Four-year College Transfer from

Piedmont 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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Piedmont Virginia Community College

Students Transferring from Piedmont 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	377	397	367	355	313	333
b. Men - Total	168	179	159	151	139	165
c. Women - Total	209	218	208	204	174	168
d. Majority Students - Total	289	288	286	252	228	246
e. Majority Students - Men	134	129	123	104	103	131
f. Majority Students - Women	155	159	163	148	125	115
g. Students of Color - Total	88	109	81	103	85	87
h. Students of Color - Men	34	50	36	47	36	34
i. Students of Color - Women	54	59	45	56	49	53

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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Piedmont Virginia Community College
All Students
Students Transferring from Piedmont 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)	4	3	1	0	1	2
George Mason University (details)	18	12	10	9	10	7
James Madison University (details)	56	49	45	48	48	59
Longwood University (details)	10	6	8	6	4	6
Norfolk State University (details)	0	0	1	0	0	2
Old Dominion University (details)	35	21	35	34	27	29
Radford University (details)	8	6	13	7	8	5
University of Mary Washington (details)	6	9	4	9	1	2
University of Virginia (details)	98	112	109	117	89	87
University of Virginia's College at Wise (details)	0	0	0	1	0	0
Virginia Commonwealth University (details)	46	60	52	58	50	39
Virginia Military Institute (details)	0	0	0	1	0	0
Virginia State University (details)	0	2	1	2	2	1
Virginia Tech (details)	22	30	19	17	17	25
William & Mary (details)	3	1	3	2	5	2
Total Public Four-Year Institutions (details)	306	311	301	311	262	266
Private Institutions
George Washington University (details)	0	0	1	1	0	1
Averett University (details)	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bluefield University (details)	1	0	2	0	0	0
Bridgewater College (details)	1	0	0	0	4	4
Christendom College (details)	0	0	1	0	0	0
Eastern Mennonite University (details)	1	1	5	2	3	1
Emory & Henry College (details)	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ferrum College (details)	0	0	1	0	0	0
Hampden-Sydney College (details)	1	0	0	0	1	0
Hampton University (details)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hollins University (details)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liberty University (details)	26	53	39	29	31	39
Mary Baldwin University (details)	32	27	8	0	7	15
Marymount University (details)	1	0	0	0	0	0
Randolph College (details)	0	0	0	0	1	0
Randolph-Macon College (details)	1	0	3	0	0	1
Regent University (details)	1	2	1	3	2	0
Roanoke College (details)	0	0	1	1	0	0
Shenandoah University (details)	1	0	2	2	0	2
Sweet Briar College (details)	0	0	0	2	0	0
University of Lynchburg (details)	0	1	1	1	2	1
University of Richmond (details)	2	0	0	0	0	0
Virginia Union University (details)	0	1	0	0	0	3
Virginia Wesleyan University (details)	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total Private, Four-Year Institutions (details)	71	86	66	44	51	67

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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Piedmont Virginia Community College
All Students
Students Transferring to Piedmont 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	132	157	143	124	123	115
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs	37	46	37	39	41	38
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older	117	118	115	102	106	111
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs	223	233	215	213	166	184
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year	17	11	9	8	3	6
Student/Family Income at Entry
New Transfer, Family Income $0 - $49,999	139	163	138	129	113	120
New Transfer, Family Income $50,000 - $99,999	63	59	58	63	65	37
New Transfer, Family Income $100,000 - $149,999	38	39	34	37	30	39
New Transfer, Family Income $150,000 and Greater	18	27	33	44	27	29
New Transfer, Family Income Not Reported	119	109	104	82	78	108
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All)	377	397	367	355	313	333
Transfer-specific Characteristics
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer	56	66	65	73	82	121
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits	45	53	45	69	116	146
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)	15	19	14	21	59	46
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer	218	223	209	154	36	20
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer	196	207	187	133	17	172
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer	19	8	16	18	14	14
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer	3	8	6	3	5	6
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)	37	30	27	32	16	5

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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Piedmont Virginia Community College
All Students
Students Transferring to Piedmont 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)	65%	89%	92%	89%	88%	92%
New Transfer with Pell(detail)	74%	82%	83%	80%	73%	67%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	91%	95%	87%	89%	97%	93%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older(detail)	78%	75%	81%	70%	67%	62%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs(detail)	82%	85%	84%	92%	83%	72%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year(detail)	29%	24%	27%
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All)(detail)	81%	83%	84%	85%	80%	71%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward)(detail)	61%	89%	92%	89%	88%	92%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer(detail)	84%	77%	68%	77%	74%	63%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits(detail)	96%	93%	92%	91%	83%	81%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)(detail)		100%	89%	93%	90%	76%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer(detail)	80%	83%	86%	89%	83%	61%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer(detail)	80%	85%	86%	91%	86%	65%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer(detail)	86%	63%		69%	61%	71%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer(detail)
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)(detail)	73%	78%	80%	67%	72%	44%

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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Piedmont Virginia Community College
All Students
Four-year Completion Rates of Students Transferring to Piedmont 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	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant) (detail)	96%	105%	112%	71%	44%
New Transfer with Pell (detail)	81%	80%	71%	55%	27%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	87%	97%	90%	76%	18%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older (detail)	70%	74%	79%	47%	23%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs (detail)	82%	87%	77%	63%	30%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year (detail)	9%
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All) (detail)	79%	84%	79%	59%	26%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward) (detail)	92%	105%	112%	71%	44%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer (detail)	59%	72%	62%	50%	20%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits (detail)	72%	80%	84%	61%	27%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA) (detail)	95%	79%	86%	75%	46%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer (detail)	84%	87%	82%	47%	20%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer (detail)	86%	91%	83%	53%	35%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer (detail)		50%	67%	43%	7%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer (detail)
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical) (detail)	87%	93%	87%	56%

Notes:

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