Four-year College Transfer from

Brightpoint 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 Brightpoint 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	686	685	634	715	669	704
b. Men - Total	279	277	252	311	279	297
c. Women - Total	407	408	382	404	390	407
d. Majority Students - Total	437	444	416	448	424	445
e. Majority Students - Men	189	184	171	204	175	200
f. Majority Students - Women	248	260	245	244	249	245
g. Students of Color - Total	249	241	218	267	245	259
h. Students of Color - Men	90	93	81	107	104	97
i. Students of Color - Women	159	148	137	160	141	162

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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Brightpoint Community College
All Students
Students Transferring from Brightpoint 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	3	7	8	9	5
George Mason University (details)	10	17	9	12	11	17
James Madison University (details)	27	32	32	40	38	33
Longwood University (details)	31	27	23	36	26	26
Norfolk State University (details)	4	4	5	3	2	4
Old Dominion University (details)	84	79	60	67	49	83
Radford University (details)	5	15	8	12	9	21
University of Mary Washington (details)	4	2	0	5	5	1
University of Virginia (details)	17	18	19	22	26	20
University of Virginia's College at Wise (details)	0	2	0	2	0	0
Virginia Commonwealth University (details)	299	301	276	343	322	301
Virginia Military Institute (details)	2	1	1	1	0	0
Virginia State University (details)	51	46	47	43	38	55
Virginia Tech (details)	37	31	24	24	33	27
William & Mary (details)	1	6	3	1	6	2
Total Public Four-Year Institutions (details)	573	584	514	619	574	595
Private Institutions
George Washington University (details)	0	3	0	0	3	2
Averett University (details)	1	0	1	1	0	3
Bluefield University (details)	5	2	2	3	0	1
Bridgewater College (details)	2	0	1	0	2	0
Eastern Mennonite University (details)	0	2	1	0	2	0
Emory & Henry College (details)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ferrum College (details)	0	0	0	1	0	1
Hampden-Sydney College (details)	0	0	0	1	1	1
Hampton University (details)	2	0	5	3	0	2
Liberty University (details)	65	67	71	65	56	65
Mary Baldwin University (details)	2	1	0	1	4	1
Marymount University (details)	1	0	0	0	1	1
Randolph College (details)	0	0	1	0	1	0
Randolph-Macon College (details)	1	3	10	4	7	5
Regent University (details)	5	7	9	7	3	8
Roanoke College (details)	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shenandoah University (details)	1	0	1	0	1	2
Southern Virginia University (details)	1	2	0	0	0	0
Sweet Briar College (details)	1	0	1	0	1	1
University of Lynchburg (details)	0	0	0	0	2	1
University of Richmond (details)	21	7	13	10	6	9
Virginia Union University (details)	1	1	4	0	4	6
Virginia Wesleyan University (details)	0	3	0	0	1	1
Total Private, Four-Year Institutions (details)	113	101	120	96	95	109

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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Brightpoint Community College
All Students
Students Transferring to Brightpoint 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
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer with Pell	297	259	242	262	245	263
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs	48	70	50	68	66	67
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older	206	212	167	184	178	203
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs	432	403	417	463	425	434
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year	24	29	24	34	42	18
Student/Family Income at Entry
New Transfer, Family Income $0 - $49,999	273	278	227	248	232	264
New Transfer, Family Income $50,000 - $99,999	134	116	120	142	112	97
New Transfer, Family Income $100,000 - $149,999	74	78	79	85	76	89
New Transfer, Family Income $150,000 and Greater	37	45	61	56	60	78
New Transfer, Family Income Not Reported	168	168	147	184	189	176
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All)	686	685	634	715	669	704
Transfer-specific Characteristics
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer	157	150	127	112	141	143
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits	105	90	94	88	73	91
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)	9	12	14	18	13	12
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer	350	371	316	418	370	383
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer	324	332	295	368	343	351
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer	21	31	18	43	24	25
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer	5	8	3	7	3	7
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)	71	67	87	78	75	75

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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Brightpoint Community College
All Students
Students Transferring to Brightpoint 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
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant)(detail)	95%	85%	86%	93%	90%	65%
New Transfer with Pell(detail)	78%	75%	76%	81%	81%	54%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	82%	73%	84%	80%	78%	64%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older(detail)	74%	72%	76%	80%	72%	52%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs(detail)	81%	80%	82%	84%	79%	60%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year(detail)	14%	12%	24%	37%	24%	7%
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All)(detail)	79%	77%	80%	83%	77%	58%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward)(detail)	95%	85%	86%	93%	90%	64%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer(detail)	75%	69%	69%	75%	69%	57%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits(detail)	81%	70%	79%	74%	69%	64%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)(detail)			83%	79%	100%	62%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer(detail)	81%	83%	85%	91%	80%	58%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer(detail)	83%	82%	86%	94%	84%	59%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer(detail)	60%	95%	77%	56%	56%	46%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer(detail)
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)(detail)	81%	75%	78%	72%	71%	59%

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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Brightpoint Community College
All Students
Four-year Completion Rates of Students Transferring to Brightpoint 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
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant) (detail)	89%	85%	82%	84%	78%
New Transfer with Pell (detail)	57%	58%	61%	64%	64%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	55%	71%	56%	69%	66%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older (detail)	56%	60%	55%	64%	60%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs (detail)	68%	64%	70%	71%	71%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year (detail)	10%	0%	21%	17%	8%
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All) (detail)	64%	63%	64%	69%	68%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward) (detail)	89%	85%	82%	84%	78%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer (detail)	54%	54%	53%	54%	50%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits (detail)	62%	60%	56%	60%	67%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA) (detail)	68%			92%	93%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer (detail)	70%	68%	71%	76%	77%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer (detail)	70%	70%	71%	78%	79%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer (detail)	61%	48%	86%	61%	39%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer (detail)
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical) (detail)	65%	76%	62%	69%	60%

Notes:

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