Four-year College Transfer from

Virginia Highlands 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 Virginia Highlands Community College in the Fall and Spring of the Designated Year

	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
a. Total Transfers	92	71	93	87	89	76
b. Men - Total	31	25	39	35	36	29
c. Women - Total	61	46	54	52	53	47
d. Majority Students - Total	86	68	88	83	80	67
e. Majority Students - Men	28	22	36	34	31	28
f. Majority Students - Women	58	46	52	49	49	39
g. Students of Color - Total	6	3	5	4	9	9
h. Students of Color - Men	3	3	3	1	5	1
i. Students of Color - Women	3	0	2	3	4	8

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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 Virginia Highlands Community College
in Fall and Spring of the Designated Year

Color variation represents the low to high variation within each column.

	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Public Institutions
George Mason University (details)	0	2	2	1	0	0
James Madison University (details)	4	0	1	2	0	2
Old Dominion University (details)	6	6	10	9	6	7
Radford University (details)	9	13	12	12	11	9
University of Mary Washington (details)	0	1	0	0	0	0
University of Virginia (details)	1	2	1	3	1	1
University of Virginia's College at Wise (details)	11	3	6	8	8	5
Virginia Commonwealth University (details)	4	4	4	3	4	4
Virginia Military Institute (details)	0	0	0	0	0	1
Virginia Tech (details)	21	7	17	12	13	14
William & Mary (details)	1	1	1	0	1	0
Total Public Four-Year Institutions (details)	57	39	53	50	44	43
Private Institutions
Averett University (details)	0	0	0	0	0	1
Bluefield University (details)	11	4	8	12	8	6
Bridgewater College (details)	1	0	0	0	0	0
Emory & Henry College (details)	15	12	21	12	19	14
Ferrum College (details)	2	1	0	0	0	0
Hollins University (details)	0	0	0	1	0	0
Liberty University (details)	5	14	11	11	15	12
Randolph-Macon College (details)	0	0	0	1	0	0
Roanoke College (details)	0	0	0	0	2	0
Southern Virginia University (details)	0	0	0	0	0	0
University of Lynchburg (details)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Virginia Intermont College (CLOSED) (details)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Private, Nonprofit, Four-Year Institutions (details)	35	32	40	37	45	33

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 Virginia Highlands Community College in the Fall and Spring of the Designated Year

Color variation represents the low to high variation within each column.

Degree Completion	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All)	92	71	93	87	89	76
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs	10	5	10	13	19	9
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older	21	22	24	24	20	18
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs	61	44	59	50	50	49
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer with Pell	56	36	49	50	49	3
Student/Family Income at Entry
New Transfer, Family Income $0 - $49,999	50	35	47	48	30	2
New Transfer, Family Income $50,000 - $99,999	24	14	17	21	31	2
New Transfer, Family Income $100,000 - $149,999	7	8	14	8	10	0
New Transfer, Family Income $150,000 and Greater	3	3	7	1	3	0
New Transfer, Family Income Not Reported	8	11	8	9	15	72
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year	4	2	1	2	5	2
Transfer-specific Characteristics
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer	11	14	23	11	15	11
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits	15	10	3	15	19	15
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)	2	0	0	0	1	5
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer	52	33	50	46	39	27
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer	49	32	48	41	35	25
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer	3	1	2	5	3	2
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer	0	0	0	0	1	0
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)	11	12	11	16	12	12

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 Virginia Highlands 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	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All)(detail)	84%	70%	75%	75%	76%	70%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	80%	90%		100%	85%	89%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older(detail)	90%	52%	68%	50%	67%	25%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs(detail)	83%	72%	77%	81%	78%	80%
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant)(detail)		79%		87%	77%	92%
New Transfer with Pell(detail)	82%	61%	72%	67%	68%	73%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year(detail)
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward)(detail)		79%		87%	77%	92%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer(detail)	80%	55%	79%	87%	82%	60%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits(detail)	75%	73%	70%		67%	95%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)(detail)
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer(detail)	86%	71%	88%	80%	80%	85%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer(detail)	87%	76%	87%	81%	83%	89%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer(detail)
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer(detail)
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)(detail)		82%	50%	27%	69%	8%

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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All Students
Four-year Completion Rates of Students Transferring to Virginia Highlands 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	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All) (detail)	67%	64%	70%	72%	71%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	50%	100%		100%	69%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older (detail)	71%	57%	45%	42%	71%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs (detail)	69%	61%	82%	80%	72%
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant) (detail)		64%		87%	77%
New Transfer with Pell (detail)	71%	59%	58%	67%	68%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year (detail)
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward) (detail)		64%		87%	77%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer (detail)	70%	73%	64%	65%	73%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits (detail)	56%	67%	60%		53%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA) (detail)
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer (detail)	65%	67%	88%	86%	76%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer (detail)	66%	67%	87%	85%	76%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer (detail)
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer (detail)
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical) (detail)		45%	50%	36%	75%

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