One Third Of College Students Transfer To Another College

 The Chronicle Of Higher Education reported this trend, and it has many implications. Students “swirl” through the postsecondary system, but our data bases like IPEDs do not adjust well for this pattern, and underreports college completion.. Many students go from a 4 year college to a 2 year institution. We need to know more about who these students are. The concept of a nontraditional student does not describe well this attendance pattern.