The Road Less Traveled: Degree Completion and Labor Market Impact of Reverse Transfer on Non-High-Achieving Students

Despite the attention paid to two- to four-year transfer in college, much less is known about four- to two-year transfer. This study finds that 17 percent of four-year beginning students transfer to a two-year college within six years. Using eight years of state administrative data and the distance...

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Published in:Review of higher education 2021-09, Vol.45 (1), p.1-29
Main Author: Liu, Vivian Yuen Ting
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Associate Degrees
At risk students
College graduates
College students
Community colleges
Distance learning
Dropouts
Earnings
Education
Education Work Relationship
Educational Environment
Educational Planning
Employment
Enrollments
Gender Differences
Grade Point Average
Graduation
Graduation Rate
Human capital
Labor market
Low Achievement
Outcomes of Education
Reverse Transfer Students
School dropout programs
School dropouts
Secondary schools
Transfer Students
Two Year Colleges
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Summary:Despite the attention paid to two- to four-year transfer in college, much less is known about four- to two-year transfer. This study finds that 17 percent of four-year beginning students transfer to a two-year college within six years. Using eight years of state administrative data and the distance to two-year colleges as an instrumental variable, I found higher associate degree and certificate completion rates for transfer students relative to non-transfer students. There are also gains in the probability of employment for female transfer students, who tend to enroll in health-related programs and have a higher degree completion rate than men.
ISSN:0162-5748
1090-7009
1090-7009
DOI:10.1353/rhe.2021.0006