2026 Ranking

Best Community Colleges for Transfer

Community colleges whose students successfully transfer out within six years.

Ranked: 1,247
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Year: 2026
Version: v1

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#526

Ocean County College

· Ocean County College, NJ

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 10.2%
Retention (FT): 69.0%
Scale: 3.9

#527

City College of San Francisco

· City College of San Francisco, CA

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 8.2%
Retention (FT): 70.0%
Scale: 4.3

#528

Blue Mountain Community College

· Blue Mountain Community College, OR

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 20.2%
Retention (FT): 51.0%
Scale: 3.1

#529

Eastern Wyoming College

· Eastern Wyoming College, WY

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 15.1%
Retention (FT): 68.0%
Scale: 3.2

#530

Ventura College

· Ventura College, CA

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 7.2%
Retention (FT): 74.0%
Scale: 4.1

#531

Paris Junior College

· Paris Junior College, TX

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 15.1%
Retention (FT): 58.0%
Scale: 3.6

#532

SUNY Adirondack

· SUNY Adirondack, NY

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 15.1%
Retention (FT): 62.0%
Scale: 3.4

#533

Hawkeye Community College

· Hawkeye Community College, IA

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 13.4%
Retention (FT): 63.0%
Scale: 3.7

#534

Cerritos College

· Cerritos College, CA

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 9.0%
Retention (FT): 67.0%
Scale: 4.3

#535

Baltimore City Community College

· Baltimore City Community College, MD

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 16.5%
Retention (FT): 48.0%
Scale: 3.6

#536

Honolulu Community College

· Honolulu Community College, HI

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 16.1%
Retention (FT): 55.0%
Scale: 3.5

#537

Germanna Community College

· Germanna Community College, VA

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 11.6%
Retention (FT): 64.0%
Scale: 3.9

#538

Lamar State College-Orange

· Lamar State College-Orange, TX

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 12.2%
Retention (FT): 69.0%
Scale: 3.5

#539

Kent State University at Geauga

· Kent State University at Geauga, OH

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 20.4%
Retention (FT): 49.0%
Scale: 3.1

#540

Seward County Community College

· Seward County Community College, KS

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 14.8%
Retention (FT): 66.0%
Scale: 3.3

#541

Chandler-Gilbert Community College

· Chandler-Gilbert Community College, AZ

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 7.9%
Retention (FT): 70.0%
Scale: 4.2

#542

Laramie County Community College

· Laramie County Community College, WY

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 18.6%
Retention (FT): 0.0%
Scale: 3.6

#543

Jones County Junior College

· Jones County Junior College, MS

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 15.3%
Retention (FT): 56.0%
Scale: 3.6

#544

Community College of Philadelphia

· Community College of Philadelphia, PA

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 12.0%
Retention (FT): 60.0%
Scale: 4.1

#545

Clovis Community College

· Clovis Community College, CA

Profile in progress

Transfer-out rate: 7.6%
Retention (FT): 73.0%
Scale: 4.0

#546

Flathead Valley Community College

· Flathead Valley Community College, MT

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 15.1%
Retention (FT): 63.0%
Scale: 3.3

#547

Umpqua Community College

· Umpqua Community College, OR

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 13.6%
Retention (FT): 67.0%
Scale: 3.4

#548

Kirtland Community College

· Kirtland Community College, MI

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 16.5%
Retention (FT): 61.0%
Scale: 3.2

#549

Davidson-Davie Community College

· Davidson-Davie Community College, NC

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 12.5%
Retention (FT): 66.0%
Scale: 3.6

#550

Clovis Community College

· Clovis Community College, NM

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 16.4%
Retention (FT): 57.0%
Scale: 3.4

How we score — methodology (v1) ▾

Eligibility

Two-year institutions with IPEDS transfer-out rate and ≥500 undergraduates.

Score weights

55%

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20%

Transferred Out Rate 55%

Full Time Retention Rate 25%

Log Scale 20%