ESCAPING THE TRANSFER TRAP

According to data from the National Student Clearinghouse, less than a third of community college students who enrolled in 2010 transferred to a four-year institution, and of those, only 42 percent completed their degree within six years-just 13 percent of the original group. [...]only 121 community and technical colleges around the country allow students to complete a bachelor's without transferring, and two-thirds of such graduates in 2017 came from programs in Florida and Washington. Study after study points to the economic and social value of bachelor's degrees and to the vulnerability of Americans without them. Since the Great Recession, almost 75 percent of new jobs have gone to bachelor's degree holders. [...]applied baccalaureate graduates appear to enjoy many of the same economic and social benefits that come with a traditional college degree.