Careers & Workforce Subcommittee — Committee Meeting Notice (November 18, 2025)
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Meeting packet for the House of Representatives Careers & Workforce Subcommittee, Tuesday, November 18, 2025. The notice lists a presentation and discussion on the return on investment of baccalaureate degrees. The packet contains a BOG presentation by Emily Sikes, Vice Chancellor for Academic & Student Affairs, titled An SUS Degree is a Worthwhile Investment. Its slides cover Degree Productivity Reviews, a 2025 analysis stating that 214 programs were below the thresholds, Programs of Strategic Emphasis, and performance-based funding metrics, including median wages that the slide says have risen to $51,000. A closing table lists earnings by the most popular bachelor's degrees.
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Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
10:30 AM
Morris Hall (17 HOB)
Daniel Perez Tiffany Esposito
Speaker Chair
Committee Meeting Notice
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
Start Date and Time: Tuesday, November 18, 2025 10:30 AM
End Date and Time: Tuesday, November 18, 2025 12:30 PM
Location: Morris Hall (17 HOB)
Duration: 2.00 hrs
Presentation and discussion on the return on investment of baccalaureate degrees.
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BOG Presentation
House Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
Emily Sikes, Vice Chancellor for Academic & Student Affairs
November 18, 2025
www.flbog.edu
An SUS Degree is a Worthwhile Investment
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Degree Productivity Reviews
• A long-standing collaborative process between the Board office & each university,
required by Board of Governors Regulation 8.011
• Ensures program efficiency & alignment with student & workforce demand through the
coordinated Systemwide review
2011 2015 2019 2023
492 programs 200 programs 155 programs 145 programs Current
73 terminated 16 terminated 18 terminated 22 terminated
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2025 Degree Productivity Analysis
Thresholds List Institution Review
Review of # of Board staff generated a • Develop improvement
degrees awarded list of programs below the plans
in the last 3 years thresholds
• Consolidate programs
30 Bachelor’s
214 • Suspend program
programs below thresholds
• Terminate program
20 Master’s
72 of 214
Specialist
10 & Doctorate
programs were also in
the 2022 report
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Top Discipline Areas Below Thresholds
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, & Group Studies
Education
68% Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics
Philosophy & Religious Studies
of programs
identified for low Physical Sciences
productivity are in Social Sciences
these areas
Visual and Performing Arts
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2025 Degree Productivity Analysis
214 programs were below the thresholds
31% 55% 14%
Bachelor’s Master’s Doctorate
The majority of programs below the
threshold were at the Master’s level
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University Responses to Review
• Continue 151 programs with improvement action
plans
Universities plan
to continue • 33 are master’s degree programs related to
Ph.D. programs
70%
of programs • 6 are requesting to change CIP codes to boost
enrollment
• Consolidate 37 programs under shared discipline
CIP code
• Terminate 18 programs & suspend 8 programs
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Programs of Strategic Emphasis
STATE UNIVERSITIES FLORIDA
• Provides a planning tool to • Supplies critical talent to
produce graduates for support Florida’s economy
Florida’s workforce shortages
• Incentivized through • Supports future growth for
Performance Based Funding emerging fields
STUDENTS
• Ensures a positive return on
investment for the degree
• Identifies fields with
workforce shortages
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Programs of Strategic Emphasis Methodology
Comprehensive review of all occupations in
Florida requiring a bachelor’s degree or higher
State workforce needs
Degrees produced
Unfilled Openings
Programs of Strategic Emphasis Methodology
Prioritized degree programs using future workforce needs & wages
We looked at occupations that met certain criteria
Thresholds Growth in Jobs Entry Wages
Occupations had to have Occupations had to be Occupations linked to
minimum unfilled openings projected to grow faster than bachelors degrees had to
average from 2022-2030 have entry wages exceeding
100 50
Bachelors Masters &
Specialist
8.6% $40k
25 Growth rate for Aligned with the Board’s
next 8 years 2025 Strategic Plan
Doctorate
Programs of Strategic Emphasis Metrics
• In 2023, the Board identified Programs of Strategic Emphasis focused on the most
critical workforce needs of Florida that provide students a strong return on investment
• Performance-Based Funding (PBF) metrics 6 & 8 target the percentage of degrees
awarded at the bachelor’s and graduate levels in these programs
Key Attributes
Current List
Degree Level Total Active
Bachelor’s 95 73
Master’s 75 66
Doctoral 57 54
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Elevating Student Success
Bachelor’s Degree Outcomes
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PBF Metrics Aligned to Post-Graduate Success
# Metric
1 % of Bachelor's Graduates Employed/Continuing their Education
2 Median Wages 1 Yr after Graduation
3 Net Tuition & Fees per 120 credit hours
4 4-Year Grad Rate
5 Academic Progress Rate
6 Bachelor's Degrees in Areas of Strategic Emphasis
7 University Access Rate
8 Graduate Degrees in Areas of Strategic Emphasis
9a 3-Year Grad rate for FCS Transfer Students
9b 6-Year Grad rate for Students awarded Pell Grant in 1st Year
10 BOT Choice Metric
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PBF 1: % of Bachelor Grads Enrolled or Employed
($40,000+)
• PBF 1: % of Bachelor Grads Enrolled or Employed
($40,000+) 74.4%
73.8%
Universities have improved by
nearly 10 percentage pts, to 74.4%
in the last 3 years
70.0%
Performance demonstrates the
65.7% strong connection between
universities & workforce demand
2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 14
PBF 2: Median Wages of Bachelor’s Graduates Employed
Full-Time One Year After Graduation
$50,000 $51,000
$45,500
$41,900 $42,000
Median wages have risen by over
$9,000, to $51,000 across the
System
Wages reflect first jobs for most
graduates, typical age of students
22-24
SUS graduates are competitive in
the workforce
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2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23
MyFloridaFuture
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Benefits to Students
Students can research & compare salary expectations for
each institution & academic program
Students can weigh the expected benefits of pursuing
additional education
Students can explore & better understand the future impact
of student loans
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Earnings by Most Popular SUS Bachelor’s Degrees
% of Graduates Working
Median Wages after graduation
Full-Time
Top 15 Bachelor’s Degrees # of Graduates
1-year 5-years 10-years 1-year 10-years
(with full-time wages)
1 Psychology 5,987 $41,488 $60,844 $70,016 65% 84%
2 Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 4,482 $73,278 $87,922 $98,860 91% 88%
3 Finance 3,184 $58,932 $87,744 $103,796 81% 90%
4 Health Services 2,962 $39,474 $67,564 $82,338 59% 87%
5 Biology 2,821 $38,668 $65,000 $97,496 56% 88%
6 Criminal Justice 2,607 $45,032 $63,568 $74,408 73% 90%
7 Marketing 2,531 $50,936 $77,930 $90,002 74% 89%
8 Business Administration & Management 2,507 $53,768 $75,622 $86,082 76% 90%
9 Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies 2,179 $48,060 $60,964 $72,986 70% 84%
10 Computer & Information Sciences 1,944 $72,866 $103,496 $121,936 81% 95%
11 Accounting 1,825 $61,932 $86,988 $101,420 80% 90%
12 Political Science 1,674 $44,462 $73,652 $87,262 62% 87%
13 Mechanical Engineering 1,511 $70,228 $94,704 $114,072 84% 95%
14 Elementary Education 1,338 $58,268 $65,252 $68,392 87% 88%
15 Hospitality Management 1,278 $46,136 $61,590 $73,572 79% 87%
All Majors 71,180 $50,420 $70,388 $81,594 71% 87% 18
Thank You
Dr. Altony Lee III –altony.lee@flbog.edu
STATE UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM OF FLORIDA
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