Four-year College Transfer from

Virginia Western 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 into Virginia Western Community College in the Fall and Spring of the Designated Year

	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
a. Total Transfers	574	569	572	573	564	542
b. Men - Total	237	231	275	250	268	219
c. Women - Total	337	338	297	323	296	323
d. Majority Students - Total	489	495	454	485	459	438
e. Majority Students - Men	205	197	217	210	219	182
f. Majority Students - Women	284	298	237	275	240	256
g. Students of Color - Total	85	74	118	88	105	104
h. Students of Color - Men	32	34	58	40	49	37
i. Students of Color - Women	53	40	60	48	56	67

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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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Virginia Western Community College
All Students
Students Transferring from Virginia Western Community College
in Fall and Spring of the Designated Year

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

	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Public Institutions
Christopher Newport University (detail)	0	1	0	2	0	1
George Mason University (detail)	3	7	13	0	5	3
James Madison University (detail)	17	17	16	22	28	35
Longwood University (detail)	4	4	4	3	4	3
Norfolk State University (detail)	3	2	2	1	0	1
Old Dominion University (detail)	27	23	21	42	29	33
Radford University (detail)	164	155	152	125	139	126
University of Mary Washington (detail)	3	3	2	1	0	2
University of Virginia (detail)	8	5	7	10	12	5
University of Virginia's College at Wise (detail)	0	1	1	2	1	0
Virginia Commonwealth University (detail)	37	17	28	26	25	24
Virginia Military Institute (detail)	2	1	3	1	2	1
Virginia State University (detail)	2	1	1	1	2	1
Virginia Tech (detail)	50	75	71	73	81	80
William & Mary (detail)	5	5	1	2	1	2
Total Public Four-Year Institutions (detail)	325	317	322	311	329	317
Private Institutions
George Washington University (detail)	0	0	1	0	0	0
Averett University (detail)	0	0	0	1	1	1
Bluefield College (detail)	3	16	15	22	8	7
Bridgewater College (detail)	1	0	3	0	1	0
Christendom College (detail)	0	1	0	0	0	0
Eastern Mennonite University (detail)	1	1	0	0	0	0
Emory and Henry College (detail)	6	1	0	2	1	2
Ferrum College (detail)	11	11	16	7	11	9
Hampden-Sydney College (detail)	0	0	1	2	1	0
Hampton University (detail)	1	0	1	0	2	0
Hollins University (detail)	17	16	18	21	13	12
Jefferson College of Health Sciences (detail)	88	48	44	54	43	57
Liberty University (detail)	53	88	84	92	81	62
Mary Baldwin University (detail)	18	12	14	9	21	27
Marymount University (detail)	0	1	0	0	0	1
Randolph College (detail)	1	0	2	0	1	0
Regent University (detail)	1	3	0	1	4	5
Roanoke College (detail)	46	45	39	45	34	31
Shenandoah University (detail)	0	1	1	1	0	0
Southern Virginia University (detail)	0	1	0	0	0	0
Sweet Briar College (detail)	0	0	1	0	0	1
University of Lynchburg (detail)	0	2	2	5	2	2
University of Richmond (detail)	0	0	0	0	1	2
Virginia Intermont College (CLOSED) (detail)	0	1	0	0	0	0
Virginia Union University (detail)	0	0	0	0	1	0
Averett University Non-Traditional (detail)	2	4	8	0	9	6
Total Private, Nonprofit, Four-Year Institutions (detail)	249	252	250	262	235	225

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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Virginia Western Community College
All Students
Students Transferring to Virginia Western Community College in the Fall and Spring of the Designated Year

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

Degree Completion	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All)	574	569	572	573	564	542
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs	60	50	65	67	63	53
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older	173	195	198	187	144	140
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs	341	324	309	319	357	349
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer with Pell	261	258	271	257	258	235
Student/Family Income at Entry
New Transfer, Family Income $0 - $49,999	267	263	266	260	220	221
New Transfer, Family Income $50,000 - $99,999	126	137	115	116	143	141
New Transfer, Family Income $100,000 - $149,999	70	69	61	84	74	62
New Transfer, Family Income $150,000 and Greater	22	20	25	28	38	41
New Transfer, Family Income Not Reported	89	80	105	85	89	77
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year	48	46	18	31	24	15
Transfer-specific Characteristics
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer	256	170	154	141	116	213
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits	29	113	98	113	124	34
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)	0	16	17	18	12	0
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer	213	197	231	213	242	241
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer	195	183	209	188	224	225
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer	10	11	13	19	12	10
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer	8	3	9	6	6	6
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)	59	75	70	93	66	52

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 Western 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	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All)(detail)	83%	81%	86%	85%	85%	84%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	87%	75%	80%	92%	94%	84%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older(detail)	75%	83%	82%	79%	82%	80%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs(detail)	88%	81%	90%	88%	85%	85%
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant)(detail)	100%	91%	100%	92%	90%	85%
New Transfer with Pell(detail)	82%	75%	81%	77%	79%	78%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year(detail)	51%	71%	87%	33%	16%	21%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward)(detail)	100%	91%	100%	92%	90%	85%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer(detail)	77%	76%	74%	78%	80%	74%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits(detail)	85%	76%	84%	86%	92%	84%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)(detail)	87%		87%	76%	72%	83%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer(detail)	88%	87%	97%	90%	85%	89%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer(detail)	89%	88%	98%	90%	85%	91%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer(detail)	58%	70%	82%	92%	89%	58%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer(detail)
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)(detail)	83%	86%	87%	90%	89%	85%

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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 Western 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	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All) (detail)	68%	67%	55%	70%	71%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	60%	65%	56%	71%	72%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older (detail)	56%	57%	38%	61%	64%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs (detail)	76%	72%	66%	75%	74%
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant) (detail)	79%	91%	72%	104%	83%
New Transfer with Pell (detail)	62%	61%	50%	63%	66%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year (detail)	31%	35%	35%	6%	6%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward) (detail)	79%	91%	72%	104%	83%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer (detail)	51%	55%	34%	52%	47%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits (detail)	64%	59%	52%	66%	75%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA) (detail)	62%		75%	65%	67%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer (detail)	81%	82%	76%	84%	82%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer (detail)	83%	85%	77%	86%	81%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer (detail)	50%	50%	64%	46%	89%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer (detail)
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical) (detail)	77%	73%	52%	74%	76%

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