Phi Theta Kappa Recognizes 228 Colleges for Exemplary Transfer Pathways

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) has named 228 colleges and universities to its 2024 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.

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 – 37%
• Average bachelor’s degree completion rate among transfers – 77%
• Average credit transferred toward a degree major and/or plan – 82%
• Average percent of transfer students receiving merit-based financial aid – 67%

“The goal of most students attending community college is earning a bachelor’s degree, but few do because of financial barriers and the complexity of the transfer process,” says Dr. Lynn Tincher-Ladner, President and CEO of Phi Theta Kappa. “We are proud to recognize the exceptional colleges and universities that go above and beyond to create accessible pathways to bachelor’s degree completion for community college transfer students.”

Members of the 2024 Phi Theta Kappa Transfer Honor Roll are:

Adelphi University	Albion College	Allegheny College
Alma College	Anna Maria College	Antioch University Santa Barbara
Antioch University Seattle	Appalachian State University	Arcadia University
Arizona State University	Athens State University	Augsburg University
Baldwin Wallace University	Barry University	Barton College
Bay Path University	Belhaven University	Bellevue University
Beloit College	Bentley University	Binghamton University
Blackburn College	Blue Mountain Christian University	Bradley University
Bryant University	Buena Vista University	Caldwell University
Canisius University	Carroll College	Carson-Newman University
Champlain College	Chatham University	Chestnut Hill College
Clarke University	Cleveland State University	College for Creative Studies
Columbia College (SC)	Concordia University St. Paul	Cornell College
Dallas Baptist University	Delaware Valley University	DePaul University
Drake University	Duquesne University	East Texas Baptist University
Eastern Illinois University	Eastern Kentucky University	Eastern Oregon University
Eckerd College	Elizabethtown College	Elmhurst University
Elmira College	Emerson College	Emmanuel College
Florida International University	Florida Southern College	Freed-Hardeman University
Friends University	Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies	Georgia Southern University
Georgian Court University	Gonzaga University	Grand View University
Greenville University	Hamline University	Hampshire College
Hiram College	Holy Family University	Hood College
Hunter College – CUNY	Illinois College	Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois State University	Immaculata University	Iona University
Iowa State University	Kansas State University	Kean University
King’s College	La Salle University	Lake Forest College
Lawrence University	Le Moyne College	Lebanon Valley College
Lee University	Lees-McRae College	Lenoir-Rhyne University
Lesley University	LIM College	Lindenwood University
Lipscomb University	Long Island University Post	Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University Chicago	Loyola University Maryland	Loyola University New Orleans
Marquette University	Maryville College	McDaniel College
McMurry University	Merrimack College	Metro State University St. Paul
Metropolitan State University of Denver	Millikin University	Millsaps College
Mississippi State University	Missouri University of Science & Technology	Monmouth College
Mount St. Joseph University	Mount St. Mary’s University Emmitsburg	Mount Saint Mary’s University Los Angeles
Nebraska Wesleyan University	Neumann University	New York Institute of Technology
Newberry College	Newman University	Niagara University
North Carolina Wesleyan University	North Central College	North Dakota State University
Northeastern State University	Northern Arizona University	Northern Michigan University
Northland College	Notre Dame of Maryland University	Nova Southeastern University
Oakland University	Oglethorpe University	Ohio Dominican University
Ohio University	Ohio University – OHIO Online	Pacific University
Palo Alto University	Peru State College	Prescott College
Radford University	Randolph-Macon College	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rider University	Roanoke College	Robert Morris University
Rockhurst University	Roger Williams University	Rollins College
Rowan University	Russell Sage College	Rutgers University- Newark
Saint Joseph’s University (PA)	Saint Mary’s College of California	Saint Peter’s University
Saint Xavier University	School of the Art Institute of Chicago	Seattle University
Simmons University	Simpson College	Southeast Missouri State University
Southern Illinois University	Southern Wesleyan University	Spring Hill College
Springfield College	St. Cloud State University	St. Edward’s University
St. John Fisher University	St. John’s University	Stevenson University
Stockton University	Suffolk University	SUNY Cortland
SUNY Geneseo	SUNY Polytechnic Institute	Tabor College
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	Texas Lutheran University	Texas Tech University
Texas Wesleyan University	The College of New Jersey	The University of Arizona Global Campus
The University of Tampa	The University of Texas at Arlington	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Thiel College	Thomas Edison State University	Trine University
Trinity Christian College	Trocaire College	Tulane University School of Professional Advancement
UMass Lowell	University of Baltimore	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 Lynchburg	University of Maine at Farmington	University of Maine Orono
University of Minnesota Morris	University of Mississippi	University of Missouri
University of Mount Union	University of New Haven	University of Northern Iowa
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford	University of San Francisco	University of Southern Mississippi
University of the Incarnate Word	University of Tulsa	Ursinus College
Ursuline College	Utica University	Valparaiso University
Wagner College	Washington State University Global Campus	Wayne State University
Webster University	Western Governors University	Western Illinois University
Western Kentucky University	Whitworth University	Wichita State University
Wilkes University	William Carey University	Wilmington College
Wilmington University	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	York College of Pennsylvania

About Phi Theta Kappa

Phi Theta Kappa is the first honor society recognizing the academic achievement of students at associate degree-granting colleges and helping them to grow as scholars and leaders. The Society is made up of more than 4.3 million members and nearly 1,300 chapters in 11 countries, with approximately 240,000 active members in the nation’s colleges. Learn more at ptk.org.