Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) has named 208 colleges and universities to its 2023 Transfer Honor Roll in recognition of the dynamic pathways they have created to support community college 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 – 43%
- Average bachelor’s degree completion rate among transfers – 66%
- Average credit transferred toward a degree major and/or plan – 85%
- Average percent of transfer students receiving merit-based financial aid – 73%
“The goal of most students attending community college is a bachelor’s degree, but few do because of financial barriers and the complexities 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 2023 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 | Arcadia University | Arizona State University |
| Athens State University | Augsburg University | Baldwin Wallace University |
| Barton College | Bay Path University | Belhaven University |
| Bellevue University | Beloit College | Bentley University |
| Binghamton University | Blackburn College | Blue Mountain Christian University |
| Bluffton University | Bradley 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 Kentucky 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 School of Continuing Studies | Georgian Court University |
| Gonzaga University | Grand View University | Greenville University |
| Hamline University | Hiram College | Holy Family University |
| Hood College | Illinois College | Illinois Institute of Technology |
| Illinois State University | Immaculata University | Iowa State University |
| Kansas State University | Kean University | King’s College |
| Kutztown University | La Salle University | Lake Forest College |
| Lawrence University | Lebanon Valley College | Lees-McRae College |
| LIM College | 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 | Millikin University | Millsaps College |
| Mississippi State University | Monmouth College | Mount Mercy University |
| Mount St. Joseph University | Mount St. Mary’s University | Nebraska Wesleyan University |
| Neumann University | New College of Florida | New York Institute of Technology |
| Newberry College | Newman University | Niagara University |
| North Carolina Wesleyan University | 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 | 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 | Saint Peter’s University |
| Saint Xavier University | School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Seattle University |
| Shepherd University | Simmons University | Simpson College |
| Southern Illinois University Carbondale | Southern Wesleyan University | Spring Hill College Mobile |
| Springfield College | St. Cloud State University | St. Edward’s University |
| St. John Fisher University | St. Mary’s College of California | Stephens College |
| 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 Saint Rose |
| The University of Texas at Arlington | Thiel College | Trevecca Nazarene University |
| Trinity Christian College | Trocaire College | Tulane University School of Professional Advancement |
| Union Institute & University | University of Arizona Global Campus | 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 Maine In Orono | University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| University of Mississippi | University of Missouri-Columbia | University of Mount Union |
| University of New Haven | University of North Texas | University of Northern Iowa |
| University of Pittsburgh at Bradford | University of San Francisco | University of Southern Mississippi |
| University of Tampa | University of the Incarnate Word | University of Tulsa |
| Ursinus College | Ursuline College | Utica University |
| Valparaiso University | Wagner College | Walsh College |
| Washington State University Global Campus | 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 |
About Phi Theta Kappa
Phi Theta Kappa is the premier 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 3.8 million members and nearly 1,300 chapters in 10 countries, with approximately 240,000 active members in the nation’s colleges. Learn more at ptk.org.
