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	5,038	4,874	4,803	5,026	4,758
b. Men - Total	2,745	2,474	2,393	2,319	2,396	2,309
c. Women - Total	2,702	2,564	2,481	2,477	2,630	2,448
d. Majority Students - Total	2,204	1,953	1,879	1,904	1,902	1,757
e. Majority Students - Men	1,171	1,002	956	968	946	911
f. Majority Students - Women	1,033	951	923	932	956	845
g. Students of Color - Total	3,243	3,085	2,995	2,899	3,124	3,001
h. Students of Color - Men	1,574	1,472	1,437	1,351	1,450	1,398
i. Students of Color - Women	1,669	1,613	1,558	1,545	1,674	1,603

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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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	18	20	18	19	9
George Mason University (details)	3,274	3,022	2,938	2,913	3,001	2,888
James Madison University (details)	232	188	187	171	203	199
Longwood University (details)	22	19	9	6	11	20
Norfolk State University (details)	18	17	20	12	16	12
Old Dominion University (details)	171	144	130	193	169	178
Radford University (details)	83	61	52	40	58	58
University of Mary Washington (details)	82	63	75	48	56	55
University of Virginia (details)	190	161	177	193	217	184
University of Virginia's College at Wise (details)	4	0	0	8	0	2
Virginia Commonwealth University (details)	495	463	430	400	440	385
Virginia Military Institute (details)	10	3	1	3	1	2
Virginia State University (details)	17	21	16	9	21	16
Virginia Tech (details)	231	252	261	297	339	330
William & Mary (details)	26	21	26	25	33	39
Total Public Four-Year Institutions (details)	4,876	4,453	4,342	4,336	4,584	4,377
Private Institutions
George Washington University (details)	165	172	144	124	103	80
Averett University (details)	1	1	2	0	3	3
Bluefield University (details)	4	4	4	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	150	146	127	151	131
Mary Baldwin University (details)	2	5	1	0	4	1
Marymount University (details)	145	165	149	147	127	102
Randolph College (details)	1	1	0	1	1	1
Randolph-Macon College (details)	2	2	1	0	3	0
Regent University (details)	16	16	16	14	7	9
Roanoke College (details)	0	1	2	3	2	1
Shenandoah University (details)	31	33	37	35	16	38
Southern Virginia University (details)	3	2	2	1	1	1
Sweet Briar College (details)	1	2	4	0	2	0
University of Lynchburg (details)	4	6	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, Four-Year Institutions (details)	571	585	532	467	442	381

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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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
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer with Pell	2,103	1,905	1,855	1,801	1,867	1,808
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs	359	315	355	338	453	376
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older	1,350	1,221	1,111	1,102	1,125	1,048
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs	3,738	3,502	3,408	3,362	3,447	3,333
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year	236	213	185	263	253	136
Student/Family Income at Entry
New Transfer, Family Income $0 - $49,999	2,030	1,877	1,763	1,768	1,789	1,677
New Transfer, Family Income $50,000 - $99,999	836	786	751	739	792	806
New Transfer, Family Income $100,000 - $149,999	451	429	408	397	404	407
New Transfer, Family Income $150,000 and Greater	427	413	399	412	495	469
New Transfer, Family Income Not Reported	1,703	1,533	1,553	1,487	1,546	1,399
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All)	5,447	5,038	4,874	4,803	5,026	4,758
Transfer-specific Characteristics
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer	878	927	796	801	718	766
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits	1,010	1,016	954	913	747	728
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)	279	242	256	224	275	170
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer	3,026	2,610	2,581	2,618	2,947	2,731
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer	2,830	2,427	2,408	2,463	2,797	2,566
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer	149	140	134	115	108	126
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer	47	43	39	40	42	39
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)	188	193	215	196	308	355

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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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
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant)(detail)	94%	90%	98%	95%	94%	73%
New Transfer with Pell(detail)	89%	82%	88%	90%	92%	60%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	90%	83%	93%	93%	96%	61%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older(detail)	82%	72%	80%	78%	81%	50%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs(detail)	89%	85%	88%	91%	90%	62%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year(detail)	34%	25%	23%	40%	48%	21%
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All)(detail)	87%	81%	87%	89%	88%	59%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward)(detail)	94%	90%	98%	95%	93%	74%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer(detail)	79%	72%	71%	76%	73%	54%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits(detail)	85%	81%	85%	85%	87%	61%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)(detail)	85%	91%	93%	87%	91%	72%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer(detail)	93%	84%	93%	95%	94%	60%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer(detail)	94%	85%	95%	97%	96%	61%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer(detail)	69%	67%	72%	73%	65%	44%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer(detail)	71%	53%	67%	62%	52%	48%
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)(detail)	87%	77%	81%	86%	91%	52%

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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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
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant) (detail)	93%	92%	83%	96%	92%
New Transfer with Pell (detail)	74%	73%	67%	74%	74%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	73%	74%	67%	77%	77%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older (detail)	67%	68%	60%	66%	62%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs (detail)	76%	75%	71%	76%	76%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year (detail)	9%	10%	11%	8%	13%
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All) (detail)	74%	73%	68%	74%	73%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward) (detail)	92%	92%	83%	96%	92%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer (detail)	58%	61%	54%	57%	58%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits (detail)	66%	70%	64%	69%	68%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA) (detail)	79%	85%	79%	82%	80%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer (detail)	80%	80%	73%	81%	79%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer (detail)	81%	82%	74%	82%	80%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer (detail)	61%	57%	53%	61%	55%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer (detail)	82%	55%	55%	56%	51%
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical) (detail)	65%	74%	65%	75%	75%

Notes:

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