease). The decrease below the associate s degree level occurred primarily at two schools, ATA College and Spencerian College. Most of their available programs at this level were impacted, from Medical Office Assistant to Dental Assistant, Radiologic and Phlebotomy Technicians, and Licensed Practical or Vocational Nursing. Associate s degrees rose most dramatically at ATA College and Brown-Mackie College. For the former it was mainly in Medical Office Assistant, Radiologic Technician, and Practical and Vocational Nursing programs, while for the latter the gains came primarily in Medical Office Management and Occupational Therapy Assistant programs. Healthcare bachelor s degrees were up significantly at Bellarmine University, the University of Louisville and Spalding University. They all awarded more degrees in Registered Nursing, and the University of Louisville also began awarding post-baccalaureate certificates in a number of dentistry related fields. The increase in master s degrees occurred primarily at the University of Louisville (Environmental Health and Nursing Administration) and Spalding University (Clinical Psychology). The increase in First Professional degrees was entirely due to the second class of Doctor of Pharmacy graduates from Sullivan University. In the peer rankings, Louisville moved up one spot to 8 th place for total healthcare-related degrees and awards, moved up a spot (to 12 th ) for master s degrees, and one spot for First Professional degrees (to 8 th ). In terms of the percentage of total degrees awarded in these strategic sectors, Louisville ranks 4 th overall and between 5 th and 11 th for each level of degree awarded. Louisville s percentage of degrees in the strategic sectors is above the average for the group of peers for associate s degrees (50.4 percent versus 42.2 percent), bachelor s degrees (28.5% percent versus 27.4 percent), and for total degrees awarded (40.6 percent versus 37.8 percent). It is farthest below the average for the graduate (combined master s and doctoral) degree level (24.7 percent versus 30.5 percent). The Human Capital Scorecard is produced for KentuckianaWorks, Greater Louisville s Workforce Investment Board, by economic and demographic researchers at the Urban Studies Institute of the University of Louisville. The Scorecard may be viewed online at or For more information, contact Barry Kornstein (bjkorn01@louisville.edu). 17

18 STEM Health Care Notes SCORECARD Postsecondary Degrees in Strategic Sectors Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Degrees Postsecondary degrees, academic year ending Spring All postsecondary awards, degrees, certificates Louisville MSA 1,535 1,482 1,535 1,523 1,635 1,610 1,747 1,990 2,042 Awards/certificates below associate level Louisville MSA Associate degrees Louisville MSA Bachelor's degrees Louisville MSA Master's degrees Louisville MSA Doctoral degrees Louisville MSA Ranking, per capita (out of 16 comparison metros) All postsecondary awards, degrees, certificates Louisville MSA Awards/certificates below associate level Louisville MSA Associate degrees Louisville MSA Bachelor's degrees Louisville MSA Master's degrees Louisville MSA Doctoral degrees Louisville MSA Health Care Related Degrees Postsecondary degrees, academic year ending Spring All postsecondary awards, degrees, certificates Louisville MSA 1,926 1,974 2,600 2,822 3,011 3,272 3,804 4,478 4,639 Awards/certificates below associate level Louisville MSA ,147 1,238 1,321 1,425 1,752 2,095 1,851 Associate degrees Louisville MSA ,066 1,305 1,508 Bachelor's degrees Louisville MSA Master's degrees Louisville MSA Doctoral degrees Louisville MSA st professional degree Louisville MSA Ranking, per capita (out of 16 comparison metros) All postsecondary awards, degrees, certificates Louisville MSA Awards/certificates below associate level Louisville MSA Associate degrees Louisville MSA Bachelor's degrees Louisville MSA Master's degrees Louisville MSA Doctoral degrees Louisville MSA st professional degree Louisville MSA References Source: U.S. Department and notesof Education, National Center for Educational Statistics, The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), data collected during academic years , , , , , , , , STEM fields include agricultural & plant sciences, environmental science, computer & information sciences, math, science & technical teacher education, engineering, engineering technology, biology/biological sciences, mathematics, and all the physical sciences. Health care related fields include health occupations teacher education, clinical and counseling psychology, chiropractic medicine, dentistry and related fields, medical Research and compilation by University of Louisville doctor training, pharmacist training, nursing, and related health services, allied health, and health sciences fields. 18

19 Postsecondary Degrees Awarded per 100,000 Residents, 2012 Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics Fields with Trends Among Louisville and its 15 Competitor Metropolitan Areas Below Associate Level (less than 2 years), 2012 Rank since 2004 Associate Level (2 years to less than 4 years), 2012 since 2004 Rank Lexington Dayton Dayton Lexington Raleigh Richmond Birmingham Cincinnati Kansas City Louisville Louisville Columbus Jacksonville Charlotte Charlotte Greensboro Indianapolis Memphis Memphis Kansas City Columbus Indianapolis Cincinnati Birmingham Nashville Nashville Richmond Omaha Omaha Jacksonville Greensboro Raleigh Bachelor's Degree (includes postbac), 2012 Rank since 2004 since 2004 Master's Degree, 2012 Rank Raleigh Raleigh Lexington Dayton Columbus Lexington Dayton Columbus Greensboro Louisville Richmond Greensboro Cincinnati Cincinnati Nashville Birmingham Omaha Nashville Charlotte Omaha Indianapolis Indianapolis Louisville Charlotte Birmingham Richmond Memphis Kansas City Kansas City Memphis Jacksonville Jacksonville Doctoral Degree, 2012 Rank since 2004 Total Degrees, 2012 Rank since 2004 Lexington Raleigh Raleigh Lexington Columbus Dayton Nashville Columbus Birmingham Greensboro Dayton Cincinnati Cincinnati Richmond Richmond Nashville Louisville Louisville Omaha Charlotte Greensboro Omaha Charlotte Birmingham Memphis Indianapolis Indianapolis Kansas City Jacksonville Memphis Kansas City Jacksonville Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), ,

20 Postsecondary Degrees Awarded per 100,000 Residents, 2012 Health Care Related Fields with Trends Among Louisville and its 15 Competitor Metropolitan Areas Below Associate Level (less than 2 years), 2012 Rank since 2004 Associate Level (2 years to less than 4 years), 2012 since 2004 Rank Dayton Dayton Jacksonville Lexington Lexington Indianapolis Nashville Louisville Memphis Cincinnati Columbus Birmingham Louisville Columbus Kansas City Kansas City Cincinnati Omaha Charlotte Jacksonville Richmond Richmond Indianapolis Nashville Omaha Charlotte Birmingham Greensboro Raleigh Raleigh Greensboro Memphis Bachelor's Degree (includes postbac), 2012 Rank since 2004 Graduate, 2012 Rank since 2004 Omaha Lexington Columbus Birmingham Dayton Omaha Jacksonville Nashville Lexington Cincinnati Cincinnati Richmond Indianapolis Dayton Greensboro Columbus Birmingham Indianapolis Kansas City Jacksonville Nashville Kansas City Louisville Greensboro Memphis Louisville Richmond Memphis Charlotte Charlotte Raleigh Raleigh st Professional, 2012 Rank since 2004 Total Degrees, 2012 Rank since 2004 Lexington Dayton Omaha Lexington Birmingham Jacksonville Indianapolis Omaha Kansas City Columbus Richmond Nashville Nashville Cincinnati Louisville Louisville Columbus Kansas City Jacksonville Birmingham Dayton Indianapolis Cincinnati Richmond Memphis Memphis Charlotte Charlotte Greensboro Greensboro Raleigh Raleigh Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), ,

21 Percentage of Degrees Awarded in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics & Health Care Related Fields, with Ranks Among the Sixteen Competitor Metropolitan Areas, 2012 Metropolitan Area Below Associate Level Awards (less than 2 years) Associate Level Awards (2 years to less than 4 years) Bachelor's Degree (includes postbac) Graduate Degrees First Professional Total Degrees Birmingham 51.5% 50.2% 31.3% 49.0% 75.9% 45.6% Charlotte 51.9% 27.7% 22.5% 23.1% 19.4% 29.7% Cincinnati 59.2% 49.9% 25.8% 33.7% 47.3% 38.2% Columbus 75.0% 50.5% 28.5% 30.6% 48.5% 38.9% Dayton 66.3% 55.0% 31.2% 39.2% 41.2% 48.1% Greensboro 45.0% 36.2% 20.1% 22.8% n/a 25.6% Indianapolis 61.4% 52.7% 28.9% 18.3% 68.0% 38.5% Jacksonville 54.9% 20.8% 27.5% 36.5% 41.5% 36.1% Kansas City 69.5% 37.2% 27.3% 23.6% 79.7% 40.5% Lexington 51.8% 46.4% 24.0% 31.7% 73.7% 37.6% Louisville 57.6% 50.4% 28.5% 24.7% 49.6% 40.6% Memphis 63.1% 34.1% 24.0% 21.3% 47.3% 37.4% Nashville 40.1% 40.1% 24.1% 29.6% 72.0% 33.2% Omaha 60.4% 33.3% 31.9% 27.8% 82.3% 36.8% Raleigh 51.8% 33.7% 40.3% 44.8% 0.0% 41.5% Richmond 58.6% 56.4% 22.1% 31.7% 72.8% 36.9% Birmingham Charlotte Cincinnati Columbus Dayton Greensboro n/a 16 Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Lexington Louisville Memphis Nashville Omaha Raleigh Richmond Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS),

22 Awards in Strategic Sectors, Louisville MSA Postsecondary Institutions Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics Fields Awards below Associate level, Academic Year ending Spring Ivy Tech Community College-South Central Indiana University-Southeast Jefferson Community College/Jefferson Community & Technology College Jefferson Technical College Louisville Technical Institute/Sullivan College of Technology and Design RETS Electronic Institute/Brown Mackie College-Louisville Sullivan University ATA Career Education/ATA College Total, Louisville Metropolitan Area Associate Degrees, Academic Year ending Spring Ivy Tech Community College-South Central Indiana University-Southeast Jefferson Community College/Jefferson Community & Technology College Jefferson Technical College Louisville Technical Institute/Sullivan College of Technology and Design RETS Electronic Institute/Brown Mackie College-Louisville Sullivan University Decker College Of Business Technology Kentucky Career Institute/Daymar College-Louisville ITT Technical Institute DeVry University-Kentucky Total, Louisville Metropolitan Area Bachelors Degrees, Academic Year ending Spring Indiana University-Southeast Bellarmine University Louisville Technical Institute/Sullivan College of Technology and Design University of Louisville Spalding University Sullivan University ITT Technical Institute University of Phoenix-Louisville Campus DeVry University-Kentucky Total, Louisville Metropolitan Area Masters Degrees, Academic Year ending Spring Bellarmine University University of Louisville Sullivan University Total, Louisville Metropolitan Area Doctoral Degrees, Academic Year ending Spring University of Louisville Total, Louisville Metropolitan Area Note: Jefferson Community College and Jefferson Technical College merged to form Jefferson Community and Technical College in

23 Awards in Strategic Sectors, Louisville MSA Postsecondary Institutions Health Care Related Fields Awards below Associate level, Academic Year ending Spring Ivy Tech Community College-South Central Indiana University-Southeast Galen College of Nursing-Louisville Jefferson Community College/Jefferson Community & Technology College Jefferson Technical College RETS Electronic Institute/Brown Mackie College-Louisville Spalding University Spencerian College Sullivan University Kentucky Career Institute/Daymar College-Louisville Decker College-Louisville ATA Career Education/ATA College Daymar College-Online Total, Louisville Metropolitan Area ,147 1,238 1,321 1,425 1,752 2,095 1,851 Associate Degrees, Academic Year ending Spring Ivy Tech Community College-South Central Galen College of Nursing-Louisville Bellarmine University Jefferson Community College/Jefferson Community & Technology College University of Louisville RETS Electronic Institute/Brown Mackie College-Louisville Spalding University Spencerian College Sullivan University Kentucky Career Institute/Daymar College-Louisville ATA Career Education/ATA College Daymar College-Online Total, Louisville Metropolitan Area ,066 1,305 1,508 Bachelors Degrees, Academic Year ending Spring Indiana University-Southeast Bellarmine University University of Louisville RETS Electronic Institute/Brown Mackie College-Louisville Spalding University Sullivan University Kentucky Career Institute/Daymar College-Louisville Ottawa University-Jeffersonville Daymar College-Online Total, Louisville Metropolitan Area Masters Degrees, Academic Year ending Spring Bellarmine University University of Louisville Spalding University University of Phoenix-Louisville Campus Total, Louisville Metropolitan Area Doctoral Degrees, Academic Year ending Spring University of Louisville Spalding University Total, Louisville Metropolitan Area First Professional Degrees, Academic Year ending Spring Bellarmine University University of Louisville Sullivan University Total, Louisville Metropolitan Area Note: Jefferson Community College and Jefferson Technical College merged to form Jefferson Community and Technical College in