Building Stronger Transfer Pathways Through Peer Connection
For millions of students, beginning at a community college is intended to be the first step toward earning a bachelor’s degree. Yet the path from a two-year institution to a four-year university is often far more difficult to navigate than students expect.
Approximately 80 percent of entering community college students intend to transfer and complete a four-year degree. However, only about one-third transfer, and approximately half of those students earn a bachelor’s degree within six years, according to the Community College Research Center. These outcomes reveal an important challenge for higher education: creating a transfer pathway on paper does not necessarily make it easy for students to follow.