Transfer Enrollment Specialist

🇺🇸 Kent, Ohio 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $46K - $53K 💻 Enrollment 🗓️ October 13th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

Kent State University is hiring a Transfer Enrollment Specialist to help meet university enrollment goals by guiding transfer students, families, community college advisers, and campus partners through admissions policies and procedures. The specialist manages the enrollment process for transfer students in an assigned recruitment territory and acts as a liaison to academic departments and service units. The role also evaluates transfer equivalencies, prepares unofficial transcripts, and speaks at transfer-focused events.

Highlights

Visit community colleges in the service region to discuss transfer concerns with students and advisers.
Review transcripts to determine whether two-year and four-year credits transfer under university policy.
Recommend improvements to transfer student services, advisement, and articulation agreements.
Plan outreach to prospective transfer students and their families, particularly those from under-represented groups.
Build relationships with community college leadership to maintain and establish articulation agreements.
Work with the Credit Transfer Office to keep transfer information current.
Engage prospective students by phone, email, and in person as part of the Enrollment Management team.
Master's degree in a related field and 3 years of student advising, admissions, or related higher education experience with diverse populations.
Salary of $46,283 - $53,000 on a Monday-Friday 8 am - 5 pm schedule, with some evenings and weekends.
Report to the Senior Associate Director of Admissions in the Kent Campus Admissions Office.