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.
To explore more about students who transfer...

Virginia Highlands Community College

Students Transferring from Virginia Highlands 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	87	88	75	89	62	74
b. Men - Total	35	36	28	43	20	29
c. Women - Total	52	52	47	46	42	45
d. Majority Students - Total	83	79	66	83	56	67
e. Majority Students - Men	34	31	27	42	20	26
f. Majority Students - Women	49	48	39	41	36	41
g. Students of Color - Total	4	9	9	6	6	7
h. Students of Color - Men	1	5	1	1	0	3
i. Students of Color - Women	3	4	8	5	6	4

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.
To explore even more about students who transfer...

Virginia Highlands Community College
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.

	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
Public Institutions
Christopher Newport University (details)	0	0	0	0	1	2
George Mason University (details)	1	0	0	2	0	0
James Madison University (details)	2	0	2	0	0	0
Old Dominion University (details)	9	6	6	12	13	13
Radford University (details)	12	10	9	11	9	18
University of Mary Washington (details)	0	0	0	0	0	0
University of Virginia (details)	3	1	1	4	0	3
University of Virginia's College at Wise (details)	8	8	5	7	5	3
Virginia Commonwealth University (details)	3	4	4	2	0	0
Virginia Military Institute (details)	0	0	1	0	0	0
Virginia Tech (details)	12	13	14	18	7	5
William & Mary (details)	0	1	0	0	1	0
Total Public Four-Year Institutions (details)	50	43	42	56	36	44
Private Institutions
Averett University (details)	0	0	1	0	0	0
Bluefield University (details)	12	8	7	4	1	2
Emory & Henry College (details)	12	19	14	15	11	12
Ferrum College (details)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hollins University (details)	1	0	0	0	0	0
Liberty University (details)	11	15	11	14	14	16
Randolph-Macon College (details)	1	0	0	0	0	0
Roanoke College (details)	0	2	0	0	0	0
Total Private, Four-Year Institutions (details)	37	45	33	33	26	30

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.
To explore even more about students who transfer...

Virginia Highlands Community College
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	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer with Pell	50	49	42	33	35	39
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs	13	19	8	13	11	9
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older	24	19	17	23	17	29
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs	50	50	50	53	34	36
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year	2	5	2	6	4	2
Student/Family Income at Entry
New Transfer, Family Income $0 - $49,999	48	30	32	32	31	36
New Transfer, Family Income $50,000 - $99,999	21	31	20	24	10	13
New Transfer, Family Income $100,000 - $149,999	8	10	9	9	4	6
New Transfer, Family Income $150,000 and Greater	1	3	3	4	7	5
New Transfer, Family Income Not Reported	9	14	11	20	10	14
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All)	87	88	75	89	62	74
Transfer-specific Characteristics
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer	11	15	11	15	12	22
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits	15	19	15	15	4	8
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)	0	1	5	2	4	1
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer	46	38	27	50	30	25
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer	41	35	24	44	27	19
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer	5	3	3	3	2	5
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer	0	0	0	3	1	1
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)	16	12	12	6	9	18

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.
To explore even more about students who transfer and their retention patterns...

Virginia Highlands Community College
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	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)	87%	77%	92%		90%
New Transfer with Pell(detail)	67%	68%	78%	83%	79%	46%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	100%	85%	84%		92%	91%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older(detail)	50%	67%	53%	65%	57%	47%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs(detail)	81%	78%	78%	82%	81%	35%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year(detail)
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All)(detail)	75%	76%	74%	81%	76%	48%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward)(detail)	87%	77%	92%		90%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer(detail)	87%	82%	60%	64%	60%	25%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits(detail)		67%	84%	80%	87%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)(detail)
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer(detail)	80%	80%	87%	93%	80%	57%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer(detail)	81%	83%	89%	96%	84%	56%
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)	27%	69%	50%	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)

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.
To explore even more about students who transfer and their completion patterns...

Virginia Highlands Community College
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	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)		87%	77%	92%
New Transfer with Pell (detail)	62%	67%	68%	69%	62%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)		110%	69%	74%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older (detail)	41%	42%	71%	53%	41%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs (detail)	85%	80%	72%	70%	68%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year (detail)
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All) (detail)	72%	73%	71%	67%	65%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward) (detail)		87%	77%	92%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer (detail)	67%	70%	73%	40%	0%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits (detail)	60%		53%	74%	73%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA) (detail)
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer (detail)	87%	86%	76%	82%	93%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer (detail)	89%	85%	76%	83%	96%
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)	50%	36%	75%	67%	50%

Notes:

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