Phi Theta Kappa Recognizes 171 Colleges for Exemplary Transfer Pathways

April 4, 2022

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) has named 171 colleges and universities to its 2022 Transfer Honor Roll in recognition of the dynamic pathways they have created to support transfer students.

The Transfer Honor Roll is determined by 40 key metrics related to the support and success of transfer students, including college cost and financial aid, campus life for transfer, admission practices, and bachelor’s degree completion. The Transfer Honor Roll was based on analysis from the National Student Clearinghouse, and on data submitted through the four-year institution’s profile on PTK Connect, Phi Theta Kappa’s online tool designed to help students find their best-fit colleges and career pathways.

Colleges completing the PTK Connect profile are given a Transfer Friendliness Rating. The Honor Roll is chosen from among the top 25 percent highest-rated colleges.

Spotlighted at the 2022 American Council on Education (ACE) conference, the Transfer Honor Roll recognizes the importance of creating strong transfer pathways that lead to excellence and success among community college transfer students, and this year’s winners had exceptional outcomes, and several of these included:

  • Average percent of transfer in undergraduate population – 60%
  • Average bachelor’s degree completion rate among transfers – 77%
  • Average credit transferred toward a degree major and/or plan – 91%
  • Average percent of transfer students receiving merit-based financial aid – 84%

“This award is so important because it is based on what students tell us they need from their transfer experience,” says Dr. Lynn Tincher-Ladner, President and CEO of Phi Theta Kappa. “We are honored to recognize the colleges and universities working exceptionally hard to create stronger pathways to bachelor’s degree completion for all students.”

Members of the 2022 Phi Theta Kappa Transfer Honor Roll are:

Adelphi University

Albion College

Alma College

Anna Maria College

Antioch University – Santa Barbara

Antioch University – Seattle

Appalachian State University

Arizona State University

Athens State University

Augsburg University

Baldwin Wallace University

Barton College

Bay Path University

Belhaven University

Bellevue University

Binghamton University

Blackburn College

Blue Mountain College

Bluffton University

Bryant University

Buena Vista University

Carroll College

Carson-Newman University

Carthage College

Chatham University

Clarke University

College for Creative Studies

Columbia College (SC)

Concordia University-St. Paul

Cornell College

Cumberland University

Dallas Baptist University

Delaware Valley University

DePaul University

Drake University

Duquesne University

East Texas Baptist University

Eastern Illinois University

Eastern Oregon University

Eckerd College

Elizabethtown College

Elmhurst University

Elmira College

Florida International University

Florida Southern College

Freed-Hardeman University

Friends University

Georgetown University SCS

Georgian Court University

Gonzaga University

Grand View University

Greenville University

Hamline University

Hiram College

Hood College

Illinois College

Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois State University

Iowa State University

Kansas State University

Kean University

King’s College

Kutztown University

Lake Forest College

LIM College

Lincoln Memorial University

Lindenwood University

Lipscomb University

Long Island University Post

Loyola Marymount University

Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Maryland

Loyola University New Orleans

Marian University

Marquette University

Maryville College

McMurry University

Merrimack College

Metropolitan State University of Denver

Millikin University

Mississippi State University

Monmouth College

Mount Mercy University

Mount St. Joseph University

Neumann University

New College of Florida

New York Institute of Technology

Newberry College

Newman University

Niagara University

North Carolina Wesleyan College

North Central College

Northeastern State University

Northern Arizona University

Northern Michigan University

Northland College

Notre Dame of Maryland University

Oakland University

Oglethorpe University

Ohio Dominican University

Ohio University

Pacific University

Palo Alto University

Prescott College

Radford University

Randolph-Macon College

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rider University

Roger Williams University

Rollins College

Rowan University

Russell Sage College

Rutgers University Newark

Saint Joseph’s University

Saint Peter’s University

Shepherd University

Simpson College

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Southern Wesleyan University

Spring Hill College

Springfield College

St. Cloud State University

St. John Fisher College

Stephens College

Stevenson University

Stockton University

Suffolk University

SUNY Cortland

SUNY Geneseo

SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Texas A&M University Corpus Christi

Texas Lutheran University

Texas Tech University

Texas Wesleyan University

The College of Saint Rose

University of Texas at Arlington

Trevecca Nazarene University

Union Institute & University

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Colorado Denver

University of Evansville

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Iowa

University of Kansas

University of Louisville

University of Massachusetts Lowell

University of Mississippi

University of New Haven

University of North Texas

University of Northern Iowa

University of San Francisco

University of Southern Mississippi

University of Tampa

University of the Incarnate Word

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

Ursuline College

Utica College

Valparaiso University

Walsh College

Wayne State University

Webster University

Wells College

Western Governors University

Western Kentucky University

Whitworth University

Wichita State University

Wilkes University

Wilmington College

Wilmington University

Wisconsin Lutheran College

York College of Pennsylvania

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