COVID-19: Transfer, Mobility, and Progress

COVID-19: Transfer, Mobility, and Progress

As the ninth report in the series, this edition highlights notable transfer enrollment changes and student persistence post-transfer over a two-year period since the pandemic started, disaggregated by academic year, student demographic characteristics, and institution sector and selectivity.

COVID-19: Transfer, Mobility, and Progress – First Look Spring 2021 (PDF)

COVID-19: Transfer, Mobility, and Progress – First Look Spring 2021 (PDF) Transfer enrollment fell 7.9 percent from a year ago, 3.8 times the rate of drop last spring (-2.1%). Non-transfer students also declined sharply, 3.6 times the last year’s drop (-5.4% this...

COVID-19: Transfer, Mobility, and Progress – Final Fall 2020 (PDF)

COVID-19: Transfer, Mobility, and Progress - Final Fall 2020 (PDF) Transfer enrollment shows a steep decline of 8.1 percent this fall compared to fall 2019, in contrast to a 2.4 percent drop this fall among non-transfer students — continuing or returning students...

COVID-19: Transfer, Mobility, and Progress – First Look Fall 2020 (PDF)

COVID-19: Transfer, Mobility, and Progress - First Look Fall 2020 (PDF) The overall transfer enrollment is down 4.7 percent from last fall, declining slightly more steeply than undergraduate students generally (-4.5%). Each transfer pathway, however, responded...

COVID-19: Transfer, Mobility, and Progress – Academic Year 2020-21 (PDF)

COVID-19: Transfer, Mobility, and Progress – Academic Year 2020-21 (PDF) Higher education lost about 191,500 transfer students, nearly three times last year’s losses (-69,300). While every pathway of transfer suffered declines, the rate of decline was not the...
Stay Informed

Stay Informed

In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, colleges and universities are pressed to re-evaluate their long- and short-term strategies, particularly as they pertain to enrollment management and student support services. The Research Center’s Stay Informed report series continues to enable educational and policy leaders to make informed decisions through timely enrollment trend reporting that began with the pandemic.

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