Four-year College Transfer from

Northern Virginia 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 Northern Virginia 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	5,447	5,357	5,158	5,229	5,115	4,759
b. Men - Total	2,745	2,633	2,528	2,537	2,443	2,309
c. Women - Total	2,702	2,724	2,630	2,685	2,672	2,449
d. Majority Students - Total	2,204	2,068	1,977	2,058	1,932	1,757
e. Majority Students - Men	1,171	1,062	1,006	1,055	964	910
f. Majority Students - Women	1,033	1,006	971	999	968	846
g. Students of Color - Total	3,243	3,289	3,181	3,171	3,183	3,002
h. Students of Color - Men	1,574	1,571	1,522	1,482	1,479	1,399
i. Students of Color - Women	1,669	1,718	1,659	1,686	1,704	1,603

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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 Northern Virginia 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)	21	19	21	20	20	9
George Mason University (details)	3,274	3,233	3,136	3,203	3,068	2,888
James Madison University (details)	232	199	196	182	205	200
Longwood University (details)	22	20	9	7	8	20
Norfolk State University (details)	18	16	19	12	16	12
Old Dominion University (details)	171	164	150	225	170	177
Radford University (details)	83	64	54	41	57	58
University of Mary Washington (details)	82	68	80	55	55	54
University of Virginia (details)	190	170	182	201	204	185
University of Virginia's College at Wise (details)	4	0	0	9	0	2
Virginia Commonwealth University (details)	495	484	444	422	450	386
Virginia Military Institute (details)	10	3	1	3	1	2
Virginia State University (details)	17	22	16	10	22	16
Virginia Tech (details)	231	258	264	304	344	331
William & Mary (details)	26	23	26	29	33	39
Total Public Four-Year Institutions (details)	4,876	4,743	4,598	4,723	4,653	4,379
Private Institutions
George Washington University (details)	165	178	148	129	106	80
Averett University (details)	1	1	2	0	3	3
Bluefield University (details)	4	4	2	0	1	0
Bridgewater College (details)	6	4	0	1	2	2
Christendom College (details)	1	1	2	0	1	1
Eastern Mennonite University (details)	3	1	3	1	4	0
Emory & Henry College (details)	1	1	1	0	0	0
Ferrum College (details)	3	0	1	0	2	0
Hampden-Sydney College (details)	0	1	0	0	0	0
Hampton University (details)	1	4	6	0	2	1
Hollins University (details)	2	2	3	2	2	0
Liberty University (details)	163	159	155	148	163	130
Mary Baldwin University (details)	2	5	1	0	4	1
Marymount University (details)	145	174	163	155	131	102
Randolph College (details)	1	1	0	1	1	1
Randolph-Macon College (details)	2	2	1	0	3	0
Regent University (details)	16	19	17	17	7	9
Roanoke College (details)	0	1	2	3	2	1
Shenandoah University (details)	31	35	41	37	17	38
Southern Virginia University (details)	3	2	2	1	1	1
Sweet Briar College (details)	1	2	2	0	2	0
University of Lynchburg (details)	4	7	2	5	4	2
University of Richmond (details)	4	2	1	3	0	1
Virginia Union University (details)	5	4	2	0	3	4
Virginia Wesleyan University (details)	1	3	1	1	1	3
Total Private, Nonprofit, Four-Year Institutions (details)	571	614	560	506	462	380

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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All Students
Students Transferring to Northern Virginia 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)	5,447	5,357	5,158	5,229	5,115	4,759
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs	359	326	367	357	456	376
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older	1,350	1,293	1,174	1,230	1,155	1,047
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs	3,738	3,738	3,617	3,641	3,503	3,335
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer with Pell	2,103	2,047	44	1,974	0	0
Student/Family Income at Entry
New Transfer, Family Income $0 - $49,999	2,030	2,008	42	1,933	0	0
New Transfer, Family Income $50,000 - $99,999	836	822	24	803	0	0
New Transfer, Family Income $100,000 - $149,999	451	452	10	421	0	0
New Transfer, Family Income $150,000 and Greater	427	427	13	440	0	0
New Transfer, Family Income Not Reported	1,703	1,648	5,069	1,632	5,115	4,759
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year	236	230	327	204	172	136
Transfer-specific Characteristics
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer	878	939	806	1,088	1,331	1,446
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits	1,010	1,026	970	1,731	2,108	2,160
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)	279	245	259	566	1,336	976
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer	3,026	2,885	2,818	1,650	254	146
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer	2,830	2,699	2,639	1,496	103	3
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer	149	142	139	114	107	104
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer	47	44	40	40	44	39
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)	188	210	234	144	62	27

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 Northern Virginia 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)	83%	81%	82%	0%	0%	0%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	88%	83%	91%	0%	0%	0%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older(detail)	76%	72%	76%	0%	0%	0%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs(detail)	85%	85%	83%	0%	0%	0%
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant)(detail)	92%	90%	93%		0%
New Transfer with Pell(detail)	85%	82%	82%	0%	0%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year(detail)	33%	25%	24%	0%	0%	0%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward)(detail)	92%	90%	93%		0%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer(detail)	78%	72%	71%	0%	0%	0%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits(detail)	86%	81%	86%	0%	0%	0%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)(detail)	85%	91%	91%	0%	0%	0%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer(detail)	85%	84%	85%	0%	0%	0%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer(detail)	86%	85%	86%	0%	0%	0%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer(detail)	68%	67%	70%	0%	0%	0%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer(detail)	71%	53%	66%	0%	0%	0%
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)(detail)	79%	77%	75%	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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All Students
Four-year Completion Rates of Students Transferring to Northern Virginia 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)	73%	68%	68%	16%	0%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	71%	70%	67%	10%	0%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older (detail)	67%	62%	60%	17%	0%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs (detail)	76%	70%	71%	16%	0%
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant) (detail)	92%	89%	83%	32%
New Transfer with Pell (detail)	72%	68%	67%	15%	0%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year (detail)	9%	8%	11%	0%	0%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward) (detail)	92%	89%	83%	31%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer (detail)	58%	59%	54%	12%	0%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits (detail)	65%	68%	64%	8%	0%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA) (detail)	80%	85%	79%	17%	0%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer (detail)	80%	72%	73%	19%	0%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer (detail)	80%	73%	74%	19%	0%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer (detail)	64%	55%	53%	16%	0%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer (detail)	82%	48%	55%	18%	0%
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical) (detail)	64%	65%	65%	25%	0%

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