Transfer

At what rate do your college’s students transfer to a bachelor’s degree program within two or three years of entry? How are the numbers and rates trending? How do the transfer rates compare with national and peer institutions’ averages? How does this vary by student demographics and program of study? 

What percentage and number of your college’s students who transfer to a bachelor’s program also complete an associate degree or other award before transferring? Do students who transfer with an award have different bachelor’s attainment rates than those who do not? How does this vary by student demographics, program of study, and four-year destination? 

What are your college’s overall and disaggregated bachelor’s completion rates six years after entering your community college? How do these compare with the national and peer institutions’ averages? How do bachelor’s completion rates differ by program of study taken at the community college? By student demographics? 

How many students (and what share of total college enrollment) have a full pre-major transfer plan in place? How many students with such a plan have chosen a priority transfer destination? How many have a plan in place within their first academic year (30 credits)? How does this vary by student demographic? 

How many students—and what share of students with transfer plans—are still on track after 15 credit hours? 30 credit hours? 45 credit hours? How do these outcomes vary by student demographics? 

Which four-year institutions (or baccalaureate-granting community colleges) do your students most frequently transfer to? How do transfer-out numbers and bachelor’s completion rates differ among those frequent transfer partners, overall and among different demographic groups? 

Which jobs in your region typically require (or prefer) at least a bachelor’s degree and offer substantial numbers of job opportunities? Do the programs taken by your pre-transfer students set them up for bachelor’s degrees that align with those jobs?