Survey: The highest proportion of Asian students transferring to 4-year universities in US community colleges

Survey: The highest proportion of Asian students transferring to 4-year universities in US community colleges China News Service, March 1 The U.S. "World Journal" published an article on February 28 that recently...

China News Service, March 1st. The US "World Journal" published an article on February 28th, saying that recent survey data from the Office of the President of California Community Colleges showed that Asian students are the ethnic group with the highest transfer rate to four-year universities.

> The excerpt of the article is as follows:

Advantages such as low tuition fees, lower entry thresholds, and proximity to home allow community colleges to occupy an important position in American university education. Many students at community colleges have the goal of transferring to a better university. The Center for Community College Research found that 80% of community college students said they wanted to earn a bachelor's degree or higher.

Recently, the Office of the Chancellor of California Community Colleges calculated the ratio of students of different races on various community college campuses in California. The source of the statistics includes an authoritative educational statistics agency.

Among the freshmen enrolled in the Pasadena Community College district in the spring of 2017, 30.73% were Asian, the second largest ethnic group. The largest ethnic group is Mexican, accounting for 41.60%.

In other community college districts, the proportion of Asian students varies. Among the freshmen admitted in the spring of 2017 in the Los Angeles Community College District, Asians accounted for 6.49%, while Mexican and African American students accounted for 59.05% and 9.84% respectively.

At Pasadena Community College, which has a large number of Asian students, a total of 2,909 students successfully transferred to 4-year universities from 2010 to 2011. Among them, Asian students had the highest proportion. 300 out of 867 students transferred, a rate of about 35%. Seven years later, a total of 566 of these Asian students transferred to 4-year universities, a rate of 65%, which is much higher than the average.

There are also many Asian students in the nine schools in the Los Angeles Community College district. Among the freshmen admitted to the school district in the spring of 2017, there were 1,213 Asians, accounting for 6.49%. The same follow-up survey of students from 2010 to 2011 found that among all 8,400 students in 7 years, 3,349 transferred to 4-year universities, with a transfer rate of about 40%. Of the 763 Asian students, 476 students transferred to another school. The transfer rate is about 62%, the highest rate among students of all ethnic groups.

Research results from the Community College Research Center show that the main obstacles for community college students to transfer to better schools are unclear transfer paths, insufficient planning, lack of motivation and other reasons. The research center recommends that community college students, when they first enter school, should clarify what major they want to obtain a bachelor's degree in the future, and try to learn relevant professional knowledge in community colleges to pave the way for future transfer. The study also recommends that community colleges provide more advising to students to help them transition and develop a wider variety of career-related courses for students to choose from.

In addition, another factor that hinders transfer is the credits lost by students during the transfer process. For example, when you transfer from a two-year community college to a four-year university, you will lose 56% of your credits.