Graduation Rate Statistics: Transfer-Out & Transfer-In Students

Graduation Rate Statistics: Transfer-Out & Transfer-In Students

The Ohio Articulation and Transfer Network (OATN) recently prepared reports on transfer behavior and graduation outcomes of first-time Ohio public two-year college students. Using a cohort of first-time students in 2009-10, these reports presented graduation rate statistics for transfer-out students from each two-year institution and the same for transfer-in students to each of Ohio’s 13 public four-year institutions. The reports presented graduation rates for transfer student sub-populations defined by Pell grant eligibility, age, gender, and ethnicity. The definitions of cohort, transfer, and degree receipt used in the investigation followed closely the same used in the 2016 Community College Research Center (CCRC) report titled Tracking Transfers – New Measures of Institutional and State Effectiveness in Helping Community College Students Attain Bachelor’s Degrees by Davis Jenkins and John Fink.

Because first-time students account for only a quarter of Ohio’s public two-year college students in a given year, OATN has produced an additional set of graduation rate statistics for the larger sample of all two-year college students in 2009-10. This document presents the graduation rate statistics for transfer-out and transfer-in students.

• Table 1 presents graduation rates for transfer-out students by their institution of origin (two-year institutions); the cohort includes only first-time two-year college students in 2009-10.
• Table 2 presents graduation rates for transfer-in students by their institution of destination (public four-year university main campuses); the cohort includes only first-timetwo-year college students in 2009-10.
• Table 3 presents graduation rates for transfer-out students by their institution of origin (two-year institutions); the cohort includes all two-year college studentsin 2009-10.
• Table 4 presents graduation rates for transfer-in students by their institution of destination (public four-year university main campuses); the cohort includes all two-year college students 2009-10.

The data used in the reports are obtained from the Higher Education Information (HEI) system of the Ohio Department of Higher Education, and the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC).

Definitions:

Cohorts:Table 1 and Table 2: First-time undergraduate students attending Ohio’s public two-year institutions in 2009-10.

Table 3 and Table 4: All undergraduate students attending Ohio’s public two-year institutions in 2009-10.

Transfer-out:Students in the cohort who ever enrolled in a four-year institution within a six-year tracking period between 2009-10 and 2014-15.

Transfer-out bachelor’s completion rate:The proportion of transfer-out students who earned a bachelor’s degree from any four-year institution within the six-year tracking period between 2009-10 and 2014-15.

Transfer-in: Students in the cohort (two-year college students) who enrolled at an Ohio public four-year institution within the six-year tracking period between 2009-10 and 2014-15.

Transfer-in bachelor’s completion rate:The proportion of transfer-in students who completed a bachelor’s degreewithin the six-year tracking period between 2009-10 and 2014-15.

Table 1. By Institution Graduation Rate Statistics for Transfer-Out Students from Two-Year Institutions: Cohort of First-Time Students Attending Ohio’s Public Two-Year Institutions in 2009-10.

Institution Name / Number of students in cohort / Number of transfer-out students / Transfer-out Graduation (Baccalaureate) Rates
All transfer-out students / Pell Eligible / Age: 18-20 / Age: 21-24 / Age: 25&+ / Female / Male / White / Black
Belmont Technical College / 1,004 / 159 / 22.0% / N.A. / 23.2% / 15.0% / 26.0% / 21.9% / 22.2% / 21.6% / N.A.
Clark State Community College / 1,412 / 212 / 20.3% / N.A. / 23.9% / 19.0% / 16.7% / 20.2% / 20.5% / 24.5% / N.A.
Cincinnati State Comm. & Tech / 6,412 / 1,395 / 26.7% / 19.0% / 20.5% / 29.1% / 30.7% / 26.1% / 27.4% / 31.6% / 12.3%
Central Ohio Technical College / 1,644 / 290 / 14.5% / 15.2% / 16.0% / 6.1% / 17.8% / 11.3% / 21.8% / 12.8% / 22.2%
Columbus State Comm. College / 12,028 / 3,463 / 27.5% / 19.9% / 23.3% / 38.7% / 23.3% / 26.6% / 28.7% / 34.6% / 11.1%
Cuyahoga Community College / 11,540 / 2,995 / 36.2% / 17.0% / 35.3% / 49.4% / 22.9% / 38.2% / 33.4% / 42.1% / 12.6%
Edison State Comm. College / 1,113 / 200 / 31.5% / N.A. / 38.1% / 35.0% / 12.8% / 39.4% / 22.0% / 30.5% / N.A.
Hocking College / 2,632 / 345 / 11.0% / N.A. / 15.5% / N.A. / 8.4% / 10.3% / 11.7% / 12.1% / N.A.
Eastern Gateway Comm. College / 808 / 180 / 33.9% / 40.0% / 21.6% / 52.2% / 24.3% / 36.7% / 30.5% / 36.7% / N.A.
Lorain County Comm. College / 3,384 / 775 / 42.3% / 20.0% / 42.4% / 53.6% / 30.5% / 43.8% / 40.3% / 45.9% / 15.9%
Lakeland Community College / 3,016 / 873 / 39.5% / 20.3% / 39.8% / 55.3% / 19.9% / 41.4% / 37.1% / 42.9% / 16.0%
James A. Rhodes State College / 1,451 / 214 / 14.5% / N.A. / 21.5% / 12.9% / 5.3% / 14.0% / 15.5% / 16.8% / N.A.
Marion Technical College / 918 / 101 / 10.9% / N.A. / 27.6% / N.A. / N.A. / 12.5% / 9.4% / 11.0% / N.A.
North Central State College / 1,120 / 196 / 18.9% / N.A. / 26.0% / 15.6% / 9.4% / 19.8% / 17.6% / 20.4% / N.A.
Northwest State Comm. College / 1,334 / 180 / 28.9% / 40.0% / 28.7% / 35.3% / 25.4% / 35.1% / 18.2% / 31.5% / N.A.
Owens State Community College / 7,841 / 1,281 / 27.8% / 22.8% / 28.3% / 33.2% / 22.3% / 29.3% / 25.7% / 32.3% / 6.0%
Sinclair Community College / 8,133 / 1,700 / 28.8% / 16.4% / 28.9% / 39.5% / 18.6% / 29.1% / 28.5% / 32.5% / 13.2%
Southern State Comm. College / 1,249 / 222 / 16.7% / N.A. / 16.4% / 10.5% / 21.4% / 16.7% / 16.7% / 16.3% / N.A.
Stark State College of Tech. / 4,575 / 912 / 13.5% / 8.9% / 14.2% / 23.0% / 7.7% / 13.1% / 14.2% / 17.9% / 1.9%
Terra State Community College / 1,074 / 144 / 20.1% / N.A. / 25.3% / 25.0% / 8.9% / 16.7% / 25.0% / 22.5% / N.A.
Washington State Comm. College / 770 / 162 / 24.1% / N.A. / 20.3% / 41.5% / 15.8% / 23.2% / 25.4% / 23.2% / N.A.
Zane State College / 1,029 / 214 / 12.6% / N.A. / 20.0% / 11.1% / 7.4% / 13.8% / 10.7% / 14.4% / N.A.
All two-year institutions / 75,163 / 16,249 / 28.3% / 17.7% / 28.1% / 37.9% / 20.5% / 28.8% / 27.7% / 32.0% / 10.7%

Note: Graduation rate statistics are not presented for the Rio Grande Community College because of the small size of the sub-samples.

Table 2. By Institution Graduation Rate Statistics for Transfer-In Students to Four-Year University Main Campuses: Cohort of First-Time Students Attending Ohio’s Public Two-Year Institutions in 2009-10.

Institution Name / Number of transfer-in students / Transfer-in Graduation (Baccalaureate) Rates
Alltransfer-in students / Pell Eligible / Age:
18-20 / Age:
21-24 / Age:
25&+ / Female / Male / White / Black
University of Akron / 421 / 22.6% / 11.5% / 23.2% / 18.3% / 23.4% / 25.1% / 20.0% / 31.2% / 7.8%
Bowling Green State University / 321 / 51.1% / N.A. / 51.9% / 56.7% / 44.0% / 58.0% / 44.5% / 52.4% / 28.6%
University of Cincinnati / 367 / 40.6% / 36.4% / 35.0% / 35.5% / 53.3% / 39.9% / 41.5% / 41.8% / 26.4%
Cleveland State University / 879 / 33.8% / 23.9% / 33.1% / 31.3% / 36.7% / 35.0% / 32.2% / 39.9% / 13.7%
Central State University / 48 / 6.3% / N.A. / 10.3% / N.A. / N.A. / N.A. / 10.0% / N.A. / 8.1%
Kent State University / 401 / 36.7% / 30.8% / 38.8% / 34.5% / 30.7% / 40.5% / 32.7% / 38.2% / 12.1%
Miami University / 48 / 52.1% / 100.0% / 42.9% / 71.4% / 61.5% / 45.5% / 57.7% / 53.8% / 50.0%
Ohio State University / 1,019 / 41.4% / 52.2% / 39.6% / 40.9% / 47.0% / 47.3% / 36.4% / 42.3% / 29.7%
Ohio University / 429 / 33.1% / 17.9% / 41.3% / 17.1% / 24.3% / 29.2% / 39.1% / 33.4% / 30.4%
Shawnee State University / 82 / 7.3% / 0.0% / 6.9% / 7.7% / 9.1% / 6.5% / 8.3% / 7.9% / 0.0%
University of Toledo / 435 / 30.3% / 40.7% / 28.3% / 29.0% / 35.5% / 32.1% / 28.6% / 39.0% / 9.8%
Wright State University / 597 / 29.1% / 13.6% / 28.2% / 28.2% / 32.5% / 31.4% / 26.5% / 31.9% / 12.2%
Youngstown State University / 136 / 16.2% / 20.0% / 21.3% / 16.7% / 10.5% / 21.2% / 11.4% / 19.8% / 3.0%
All Four-Year University Main Campuses / 5,183 / 29.5% / 23.9% / 30.3% / 26.3% / 29.5% / 30.5% / 28.4% / 32.4% / 13.0%

Table 3. By Institution Graduation Rate Statistics for Transfer-Out Students from Two-Year Institutions: Cohort of All Studentswho Attended Ohio’s Public Two-Year Institutions in 2009-10.

Institution Name / Number of students in cohort / Number of transfer-out students / Transfer-out Graduation (Baccalaureate) Rates
All transfer-out students / Pell Eligible / Age: 18-20 / Age: 21-24 / Age: 25&+ / Female / Male / White / Black
Belmont Technical College / 3,027 / 510 / 21.6% / 20.6% / 26.7% / 22.3% / 19.4% / 21.6% / 21.4% / 22.2% / N.A.
Clark State Community College / 6,348 / 1,264 / 28.1% / 23.0% / 32.8% / 30.5% / 25.4% / 27.2% / 29.8% / 31.0% / 16.2%
Cincinnati State Comm. & Tech / 20,742 / 5,426 / 26.5% / 21.5% / 21.5% / 29.6% / 25.9% / 25.4% / 27.9% / 30.0% / 16.4%
Central Ohio Technical College / 5,829 / 1,180 / 23.0% / 21.9% / 19.3% / 23.9% / 23.4% / 23.3% / 21.8% / 23.2% / 21.3%
Columbus State Comm. College / 42,306 / 14,302 / 32.1% / 28.7% / 29.1% / 38.2% / 29.1% / 30.5% / 34.4% / 36.7% / 19.2%
Cuyahoga Community College / 42,235 / 11,775 / 34.5% / 27.3% / 37.8% / 43.9% / 27.1% / 34.1% / 35.1% / 40.9% / 18.9%
Edison State Comm. College / 3,830 / 786 / 35.6% / 27.7% / 40.9% / 44.2% / 27.6% / 35.4% / 36.0% / 35.4% / 29.6%
Eastern Gateway Comm. College / 2,552 / 479 / 30.1% / 23.9% / 24.7% / 40.8% / 19.9% / 32.0% / 27.6% / 31.1% / 10.3%
Hocking College / 7,763 / 1,277 / 21.1% / 19.6% / 20.8% / 23.7% / 19.2% / 20.7% / 21.7% / 21.9% / 16.3%
James A. Rhodes State College / 5,165 / 944 / 24.3% / 20.8% / 23.2% / 30.7% / 20.2% / 22.9% / 27.7% / 26.4% / 10.5%
Lakeland Community College / 12,276 / 3,692 / 36.8% / 24.3% / 41.5% / 46.2% / 27.6% / 36.0% / 38.1% / 40.5% / 16.0%
Lorain County Comm. College / 14,972 / 4,290 / 46.5% / 38.9% / 51.5% / 54.1% / 38.7% / 45.3% / 48.7% / 49.9% / 19.4%
Marion Technical College / 3,097 / 533 / 17.5% / 14.5% / 21.6% / 24.0% / 13.4% / 20.3% / 12.2% / 19.0% / 4.1%
North Central State College / 4,333 / 964 / 24.2% / 20.1% / 33.7% / 26.0% / 20.0% / 22.8% / 26.9% / 26.9% / 10.5%
Northwest State Comm. College / 5,453 / 607 / 35.4% / 31.5% / 40.0% / 39.0% / 30.3% / 34.2% / 37.3% / 36.2% / 7.7%
Owens State Community College / 28,463 / 5,769 / 31.6% / 29.9% / 33.3% / 35.5% / 28.4% / 32.1% / 30.7% / 35.6% / 13.3%
Rio Grande / 1,397 / 154 / 27.9% / 33.3% / 33.3% / 33.3% / 18.3% / 30.7% / 22.6% / 29.4% / 12.5%
Sinclair Community College / 36,332 / 8,477 / 33.0% / 28.9% / 34.4% / 40.2% / 28.2% / 32.2% / 34.1% / 36.0% / 20.8%
Southern State Comm. College / 4,064 / 897 / 24.5% / 24.6% / 22.5% / 22.3% / 26.7% / 23.5% / 27.0% / 24.9% / 20.0%
Stark State College of Tech. / 14,897 / 3,778 / 18.2% / 14.8% / 17.2% / 23.1% / 16.1% / 17.8% / 19.1% / 21.8% / 5.6%
Terra State Community College / 3,488 / 488 / 28.3% / 25.2% / 29.5% / 35.5% / 23.1% / 24.4% / 33.7% / 30.9% / 5.6%
Washington State Comm. College / 2,686 / 393 / 31.3% / 38.7% / 28.8% / 44.6% / 23.9% / 31.7% / 30.5% / 30.5% / N.A.
Zane State College / 3,498 / 957 / 20.7% / 18.6% / 28.7% / 24.5% / 16.9% / 20.2% / 21.7% / 21.5% / 5.2%
All two-year institutions / 275,293 / 68,942 / 31.4% / 26.5% / 32.8% / 38.0% / 26.8% / 30.7% / 32.7% / 34.9% / 17.4%

Table 4. By Institution Graduation Rate Statistics for Transfer-In Students to Four-Year University Main Campuses: Cohort of All Students who Attended Ohio’s Public Two-Year Institutions in 2009-10.

Institution Name / Number of transfer-in students / Transfer-in Graduation (Baccalaureate) Rates
All transfer-in students / Pell Eligible / Age:
18-20 / Age:
21-24 / Age:
25&+ / Female / Male / White / Black
University of Akron / 1,836 / 33.7% / 22.1% / 30.0% / 34.8% / 35.3% / 36.7% / 30.7% / 39.2% / 12.9%
Bowling Green State University / 1,423 / 51.2% / 48.1% / 54.3% / 54.8% / 44.8% / 54.3% / 48.1% / 52.5% / 36.5%
University Cincinnati / 1,855 / 41.3% / 21.8% / 40.1% / 44.0% / 40.0% / 39.7% / 43.6% / 43.3% / 31.7%
Cleveland State University / 4,923 / 40.9% / 25.4% / 40.2% / 46.5% / 44.8% / 41.3% / 40.3% / 46.2% / 25.3%
Central State University / 205 / 24.9% / 34.7% / 9.3% / 24.0% / 31.3% / 29.4% / 17.7% / 35.7% / 25.4%
Kent State University / 1,755 / 40.2% / 33.8% / 42.3% / 44.5% / 34.6% / 38.9% / 42.1% / 43.5% / 19.8%
Miami University / 206 / 51.5% / 42.1% / 57.4% / 60.7% / 41.6% / 45.1% / 57.7% / 51.9% / 31.6%
Ohio State University / 4,557 / 47.7% / 48.6% / 49.0% / 49.9% / 44.6% / 50.5% / 44.9% / 49.2% / 39.3%
Ohio University / 4,051 / 38.6% / 27.5% / 43.9% / 45.0% / 57.1% / 37.3% / 42.9% / 39.0% / 32.1%
Shawnee State University / 247 / 15.4% / 10.5% / 9.5% / 21.8% / 16.2% / 13.5% / 17.9% / 15.0% / 12.5%
University of Toledo / 2,050 / 33.5% / 33.7% / 34.8% / 34.3% / 32.0% / 33.6% / 33.3% / 37.9% / 16.4%
Wright State University / 3,428 / 41.2% / 23.4% / 38.6% / 46.6% / 38.4% / 42.3% / 39.9% / 43.4% / 27.5%
Youngstown State University / 650 / 33.9% / 34.1% / 36.8% / 35.5% / 32.0% / 37.0% / 30.9% / 38.2% / 12.3%
All Four-Year University Main Campuses / 27,186 / 40.8% / 37.4% / 41.3% / 45.0% / 37.6% / 41.1% / 40.4% / 43.6% / 26.1%