Impacts of Transfer Admissions Requirements: Evidence from Georgia

Michael D. Bloem ()
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Michael D. Bloem: Georgia State University

Research in Higher Education, 2023, vol. 64, issue 6, No 3, 834-861

Abstract: Abstract One-third of all post-secondary students transfer colleges and roughly two-thirds of public 4-year colleges require a minimum college GPA to be eligible for transfer admissions. Yet, little is known about how these policies influence who, when, and where students transfer. This paper studies the minimum transfer admissions requirements at institutions within the University System of Georgia. At the GPA thresholds, I estimate that the probability of transferring within 1 year of earning 30 credits increases by 0.5 to 3.1 percentage points, or about 67 to 200%, depending on the GPA threshold and student group analyzed. The short term transfer impacts persist over time, but are less distinct. These results suggest that (a) minimum transfer GPA requirements often generate excess demand for attendance at these institutions, which may have important implications for college match and access to selective colleges and (b) minimum transfer GPA requirements can influence access to these colleges both through the timing of transfers and whether students ever transfer.

Keywords: College transfer; College admissions; College access (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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