Four-year College Transfer from

New River 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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New River Community College

Students Transferring from New River 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	310	314	350	345	347	303
b. Men - Total	155	154	188	171	186	142
c. Women - Total	155	160	162	174	161	161
d. Majority Students - Total	256	253	283	268	285	243
e. Majority Students - Men	122	121	152	135	149	110
f. Majority Students - Women	134	132	131	133	136	133
g. Students of Color - Total	54	61	67	77	62	60
h. Students of Color - Men	33	33	36	36	37	32
i. Students of Color - Women	21	28	31	41	25	28

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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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New River Community College
All Students
Students Transferring from New River 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	1	0	0	1	0
George Mason University (details)	2	4	6	6	8	6
James Madison University (details)	5	1	6	4	2	6
Longwood University (details)	2	2	1	3	0	0
Norfolk State University (details)	1	1	1	0	0	1
Old Dominion University (details)	16	9	24	20	22	15
Radford University (details)	119	133	137	139	135	123
University of Mary Washington (details)	0	4	1	0	1	1
University of Virginia (details)	0	1	4	1	1	2
University of Virginia's College at Wise (details)	3	0	0	1	1	0
Virginia Commonwealth University (details)	11	8	15	5	5	9
Virginia Military Institute (details)	0	0	0	1	0	1
Virginia State University (details)	0	0	0	2	0	0
Virginia Tech (details)	86	86	90	95	107	92
William & Mary (details)	0	0	0	3	0	2
Total Public Four-Year Institutions (details)	246	250	285	280	283	258
Private Institutions
George Washington University (details)	0	0	1	0	2	2
Averett University (details)	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bluefield University (details)	17	12	15	18	11	7
Bridgewater College (details)	1	1	0	0	0	0
Eastern Mennonite University (details)	0	0	0	1	0	1
Emory & Henry College (details)	3	1	2	1	1	1
Ferrum College (details)	1	0	0	0	1	0
Hollins University (details)	3	1	2	0	1	2
Liberty University (details)	26	23	34	33	30	31
Mary Baldwin University (details)	0	2	0	0	2	0
Marymount University (details)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Regent University (details)	0	3	3	0	2	0
Roanoke College (details)	1	1	3	0	3	0
Shenandoah University (details)	0	4	0	0	1	0
Southern Virginia University (details)	0	0	0	0	0	0
University of Lynchburg (details)	1	3	0	0	0	1
University of Richmond (details)	0	0	0	0	1	0
Virginia Intermont College (CLOSED) (details)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Averett University Non-Traditional (Merged w/AVC) (details)	0	1	1	0	1	0
Total Private, Nonprofit, Four-Year Institutions (details)	64	64	65	65	64	45

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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New River Community College
All Students
Students Transferring to New River 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)	310	314	350	345	347	303
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs	24	26	38	27	47	48
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older	102	93	118	113	88	73
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs	184	195	194	205	212	182
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer with Pell	136	137	145	152	155	7
Student/Family Income at Entry
New Transfer, Family Income $0 - $49,999	139	146	147	142	141	6
New Transfer, Family Income $50,000 - $99,999	52	54	76	70	66	3
New Transfer, Family Income $100,000 - $149,999	41	26	36	26	39	1
New Transfer, Family Income $150,000 and Greater	15	17	9	12	12	2
New Transfer, Family Income Not Reported	63	71	82	95	89	291
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year	15	11	7	9	6	13
Transfer-specific Characteristics
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer	73	60	105	61	69	57
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits	58	57	20	67	64	47
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)	12	8	0	17	14	3
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer	109	137	161	141	140	151
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer	97	122	144	131	130	136
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer	11	12	10	6	6	11
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer	1	3	7	4	4	4
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)	37	38	38	39	48	32

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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New River Community College
All Students
Students Transferring to New River 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)	81%	79%	82%	79%	78%	77%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	83%	83%	81%	82%	81%	85%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older(detail)	81%	76%	78%	70%	76%	70%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs(detail)	81%	80%	84%	85%	79%	77%
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant)(detail)	93%	93%	87%	87%	93%	90%
New Transfer with Pell(detail)	73%	76%	75%	82%	76%	80%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year(detail)	24%	33%	0%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward)(detail)	93%	100%	87%	87%	89%	90%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer(detail)	82%	74%	73%	77%	72%	74%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits(detail)	76%	79%	75%	85%	81%	81%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)(detail)	82%	92%			76%	100%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer(detail)	82%	81%	85%	84%	84%	82%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer(detail)	83%	80%	87%	85%	85%	83%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer(detail)	64%	82%	75%	70%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer(detail)
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)(detail)	83%	78%	95%	66%	64%	62%

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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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New River Community College
All Students
Four-year Completion Rates of Students Transferring to New River 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	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All) (detail)	58%	70%	69%	74%	66%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	61%	73%	79%	77%	71%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older (detail)	53%	68%	59%	65%	58%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs (detail)	60%	70%	73%	77%	70%
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant) (detail)	67%	86%	97%	91%	96%
New Transfer with Pell (detail)	49%	63%	65%	63%	68%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year (detail)	28%	6%	7%	18%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward) (detail)	67%	86%	103%	91%	96%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer (detail)	44%	58%	53%	52%	52%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits (detail)	59%	58%	66%	67%	60%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA) (detail)	73%	73%	50%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer (detail)	64%	82%	79%	82%	79%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer (detail)	66%	84%	81%	84%	81%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer (detail)	60%	55%	55%	67%	60%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer (detail)
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical) (detail)	55%	77%	76%	87%	53%

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