Four-year College Transfer from

Richard Bland 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 Richard Bland 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	240	172	185	146	125	130
b. Men - Total	104	70	71	48	48	58
c. Women - Total	136	102	114	98	77	72
d. Majority Students - Total	122	87	97	70	56	57
e. Majority Students - Men	55	32	35	20	22	23
f. Majority Students - Women	67	55	62	50	34	34
g. Students of Color - Total	118	85	88	76	69	73
h. Students of Color - Men	49	38	36	28	26	35
i. Students of Color - Women	69	47	52	48	43	38

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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 Richard Bland 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)	3	3	4	3	1	0
George Mason University (details)	9	1	6	3	2	6
James Madison University (details)	4	5	8	6	7	4
Longwood University (details)	12	14	10	8	7	4
Norfolk State University (details)	4	7	3	8	1	6
Old Dominion University (details)	31	14	24	6	11	17
Radford University (details)	6	8	1	2	3	7
University of Mary Washington (details)	2	1	7	1	1	2
University of Virginia (details)	3	1	3	3	5	3
University of Virginia's College at Wise (details)	1	0	0	1	0	0
Virginia Commonwealth University (details)	79	53	40	50	36	33
Virginia Military Institute (details)	0	2	1	0	0	0
Virginia State University (details)	30	27	28	10	19	17
Virginia Tech (details)	5	2	5	8	5	2
William & Mary (details)	10	12	19	19	14	8
Total Public Four-Year Institutions (details)	199	150	159	128	112	109
Private Institutions
Averett University (details)	1	0	0	3	0	0
Bluefield University (details)	0	1	0	0	0	0
Bridgewater College (details)	0	0	1	0	0	0
Eastern Mennonite University (details)	0	0	0	1	0	0
Emory & Henry College (details)	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ferrum College (details)	0	0	1	0	0	2
Hampden-Sydney College (details)	0	0	2	0	0	0
Hampton University (details)	0	0	1	0	0	2
Liberty University (details)	21	12	8	8	7	4
Mary Baldwin University (details)	3	2	0	0	0	0
Marymount University (details)	1	0	0	1	1	3
Randolph College (details)	0	0	0	1	0	0
Randolph-Macon College (details)	3	2	3	2	1	0
Regent University (details)	2	0	2	0	1	4
Roanoke College (details)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shenandoah University (details)	1	0	2	1	1	1
Sweet Briar College (details)	0	0	0	0	0	0
University of Lynchburg (details)	2	2	1	0	0	1
University of Richmond (details)	4	0	3	0	1	0
Virginia Union University (details)	0	1	1	0	0	2
Virginia Wesleyan University (details)	2	1	1	1	1	1
Washington and Lee University (details)	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total Private, Nonprofit, Four-Year Institutions (details)	41	22	26	18	13	21

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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Students Transferring to Richard Bland 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)	240	172	185	146	125	130
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs	24	26	31	25	18	25
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older	19	12	12	9	16	8
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs	197	134	142	112	91	97
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer with Pell	106	68	12	72	0	0
Student/Family Income at Entry
New Transfer, Family Income $0 - $49,999	98	62	8	62	0	0
New Transfer, Family Income $50,000 - $99,999	51	37	7	33	0	0
New Transfer, Family Income $100,000 - $149,999	31	19	7	12	0	0
New Transfer, Family Income $150,000 and Greater	23	14	1	13	0	0
New Transfer, Family Income Not Reported	37	40	162	26	125	130
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year	16	11	8	4	3	5
Transfer-specific Characteristics
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer	26	19	24	17	28	42
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits	50	21	17	34	54	61
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)	5	3	7	12	24	17
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer	157	129	137	83	15	7
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer	146	119	130	79	6	0
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer	8	9	6	3	9	7
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer	3	1	1	1	0	0
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)	0	0	0	0	0	0

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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Students Transferring to Richard Bland 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)	80%	75%	75%	0%	0%	0%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	100%	79%	88%	0%	0%	0%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older(detail)	75%	63%	83%	0%		0%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs(detail)	78%	76%	72%	0%	0%	0%
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant)(detail)	92%		92%		0%
New Transfer with Pell(detail)	74%	71%	75%	0%	0%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year(detail)	0%	19%	18%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward)(detail)	92%	70%	92%		0%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer(detail)	67%	54%	58%	0%	0%	0%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits(detail)	81%	80%	81%	0%	0%	0%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)(detail)					0%	0%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer(detail)	83%	78%	78%	0%	0%	0%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer(detail)	83%	77%	79%	0%	0%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer(detail)	82%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer(detail)
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)(detail)

Starting cohorts of fewer than 10 are excluded from reporting.
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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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Four-year Completion Rates of Students Transferring to Richard Bland 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)	75%	56%	59%	8%	0%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	72%	69%	58%	4%	0%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older (detail)	69%	37%	37%	0%	0%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs (detail)	77%	56%	61%	9%	0%
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant) (detail)	79%	75%		17%
New Transfer with Pell (detail)	60%	51%	51%	7%	0%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year (detail)		9%	6%	0%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward) (detail)	79%	75%	80%	17%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer (detail)	55%	24%	38%	0%	0%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits (detail)	61%	31%	44%	0%	0%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA) (detail)
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer (detail)	84%	67%	66%	10%	0%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer (detail)	84%	69%	68%	10%	0%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer (detail)		55%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer (detail)
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical) (detail)

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