Four-year College Transfer from

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

	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
a. Total Transfers	428	414	449	428	442	444
b. Men - Total	181	148	171	187	190	178
c. Women - Total	247	266	278	241	252	266
d. Majority Students - Total	361	342	365	350	366	359
e. Majority Students - Men	149	119	139	146	173	145
f. Majority Students - Women	212	223	226	204	193	214
g. Students of Color - Total	67	72	84	78	76	85
h. Students of Color - Men	32	29	32	41	17	33
i. Students of Color - Women	35	43	52	37	59	52

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

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

	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Public Institutions
Christopher Newport University (details)	1	6	2	2	7	4
George Mason University (details)	68	55	59	79	79	82
James Madison University (details)	75	83	109	85	79	65
Longwood University (details)	4	4	3	6	1	3
Norfolk State University (details)	1	2	0	0	0	0
Old Dominion University (details)	52	45	65	54	56	57
Radford University (details)	35	23	21	20	18	16
University of Mary Washington (details)	17	14	11	14	13	15
University of Virginia (details)	9	8	4	10	14	17
University of Virginia's College at Wise (details)	0	0	1	3	0	1
Virginia Commonwealth University (details)	17	23	26	19	28	17
Virginia Military Institute (details)	1	0	1	1	1	2
Virginia State University (details)	1	4	1	0	2	1
Virginia Tech (details)	24	25	20	28	31	29
William & Mary (details)	3	5	2	0	1	4
Total Public Four-Year Institutions (details)	308	297	325	321	330	313
Private Institutions
George Washington University (details)	1	0	0	1	0	1
Bluefield University (details)	1	0	1	1	0	0
Bridgewater College (details)	5	2	5	5	6	6
Christendom College (details)	1	1	1	0	1	0
Eastern Mennonite University (details)	9	21	9	15	8	10
Emory & Henry College (details)	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ferrum College (details)	0	1	0	0	0	0
Hampden-Sydney College (details)	0	0	1	0	0	0
Hampton University (details)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hollins University (details)	0	0	1	0	1	1
Liberty University (details)	39	44	40	45	40	56
Mary Baldwin University (details)	1	1	2	2	1	0
Marymount University (details)	4	0	2	0	0	3
Randolph College (details)	0	0	1	0	0	1
Randolph-Macon College (details)	0	0	0	0	0	1
Regent University (details)	4	1	6	0	3	3
Roanoke College (details)	0	0	1	3	0	0
Shenandoah University (details)	51	42	51	34	46	42
Southern Virginia University (details)	1	0	0	0	2	1
Sweet Briar College (details)	1	1	0	0	0	1
University of Lynchburg (details)	0	0	1	0	0	3
Virginia Intermont College (CLOSED) (details)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Virginia Wesleyan University (details)	0	2	0	0	0	2
Total Private, Nonprofit, Four-Year Institutions (details)	120	117	124	107	112	131

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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Laurel Ridge Community College
All Students
Students Transferring to Laurel 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	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All)	428	414	449	428	442	444
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs	54	40	42	47	46	59
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older	92	110	122	93	106	89
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs	282	264	285	288	290	296
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer with Pell	148	152	147	125	121	20
Student/Family Income at Entry
New Transfer, Family Income $0 - $49,999	134	137	125	114	117	23
New Transfer, Family Income $50,000 - $99,999	106	88	102	88	78	11
New Transfer, Family Income $100,000 - $149,999	59	59	70	66	59	6
New Transfer, Family Income $150,000 and Greater	38	30	44	36	62	4
New Transfer, Family Income Not Reported	91	100	108	124	126	400
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year	16	17	24	9	11	18
Transfer-specific Characteristics
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer	69	58	83	55	71	57
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits	68	38	18	55	45	40
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)	12	9	0	8	8	8
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer	254	263	295	284	283	309
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer	236	238	262	263	255	285
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer	13	15	20	18	17	15
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer	5	10	13	3	11	9
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)	25	35	40	25	30	20

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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All Students
Students Transferring to Laurel 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	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All)(detail)	80%	83%	87%	75%	83%	79%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	76%	96%	102%	86%	85%	83%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older(detail)	65%	75%	77%	64%	76%	68%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs(detail)	87%	83%	89%	78%	85%	82%
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant)(detail)	89%	100%	88%	73%	85%	83%
New Transfer with Pell(detail)	76%	82%	82%	72%	82%	74%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year(detail)	12%	12%	24%	25%		9%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward)(detail)	89%	100%	88%	73%	85%	83%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer(detail)	73%	62%	83%	70%	82%	73%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits(detail)	76%	87%	95%	83%	91%	93%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)(detail)	82%	100%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer(detail)	86%	86%	89%	79%	85%	78%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer(detail)	87%	88%	90%	79%	87%	80%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer(detail)	83%	77%	87%	75%	56%	47%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer(detail)			70%	69%		82%
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)(detail)	60%	88%	77%	60%	64%	83%

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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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All Students
Four-year Completion Rates of Students Transferring to Laurel 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	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All) (detail)	76%	68%	77%	69%	76%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	84%	80%	85%	83%	79%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older (detail)	63%	60%	67%	60%	69%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs (detail)	80%	69%	79%	72%	78%
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant) (detail)	94%	86%	86%	82%	92%
New Transfer with Pell (detail)	67%	64%	72%	67%	73%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year (detail)	12%	12%	0%	8%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward) (detail)	94%	84%	86%	82%	93%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer (detail)	53%	46%	74%	59%	71%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits (detail)	78%	69%	68%	72%	71%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA) (detail)	91%	92%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer (detail)	81%	73%	77%	75%	79%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer (detail)	81%	74%	78%	74%	81%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer (detail)	92%	69%	67%	80%	50%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer (detail)			80%	69%
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical) (detail)	83%	68%	86%	62%	64%

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