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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Virginia Western Community College

Students Transferring from Virginia Western 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	566	492	505	452	407	427
b. Men - Total	260	240	233	200	180	168
c. Women - Total	306	252	272	252	227	259
d. Majority Students - Total	469	400	402	365	321	327
e. Majority Students - Men	209	199	193	158	150	129
f. Majority Students - Women	260	201	209	207	171	198
g. Students of Color - Total	97	92	103	87	86	100
h. Students of Color - Men	51	41	40	42	30	39
i. Students of Color - Women	46	51	63	45	56	61

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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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.

	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
Public Institutions
Christopher Newport University (details)	1	0	1	0	2	0
George Mason University (details)	11	6	15	5	6	10
James Madison University (details)	26	20	20	28	28	27
Longwood University (details)	3	4	3	3	2	1
Norfolk State University (details)	0	0	0	2	2	3
Old Dominion University (details)	40	24	31	30	27	35
Radford University (details)	137	118	157	145	125	119
University of Mary Washington (details)	1	1	0	1	1	0
University of Virginia (details)	13	16	16	12	5	12
University of Virginia's College at Wise (details)	2	0	0	2	2	0
Virginia Commonwealth University (details)	18	24	14	14	16	16
Virginia Military Institute (details)	3	2	2	0	3	0
Virginia State University (details)	0	5	2	0	0	0
Virginia Tech (details)	64	84	80	79	63	82
William & Mary (details)	2	2	0	1	0	1
Total Public Four-Year Institutions (details)	321	306	341	322	282	306
Private Institutions
George Washington University (details)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Averett University (details)	1	0	0	0	1	3
Bluefield University (details)	6	3	3	2	1	0
Bridgewater College (details)	2	2	1	0	0	0
Eastern Mennonite University (details)	1	0	0	0	1	0
Emory & Henry College (details)	1	1	0	1	1	2
Ferrum College (details)	14	8	7	8	7	4
Hampden-Sydney College (details)	0	0	1	0	0	1
Hampton University (details)	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hollins University (details)	7	9	9	6	5	7
Liberty University (details)	86	64	81	67	69	62
Mary Baldwin University (details)	25	10	4	0	6	9
Marymount University (details)	0	0	0	0	0	1
Randolph College (details)	1	2	0	1	0	0
Randolph-Macon College (details)	0	0	1	0	0	0
Regent University (details)	4	7	4	3	3	1
Roanoke College (details)	41	27	45	37	26	28
Shenandoah University (details)	0	0	0	0	1	0
Sweet Briar College (details)	1	0	0	1	1	1
University of Lynchburg (details)	3	3	5	1	3	2
University of Richmond (details)	0	1	0	0	0	0
Virginia Union University (details)	0	1	0	0	0	0
Virginia Wesleyan University (details)	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total Private, Four-Year Institutions (details)	245	186	164	130	125	121

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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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	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All)	566	492	505	452	407	427
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs	58	58	50	58	45	58
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older	154	127	131	102	97	99
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs	354	307	324	292	265	270
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer with Pell	247	225	221	190	172	175
Student/Family Income at Entry
New Transfer, Family Income $0 - $49,999	230	201	209	176	151	152
New Transfer, Family Income $50,000 - $99,999	125	128	96	97	93	88
New Transfer, Family Income $100,000 - $149,999	62	65	73	88	62	73
New Transfer, Family Income $150,000 and Greater	29	29	38	30	36	42
New Transfer, Family Income Not Reported	120	69	89	61	65	72
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year	23	14	12	16	9	9
Transfer-specific Characteristics
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer	122	97	101	87	79	76
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits	86	87	79	75	66	65
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)	10	11	7	10	7	8
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer	279	223	242	230	194	219
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer	248	198	223	206	179	199
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer	27	19	12	17	8	12
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer	4	6	7	7	7	8
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)	57	63	68	48	57	59

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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Virginia Western Community College
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	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All)(detail)	80%	78%	77%	83%	78%	66%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	89%	78%	86%	94%	76%	69%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older(detail)	71%	66%	58%	69%	73%	51%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs(detail)	83%	84%	84%	87%	81%	72%
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant)(detail)	90%	90%	92%	98%	79%	77%
New Transfer with Pell(detail)	78%	81%	77%	84%	77%	69%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year(detail)	20%	17%	36%	0%	6%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward)(detail)	90%	90%	92%	100%	79%	77%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer(detail)	77%	66%	63%	71%	68%	61%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits(detail)	68%	80%	78%	91%	81%	74%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA)(detail)		80%	91%		80%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer(detail)	87%	84%	87%	92%	85%	71%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer(detail)	88%	86%	90%	94%	85%	74%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer(detail)	80%	70%	53%	67%	88%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer(detail)
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical)(detail)	75%	77%	71%	68%	62%	53%

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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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	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Summary Totals
New Transfer (All) (detail)	71%	71%	72%	73%	73%
Student Demographics
New Transfers, Age 17 to 19 yrs (detail)	73%	79%	74%	74%	76%
New Transfers, Age 25 yrs and Older (detail)	57%	59%	57%	56%	64%
New Transfers, Age 20 to 24 yrs (detail)	77%	74%	77%	80%	77%
Financial Aid Programs at Entry
New Transfer, Full-time with CTG or CTG Plus (Transfer Grant) (detail)	94%	88%	90%	94%	93%
New Transfer with Pell (detail)	63%	67%	70%	70%	71%
Student Effort and Progress
Students earning 06 credits or fewer in First Year (detail)	13%	13%	9%	21%	0%
Transfer-specific Characteristics
New Transfer with CTG or CTG PLUS (2010-11 forward) (detail)	94%	88%	90%	94%	95%
CC Transfer Students with 15 CC credits or Fewer (detail)	44%	62%	54%	53%	51%
CC Transfer Students with between 16 and 30 CC credits (detail)	69%	62%	79%	75%	76%
CC Transfer Students with 31 CC credits or Greater (No AA) (detail)	92%		70%	91%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer (detail)	84%	80%	80%	84%	84%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2 or fewer years prior to Transfer (detail)	85%	82%	80%	84%	86%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 2.01 to 5 years prior to Transfer (detail)	82%	50%	74%	74%	58%
AA/AS Awarded Prior to Transfer, 5 or more years prior to Transfer (detail)
AAS Awarded Prior to Transfer (Occ/Technical) (detail)	77%	72%	68%	67%	66%

Notes:

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