{"id":20260,"date":"2021-12-01T00:00:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T00:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/data-science\/?p=20260"},"modified":"2025-10-06T20:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T20:21:09","slug":"university-comparisons-of-completion-outcomes-for-community-college-transfers-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/data-science\/2021\/12\/01\/university-comparisons-of-completion-outcomes-for-community-college-transfers-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"University Comparisons of Completion Outcomes for Community College Transfers in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20260\" class=\"elementor elementor-20260\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5936e85f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5936e85f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-178ebc78\" data-id=\"178ebc78\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-173cbb13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"173cbb13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3664dfa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3664dfa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38d7076\" data-id=\"38d7076\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6545fcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6545fcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">University Comparisons of Completion Outcomes for Community College Transfers in Texas<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72abcb5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72abcb5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45a253b\" data-id=\"45a253b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16bacc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16bacc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/data-science\/2021\/11\/15\/completion-outcomes-for-community-college-transfers-to-public-universities-in-texas\/\">last blog post<\/a>, we presented data from a\u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/reportcenter.highered.texas.gov\/reports\/legislative\/texas-general-academic-institutions-increasing-successful-community-college-transfer-fall-2021\/\">recent report published by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">\u00a0that addressed gaps in graduation outcomes for transfer students when comparing them with native students. The data were presented as a comparison of public university systems to each other and state averages across three outcome variables: four-year graduation rates, time-to-degree in years, and student credit hours (SCH) to graduate. This blog post builds on the previous data presentation by analyzing these outcome variables across public universities in Texas.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4786cc7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4786cc7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd17e58\" data-id=\"cd17e58\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f022d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3f022d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Comparing graduation outcomes for transfer students and native students<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-204256d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"204256d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34ecc36\" data-id=\"34ecc36\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ba62ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ba62ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">As presented in the THECB report, a junior cohort methodology was used to make comparisons between native students (those who were first-time-in-college enrollees at a particular institution) and transfer students who achieved junior classification status in fall 2016. Students in these cohorts were then tracked through AY2020 to determine four-year graduation outcomes along with the time-to-degree and SCH metrics.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Universities are grouped based on the <\/span><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/reportcenter.highered.texas.gov\/reports\/data\/university-peer-group-categories\/\">THECB&#8217;s Peer Group Categories<\/a><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 2.5em; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><u>Research and Emerging Research Universities (combined)<\/u>: Texas A&amp;M University, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas State University, Texas Tech University, The University of Texas at Arlington, The University of Texas at Dallas, The University of Texas at El Paso, The University of Texas at San Antonio, University of Houston, and University of North Texas.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><u>Doctoral Universities<\/u>: Sam Houston State University, Texas A&amp;M University-Commerce, Texas A&amp;M University-Corpus Christi, Texas A&amp;M University-Kingsville, Texas Southern University, Texas Woman&#8217;s University, The University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><u>Comprehensive Universities<\/u>: Lamar University, Prairie View A&amp;M University, Stephen F. Austin State University, Tarleton State University, Texas A&amp;M International University, and West Texas A&amp;M University.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><u>Master&#8217;s Universities<\/u>:\u00a0Angelo State University, Midwestern State University, Sul Ross State University, Texas A&amp;M University-Central Texas, Texas A&amp;M University-San Antonio, Texas A&amp;M University-Texarkana, The University of Texas at Tyler, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin, University of Houston-Clear Lake, University of Houston-Downtown, University of Houston-Victoria, and University of North Texas at Dallas.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">NOTE: Not all of these institutions appear in the analyses below, due to several institutions lacking Native (first-time-in-college) students in the junior cohort.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Using a similar visualization pattern as in the previous blog post, e<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">ach visualization below shows the metric broken out by public university, along with the statewide averages for the junior cohorts indicated by the vertical lines.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Each visualization can be accessed by clicking on the tab label at the top of the visualizations, as each of the Peer Group Categories can be accessed using the drop-down menu on the right-hand side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><u>Graduation Rate<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 2.5em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>For the Research and Emerging Research Doctoral universities, Texas A&amp;M University had the highest graduation rate for Native junior students (94%), the highest graduation rate for Transfer junior students (89%), and the smallest gap between Native and Transfer students (5 percentage point difference).<\/li>\n<li>Sam Houston State University had the highest graduation rate for Natives (86%) and Transfers (73%) in the junior cohort for Other Doctoral institutions.<\/li>\n<li>Across Comprehensive Universities, Stephen F. Austin State University had the highest rate for Natives (87%) and Transfers (75%) in the junior cohort.<\/li>\n<li>In the Master&#8217;s Universities group, Midwestern State University had the highest Native graduation rate at 87%. Transfer students graduate at the highest rate from Sul Ross State University at 81%, which is the only public university in the THECB data that shows a &#8220;positive&#8221; difference where Transfer students graduated at a higher rate than Native students (+4 percentage points).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><u>Time-to-Degree in Years<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 2.5em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>UT Austin and UT Dallas had the lowest Time-to-Degree for Native students (4.9 years) at Research and Emerging Doctoral universities, while Transfer students at Texas A&amp;M had the lowest Time-to-Degree at 6.0 years.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>SHSU had the lowest Time-to-Degree for Native (5.3 years) and Transfer (7.3 years) students in the junior cohort for Other Doctoral institutions.<\/li>\n<li>For Comprehensive Universities, Prairie View A&amp;M University and SFASU had the shortest Time-to-Degree for Native students at 5.3 years, and PVAMU and Texas A&amp;M International University had the shortest Time-to-Degree for Transfer students at 6.9 years in the junior cohort.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Native students who graduated from SRSU had the shortest Time-to-Degree of 5.2 years in the Masters category, while Transfer students at UT Tyler graduated in an average of 6.9 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><u>Semester Credit Hours (SCH) Attempted by Graduates<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 2.5em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Native students in the junior cohort from UT Austin\u00a0graduated with the lowest SCH attempted (121.0 hours), while Transfer students at the University of North Texas graduated with the lowest SCH attempted (134.0 hours) across the Research and Emerging Doctoral categories.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">At Other Doctoral institutions, SHSU graduated Native students with the lowest SCH at 131.8 hours, while transfer students who graduated from Texas A&amp;M University-Commerce had the lowest SCH attempted with 135.9 hours.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">In the Comprehensive Universities category, West Texas A&amp;M University had the lowest SCH Attempted for both Native (122.7 hours) and Transfer (124.2 hours) students who graduated with a bachelor&#8217;s degree in 4 years within the THECB&#8217;s junior cohort data.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Two institutions (UH Clear Lake and UNT Dallas) in the Master&#8217;s Universities category had SCH attempted data in the THECB report below 120 SCH for Native students, which is the typical threshold for earning a bachelor&#8217;s degree. 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The visualization below shows a rank-ordering of universities by percentage point difference.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Whether presented by system or university, the gap in graduation rates between Native students and Transfer students in the THECB&#8217;s junior cohort analysis is certainly a concern.<\/span><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">\u00a0<\/span>The THECB junior cohort report did not include any disaggregated outcome data, so we cannot speak to any equity gaps. However, trends in transfer enrollment show that more than 52% of first-time transfers in fall 2020 were categorized as either African American or Hispanic students, up from 47% in 2015. 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