Four-year College Transfer from

J Sargeant Reynolds 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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Students Transferring from J Sargeant Reynolds 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	719	713	688	649	607	628
b. Men - Total	320	330	299	283	252	258
c. Women - Total	398	383	389	366	355	369
d. Majority Students - Total	417	422	398	363	342	358
e. Majority Students - Men	188	200	177	172	163	175
f. Majority Students - Women	228	222	221	191	179	182
g. Students of Color - Total	302	291	290	286	265	270
h. Students of Color - Men	132	130	122	111	89	83
i. Students of Color - Women	170	161	168	175	176	187

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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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All Students
Students Transferring from J Sargeant Reynolds 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)	4	2	0	2	3	5
George Mason University (details)	11	12	16	13	9	16
James Madison University (details)	27	22	41	30	41	17
Longwood University (details)	10	8	9	7	10	14
Norfolk State University (details)	6	6	6	11	7	4
Old Dominion University (details)	61	71	72	81	61	60
Radford University (details)	12	5	8	7	6	17
University of Mary Washington (details)	8	7	4	4	9	6
University of Virginia (details)	12	22	27	28	27	26
University of Virginia's College at Wise (details)	1	0	1	1	0	0
Virginia Commonwealth University (details)	388	377	347	322	291	298
Virginia Military Institute (details)	3	3	3	2	0	0
Virginia State University (details)	18	10	22	18	33	24
Virginia Tech (details)	22	30	16	32	22	36
William & Mary (details)	1	2	4	7	6	4
Total Public Four-Year Institutions (details)	584	577	576	565	525	527
Private Institutions
George Washington University (details)	4	3	5	4	0	3
Averett University (details)	0	0	0	0	1	1
Bluefield University (details)	0	4	3	1	0	0
Bridgewater College (details)	0	0	1	1	0	0
Christendom College (details)	0	0	0	0	1	0
Eastern Mennonite University (details)	2	2	0	0	0	0
Emory & Henry College (details)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ferrum College (details)	0	1	0	0	0	0
Hampden-Sydney College (details)	0	1	0	1	0	1
Hampton University (details)	2	1	3	2	0	2
Hollins University (details)	0	0	0	0	1	0
Liberty University (details)	55	62	57	35	44	51
Mary Baldwin University (details)	10	4	1	0	6	2
Marymount University (details)	2	1	5	4	1	3
Randolph College (details)	0	1	0	0	0	0
Randolph-Macon College (details)	11	17	9	12	7	7
Regent University (details)	9	4	4	5	2	2
Roanoke College (details)	0	0	1	0	0	1
Shenandoah University (details)	1	0	0	2	0	1
Southern Virginia University (details)	0	1	0	0	0	2
University of Lynchburg (details)	2	1	1	0	3	0
University of Richmond (details)	27	25	19	16	11	9
Virginia Union University (details)	8	5	1	0	5	15
Virginia Wesleyan University (details)	0	1	2	0	0	1
Total Private, Nonprofit, Four-Year Institutions (details)	135	136	112	84	82	101

Starting cohorts of fewer than 10 are excluded from reporting.
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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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Students Transferring to J Sargeant Reynolds 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)	719	713	688	649	607	628
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs	24	36	28	33	39	41
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older	274	288	263	254	231	219
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs	421	388	397	362	337	368
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer with Pell	294	303	32	261	0	0
Student/Family Income at Entry
New Transfer, Family Income $0 - $49,999	322	326	27	272	0	0
New Transfer, Family Income $50,000 - $99,999	101	99	13	109	0	0
New Transfer, Family Income $100,000 - $149,999	62	54	3	48	0	0
New Transfer, Family Income $150,000 and Greater	35	32	1	42	0	0
New Transfer, Family Income Not Reported	199	202	644	178	607	628
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year	36	33	45	26	12	15
Transfer-specific Characteristics
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer	196	211	175	184	203	245
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits	123	99	95	159	224	218
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)	19	18	31	54	102	118
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer	300	328	322	182	39	20
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer	264	304	287	152	18	0
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer	18	16	21	25	9	17
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer	18	8	14	5	12	3
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)	67	58	66	72	41	21

Starting cohorts of fewer than 10 are excluded from reporting.
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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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Students Transferring to J Sargeant Reynolds 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)	75%	76%	77%	0%	0%	0%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	93%	75%	86%	0%	0%	0%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older(detail)	66%	69%	72%	0%	0%	0%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs(detail)	80%	80%	79%	0%	0%	0%
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant)(detail)	90%	79%	84%		0%
New Transfer with Pell(detail)	72%	73%	76%	0%	0%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year(detail)	26%	22%	24%	0%	0%	0%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward)(detail)	90%	79%	85%		0%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer(detail)	74%	67%	66%	0%	0%	0%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits(detail)	81%	83%	81%	0%	0%	0%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)(detail)		89%	83%	0%	0%	0%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer(detail)	76%	81%	84%	0%	0%	0%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer(detail)	77%	83%	85%	0%	0%	0%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer(detail)	59%	72%	75%	0%	0%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer(detail)		50%		0%		0%
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)(detail)	69%	63%	69%	0%	0%	0%

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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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Four-year Completion Rates of Students Transferring to J Sargeant Reynolds 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)	65%	61%	64%	17%	0%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	68%	83%	67%	6%	0%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older (detail)	61%	46%	56%	12%	0%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs (detail)	68%	70%	70%	21%	1%
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant) (detail)	84%	72%	79%	17%
New Transfer with Pell (detail)	64%	55%	61%	16%	0%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year (detail)	14%	5%	8%	0%	0%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward) (detail)	84%	72%	79%	18%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer (detail)	44%	54%	51%	13%	2%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits (detail)	64%	63%	65%	14%	0%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA) (detail)	77%		95%	11%	0%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer (detail)	82%	69%	71%	20%	0%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer (detail)	83%	71%	74%	21%	0%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer (detail)	64%	24%	72%	19%	0%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer (detail)			28%		0%
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical) (detail)	65%	55%	61%	12%	0%

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