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

	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
a. Total Transfers	345	339	291	295	270	271
b. Men - Total	171	184	138	148	132	129
c. Women - Total	174	155	153	147	138	142
d. Majority Students - Total	268	277	234	256	211	224
e. Majority Students - Men	135	147	106	126	98	111
f. Majority Students - Women	133	130	128	130	113	113
g. Students of Color - Total	77	62	57	39	59	47
h. Students of Color - Men	36	37	32	22	34	18
i. Students of Color - Women	41	25	25	17	25	29

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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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.

	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
Public Institutions
Christopher Newport University (details)	0	1	0	0	0	0
George Mason University (details)	6	8	4	3	6	2
James Madison University (details)	4	2	6	7	3	10
Longwood University (details)	3	0	0	1	0	0
Norfolk State University (details)	0	0	1	0	0	1
Old Dominion University (details)	20	22	14	20	8	15
Radford University (details)	139	133	117	127	132	131
University of Mary Washington (details)	0	1	1	1	2	0
University of Virginia (details)	1	1	2	0	3	2
University of Virginia's College at Wise (details)	1	1	0	1	0	0
Virginia Commonwealth University (details)	5	5	8	6	2	7
Virginia Military Institute (details)	1	0	1	1	0	1
Virginia State University (details)	2	0	0	0	1	0
Virginia Tech (details)	95	107	90	86	74	68
William & Mary (details)	3	0	2	1	1	0
Total Public Four-Year Institutions (details)	280	281	246	254	232	236
Private Institutions
George Washington University (details)	0	2	2	2	1	0
Averett University (details)	0	1	0	0	1	0
Bluefield University (details)	18	10	8	5	3	2
Bridgewater College (details)	0	0	0	0	0	1
Eastern Mennonite University (details)	1	0	1	0	0	2
Emory & Henry College (details)	1	1	1	1	3	1
Ferrum College (details)	0	1	0	2	2	1
Hampton University (details)	0	0	0	0	0	1
Hollins University (details)	0	1	2	2	0	1
Liberty University (details)	33	27	30	23	24	22
Mary Baldwin University (details)	0	0	0	0	1	2
Marymount University (details)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Regent University (details)	0	2	0	1	0	0
Roanoke College (details)	0	3	0	3	2	1
Shenandoah University (details)	0	1	0	0	0	0
University of Lynchburg (details)	0	0	1	1	1	1
University of Richmond (details)	0	1	0	1	0	0
Total Private, Four-Year Institutions (details)	65	58	45	41	38	35

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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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	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer with Pell	152	155	126	117	113	98
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs	27	45	47	40	44	54
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older	113	85	71	66	50	51
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs	205	209	173	189	176	166
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year	9	6	11	16	11	12
Student/Family Income at Entry
New Transfer, Family Income $0 - $49,999	142	140	108	103	102	84
New Transfer, Family Income $50,000 - $99,999	70	67	62	67	57	60
New Transfer, Family Income $100,000 - $149,999	26	39	33	34	33	43
New Transfer, Family Income $150,000 and Greater	12	12	15	19	27	33
New Transfer, Family Income Not Reported	95	81	73	72	51	51
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All)	345	339	291	295	270	271
Transfer-specific Characteristics
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer	61	64	56	58	53	60
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits	67	62	46	33	44	37
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)	17	14	3	10	5	4
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer	141	139	142	163	146	136
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer	131	129	128	149	129	124
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer	6	6	10	12	11	9
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer	4	4	4	2	6	3
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)	39	46	31	23	20	25

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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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	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)	87%	93%	88%	88%	86%	81%
New Transfer with Pell(detail)	84%	76%	82%	75%	76%	64%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	84%	81%	93%	94%	80%	70%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older(detail)	74%	76%	76%	66%	79%	64%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs(detail)	86%	79%	78%	83%	78%	65%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year(detail)				36%	25%	0%
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All)(detail)	82%	78%	80%	80%	79%	66%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward)(detail)	87%	89%	88%	88%	87%	81%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer(detail)	80%	72%	81%	64%	69%	60%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits(detail)	90%	81%	87%	87%	82%	59%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)(detail)		76%	100%		90%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer(detail)	86%	84%	83%	88%	83%	71%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer(detail)	88%	85%	84%	90%	83%	73%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer(detail)	70%			80%	75%	82%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer(detail)
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)(detail)	71%	64%	67%	65%	65%	55%

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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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	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)	91%	96%	100%	81%	85%
New Transfer with Pell (detail)	63%	70%	65%	72%	60%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	72%	73%	67%	78%	87%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older (detail)	58%	62%	65%	66%	51%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs (detail)	78%	72%	76%	70%	75%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year (detail)	18%				0%
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All) (detail)	71%	69%	71%	70%	71%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward) (detail)	91%	96%	100%	81%	85%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer (detail)	53%	54%	56%	56%	54%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits (detail)	71%	60%	66%	76%	72%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA) (detail)			65%	93%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer (detail)	80%	82%	83%	77%	77%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer (detail)	82%	84%	85%	78%	78%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer (detail)	62%	60%			70%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer (detail)
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical) (detail)	72%	60%	64%	61%	58%

Notes:

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