Four-year College Transfer from

Germanna 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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Germanna Community College

Students Transferring from Germanna 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	671	596	631	590	636	694
b. Men - Total	294	254	252	234	261	261
c. Women - Total	377	342	379	356	375	432
d. Majority Students - Total	459	402	423	396	395	439
e. Majority Students - Men	208	179	186	158	175	159
f. Majority Students - Women	251	223	237	238	220	280
g. Students of Color - Total	212	194	208	194	241	255
h. Students of Color - Men	86	75	66	76	86	102
i. Students of Color - Women	126	119	142	118	155	152

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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Germanna Community College
All Students
Students Transferring from Germanna 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)	1	5	4	6	4	9
George Mason University (details)	84	69	71	63	75	92
James Madison University (details)	41	41	40	35	29	45
Longwood University (details)	4	8	7	9	13	8
Norfolk State University (details)	3	2	5	1	3	6
Old Dominion University (details)	71	61	71	59	72	85
Radford University (details)	14	16	11	9	16	17
University of Mary Washington (details)	222	176	183	197	148	194
University of Virginia (details)	12	14	15	11	18	16
University of Virginia's College at Wise (details)	0	1	1	0	3	0
Virginia Commonwealth University (details)	94	90	93	88	114	91
Virginia Military Institute (details)	2	2	0	0	0	0
Virginia State University (details)	2	3	0	6	13	9
Virginia Tech (details)	31	33	32	32	40	39
William & Mary (details)	6	4	5	4	4	4
Total Public Four-Year Institutions (details)	587	525	538	520	552	615
Private Institutions
George Washington University (details)	0	1	1	3	5	1
Averett University (details)	1	0	1	2	0	3
Bluefield University (details)	8	0	3	1	0	1
Bridgewater College (details)	3	1	0	0	2	4
Christendom College (details)	1	0	1	0	0	0
Eastern Mennonite University (details)	2	0	1	0	0	2
Emory & Henry College (details)	0	0	1	0	0	0
Ferrum College (details)	0	0	0	2	1	0
Hampton University (details)	0	1	0	0	0	0
Liberty University (details)	45	54	65	47	58	54
Mary Baldwin University (details)	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marymount University (details)	0	0	1	3	2	2
Randolph College (details)	0	1	0	0	0	0
Randolph-Macon College (details)	5	0	4	3	3	3
Regent University (details)	12	8	6	4	7	5
Roanoke College (details)	1	1	0	0	2	0
Shenandoah University (details)	2	1	2	1	2	1
Southern Virginia University (details)	0	0	0	1	1	0
Sweet Briar College (details)	0	0	0	1	0	1
University of Lynchburg (details)	2	1	0	0	0	1
University of Richmond (details)	0	0	1	0	0	0
Virginia Union University (details)	0	0	0	0	1	1
Virginia Wesleyan University (details)	0	0	6	1	0	0
Total Private, Four-Year Institutions (details)	84	71	93	70	84	79

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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Germanna Community College
All Students
Students Transferring to Germanna 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)	671	596	631	590	636	694
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs	53	58	54	51	70	83
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older	173	140	146	155	153	147
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs	444	398	431	384	413	463
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer with Pell	210	191	210	171	231	210
Student/Family Income at Entry
New Transfer, Family Income $0 - $49,999	203	178	208	161	208	188
New Transfer, Family Income $50,000 - $99,999	112	95	84	84	94	101
New Transfer, Family Income $100,000 - $149,999	75	88	85	75	73	95
New Transfer, Family Income $150,000 and Greater	85	69	79	76	98	104
New Transfer, Family Income Not Reported	196	166	175	194	163	206
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year	24	27	29	25	38	14
Transfer-specific Characteristics
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer	89	94	99	84	81	104
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits	76	84	78	73	86	70
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)	21	20	15	11	19	17
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer	429	359	372	378	399	442
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer	395	330	336	337	362	404
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer	25	24	29	23	28	33
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer	9	5	7	18	9	5
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)	49	36	65	46	46	66

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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Germanna Community College
All Students
Students Transferring to Germanna 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)	84%	77%	80%	81%	80%	57%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	83%	87%	88%	96%	84%	57%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older(detail)	81%	67%	69%	73%	77%	49%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs(detail)	85%	80%	82%	81%	81%	60%
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant)(detail)	83%	85%	97%	97%	93%	80%
New Transfer with Pell(detail)	82%	74%	73%	79%	76%	54%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year(detail)	27%	12%	37%	21%	20%	13%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward)(detail)	83%	85%	97%	97%	93%	81%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer(detail)	80%	67%	71%	61%	67%	42%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits(detail)	100%	80%	75%	85%	74%	65%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)(detail)		95%	75%	93%	73%	74%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer(detail)	85%	80%	87%	90%	87%	59%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer(detail)	86%	81%	89%	91%	90%	62%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer(detail)	70%	64%	62%	76%	70%	21%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer(detail)					50%
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)(detail)	81%	59%	61%	52%	59%	48%

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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Germanna Community College
All Students
Four-year Completion Rates of Students Transferring to Germanna 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)	73%	72%	67%	70%	69%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	77%	62%	74%	79%	87%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older (detail)	63%	65%	54%	54%	58%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs (detail)	76%	77%	71%	74%	70%
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant) (detail)	82%	97%	85%	91%	89%
New Transfer with Pell (detail)	66%	66%	60%	59%	65%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year (detail)	4%	8%	25%	22%	10%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward) (detail)	83%	97%	85%	89%	89%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer (detail)	59%	59%	52%	41%	41%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits (detail)	66%	79%	64%	63%	67%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA) (detail)	92%		76%	85%	93%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer (detail)	79%	76%	70%	78%	74%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer (detail)	80%	78%	71%	80%	75%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer (detail)	62%	52%	68%	62%	69%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer (detail)
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical) (detail)	65%	83%	73%	72%	78%

Notes:

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