Transfer Student Success

The 2019 report provides an overview of transfer students admitted to the university during the 2011 through 2017 cohort years, exploring demographic characteristics, student success outcomes, as well as perceptions and experiences as captured in the annual Taking Stock survey.

Transfer students comprise a significant proportion of the student population and bring diversity to the university. Transfer students have higher representations of first generation and Pell students when compared to FTFT students and increasing numbers of nonresident and racially minoritized students have been enrolling at CSU for the past eight cohort years.

Transfers embody several characteristics that may require new or difference strategies to ensure continued success. Compared to first-time students, transfers are more likely to enroll part time and enroll for the first time in the spring term. This can negatively impact persistence and graduation rates. Despite these differences, transfer students, on the whole, have similar positive perceptions and experiences at the university as their first-time peers.