Four-year College Transfer from

Blue Ridge Community College

Every four-year college and university in the Commonwealth that offers undergraduate programs has some kind of transfer agreement with Virginia's public two-year colleges. Transfer offers an affordable entry point to higher education with a variety of benefits to the student beyond cost. These benefits include additional academic support for those who may not feel "college-ready" or for those who are several years beyond high school graduation. Another benefit is that every Virginian is within an hour drive of a community college - one does not have to "go away" to go to college.

Transfer, though, is not seamless. In order to improve student success, and recognize when and where success is occurring, two-year colleges that produce transfer students and four-year colleges that receive them, need to be in a partnership to provide feedback to one another. This report is designed to provide that feedback, primarily to the two-year colleges, however, four-year colleges will find these data useful as well.

Each section below provides an overview of a specific aspect of transfer. There are links embedded to guide the user to greater detail.

Numbers of Transfers

The number of transfers annually from a two-year college, is an important base from which to begin analysis. We break those annual totals down into broad categories of race/ethnicity (majority students, students of color) and subdivide those by gender. In this way we develop a sense of the scope overall trends of transfer over eight eight years. Please note that there is always a lag in the most recent year of data available since students starting college in the spring semester are included in these cohorts and annual enrollment files are reported well after the fact.
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Blue Ridge Community College

Students Transferring from Blue Ridge Community College in the Fall and Spring of the Designated Year

	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
a. Total Transfers	400	347	320	266	268	291
b. Men - Total	173	140	161	107	115	117
c. Women - Total	227	207	159	159	153	174
d. Majority Students - Total	334	287	251	209	215	230
e. Majority Students - Men	144	113	128	88	90	91
f. Majority Students - Women	190	174	123	121	125	139
g. Students of Color - Total	66	60	69	57	53	61
h. Students of Color - Men	29	27	33	19	25	26
i. Students of Color - Women	37	33	36	38	28	35

Notes:

Full Legal Name - "Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University" (Virginia Tech); "The College of William and Mary" (William & Mary)

Where did they Transfer?

The next question of interest "Where did they Transfer" is answered below, also with annual counts. This provides important information to the two-year college and the public about the predominant transfer routes taken by students.
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Blue Ridge Community College
All Students
Students Transferring from Blue Ridge Community College
in Fall and Spring of the Designated Year

Color variation represents the low to high variation within each column.

	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
Public Institutions
Christopher Newport University (details)	0	2	1	0	1	0
George Mason University (details)	11	8	9	8	1	3
James Madison University (details)	177	147	136	119	122	107
Longwood University (details)	1	1	1	2	1	1
Norfolk State University (details)	0	0	0	1	0	0
Old Dominion University (details)	22	24	23	15	17	30
Radford University (details)	10	9	6	6	5	6
University of Mary Washington (details)	2	1	4	1	1	2
University of Virginia (details)	5	9	6	10	13	9
University of Virginia's College at Wise (details)	0	1	1	0	0	0
Virginia Commonwealth University (details)	13	7	8	11	14	21
Virginia Military Institute (details)	1	0	1	0	0	0
Virginia State University (details)	0	0	0	1	0	1
Virginia Tech (details)	14	21	32	20	15	14
William & Mary (details)	2	1	0	2	0	0
Total Public Four-Year Institutions (details)	258	231	228	196	190	194
Private Institutions
George Washington University (details)	0	0	1	0	1	1
Bluefield University (details)	1	0	0	0	1	0
Bridgewater College (details)	18	11	14	14	20	13
Eastern Mennonite University (details)	35	34	32	22	13	10
Emory & Henry College (details)	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ferrum College (details)	0	1	1	0	1	0
Hollins University (details)	0	0	0	0	0	1
Liberty University (details)	30	31	36	30	20	36
Mary Baldwin University (details)	51	25	3	0	19	31
Marymount University (details)	0	1	1	0	0	1
Randolph-Macon College (details)	0	0	0	1	0	0
Regent University (details)	0	3	2	1	0	0
Roanoke College (details)	0	3	0	1	0	0
Shenandoah University (details)	1	1	1	1	0	2
Southern Virginia University (details)	3	0	0	0	0	0
University of Lynchburg (details)	0	0	0	0	1	1
University of Richmond (details)	0	0	0	0	1	0
Virginia Wesleyan University (details)	0	0	1	0	1	0
Total Private, Four-Year Institutions (details)	142	116	92	70	78	97

Starting cohorts of fewer than 10 are excluded from reporting.

Notes:

Full Legal Name - "Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University" (Virginia Tech); "The College of William and Mary" (William & Mary)

Status and Accomplishment at Transfer

Not unlike students who are first-time in college, transfer students arrive at four-year institutions with a variety of backgrounds and needs, and a collection of credits that may, or may not, have been well-chosen for ultimate success as transfer student into a bachelors degree. In this next table we observe some of these characteristics.
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All Students
Students Transferring to Blue Ridge Community College in the Fall and Spring of the Designated Year

Color variation represents the low to high variation within each column.

Degree Completion	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All)	400	347	320	266	268	291
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs	34	25	21	23	22	35
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older	126	115	89	54	74	73
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs	240	207	210	189	172	183
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer with Pell	154	133	139	99	94	120
Student/Family Income at Entry
New Transfer, Family Income $0 - $49,999	146	123	127	91	105	99
New Transfer, Family Income $50,000 - $99,999	70	68	61	63	49	66
New Transfer, Family Income $100,000 - $149,999	40	38	36	34	34	29
New Transfer, Family Income $150,000 and Greater	18	15	17	15	14	20
New Transfer, Family Income Not Reported	126	103	79	63	66	77
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year	17	12	8	9	10	8
Transfer-specific Characteristics
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer	61	63	63	39	45	49
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits	62	49	45	31	33	41
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)	8	2	5	6	6	5
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer	211	181	174	172	152	166
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer	185	156	151	160	138	149
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer	19	17	17	11	9	13
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer	7	8	6	1	5	4
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)	58	54	33	15	30	30

Starting cohorts of fewer than 10 are excluded from reporting.

Notes:

Full Legal Name - "Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University" (Virginia Tech); "The College of William and Mary" (William & Mary)

First Year Retention of Transfer Students

Using the same characteristics provided in the previous table, we now look at how these students fair in terms of retention into the second year of enrollment. Since the cohorts below include students transferring into the four-year institution in both the fall term and the spring term, we count a student being retained as a fall transfer enrolling in the subsequent fall, and a spring transfer enrolling in the subsequent spring. While this may miss some students who demonstrate a more intermittent style of enrollment, those students will ultimately be counted in the completion rates - assuming, of course, they complete a degree.
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Blue Ridge Community College
All Students
Students Transferring to Blue Ridge Community College in Fall and Spring of the Designated Year, Retention into Second Year

Color variation represents the low to high variation within each column.

Subcohort	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All)(detail)	85%	77%	78%	78%	89%	63%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	87%	82%	80%	86%	96%	73%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older(detail)	80%	68%	63%	67%	72%	55%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs(detail)	88%	82%	86%	82%	94%	66%
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant)(detail)	85%	89%	95%	91%	97%	82%
New Transfer with Pell(detail)	82%	73%	74%	74%	94%	52%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year(detail)	23%	35%	33%			20%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward)(detail)	85%	90%	95%	91%	97%	82%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer(detail)	82%	72%	87%	75%	82%	67%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits(detail)	90%	74%	84%	73%	97%	88%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)(detail)
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer(detail)	89%	80%	81%	83%	91%	66%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer(detail)	90%	84%	83%	88%	91%	67%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer(detail)	80%	53%	82%	47%	73%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer(detail)
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)(detail)	77%	79%	56%	58%	93%	27%

Starting cohorts of fewer than 10 are excluded from reporting.

Notes:

Full Legal Name - "Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University" (Virginia Tech); "The College of William and Mary" (William & Mary)

How Many Completed a Four-year Degree?

As a starting point, we look at the percentage of students in each cohort/subcohort that complete a four-year degree within four-years of transfer. Four years is chosen to provide a parallel equivalent to the six-year graduation rate used for bachelors degree-seeking students. In the available detail tables, we track student success out to 10 years post-entry.
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Blue Ridge Community College
All Students
Four-year Completion Rates of Students Transferring to Blue Ridge Community College in Fall and Spring of the Designated Years
All Students

Color variation represents the low to high variation within each column.

Outcomes of cohorts with fewer than 10 students are excluded from display (blank cells).

Four-year Completion Rates
Degree Completion	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All) (detail)	74%	75%	67%	77%	68%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	72%	83%	62%	72%	62%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older (detail)	64%	64%	49%	69%	56%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs (detail)	79%	80%	77%	82%	74%
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant) (detail)	94%	82%	89%	95%	83%
New Transfer with Pell (detail)	71%	69%	66%	76%	65%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year (detail)	17%	5%	6%	25%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward) (detail)	94%	82%	90%	95%	83%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer (detail)	51%	59%	43%	65%	57%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits (detail)	60%	86%	66%	78%	67%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA) (detail)
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer (detail)	82%	80%	75%	81%	75%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer (detail)	85%	80%	78%	83%	83%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer (detail)	38%	80%	47%	65%	35%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer (detail)
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical) (detail)	77%	78%	62%	74%	58%

Notes:

Full Legal Name - "Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University" (Virginia Tech); "The College of William and Mary" (William & Mary)